Karnataka Caste Survey: Lingayats asked to identify themselves as separate religious group, distinct from HindusAs Karnataka prepares for a socio-economic survey, the Lingayat community's apex body urges its members to identify as Veerashaiva-Lingayat...
07 Sep, 2025, 07.53 PM IST
Coaching mustn't replace classroomsIndia's education system faces significant challenges. State-run schools enroll a majority of students, especially in rural areas. There is...
27 Aug, 2025, 11.42 PM IST
Nearly one in three school students in India now takes private coaching: Govt SurveyA recent survey reveals that nearly one-third of Indian students opt for private coaching, a trend more prevalent in urban areas. While gov...
27 Aug, 2025, 04.29 PM IST
Caste census: Siddaramaiah's latest weapon to take attention away from his own woesChief Minister Siddaramaiah is set to present the caste census report to the Cabinet and implement its recommendations, seeking to highligh...
30 Sep, 2024, 10.30 PM IST
Karnataka: CM Siddaramaiah to accept caste census report in Nov or Dec, claims credit for commissioning it“Our government was the first to conduct a caste census in the entire country. I had got the caste census with the objective of knowing the...
29 Oct, 2023, 06.29 PM IST
Karnataka: CM to accept caste survey report next month as Congress eyes political dividends in Lok Sabha pollsDeputy CM DK Shivakumar had, last week, said the state government would wait to hear from the Congress high command on how to go about the ...
10 Oct, 2023, 07.54 PM IST
Critical minerals policy soon to reduce dependence on ChinaA comprehensive critical minerals (CMs) policy is likely to be announced later this month as inter-ministerial discussions on the plan are ...
04 Feb, 2023, 09.40 AM IST
BJP's 'Jan Ashirwad Yatra' invitation for 3rd wave of COVID-19: Sanjay RautNotably, newly-inducted Union ministers Bharti Pawar, Kapil Patil and Bhagwat Karad earlier this week embarked on 'Jan Ashirwad' yatras in ...
18 Aug, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
Ready for polls under President’s rule: Tejashwi YadavAs Bihar Records 1,266 Cases in a Day, RJD Leader Tejashwi Yadav says Elections in the State should be delayed. He told ET that his party w...
13 Jul, 2020, 08.26 AM IST
New high-resolution maps to unlock land value in six lakh villagesThe high-resolution maps being prepared by the Survey of India will lead to complete digitisation of land records in India. This is going t...
30 Dec, 2019, 04.21 PM IST
Maharashtra government may have to explain bill in courtThe state may have some explaining to do to the judiciary as 16% quota to Marathas has now stretched the total reservation in state governm...
30 Nov, 2018, 07.04 AM IST
39% Indian techies learn to code before they turn 20: TechGig surveyIn an exclusive survey on Indian coders, TechGig found out that nearly 39% coders learned to code at the age of 15-20 years, and more than ...
27 Jul, 2018, 03.05 PM IST
75% households feel corruption went up, 27% say paid bribe: StudyPeople had to pay a bribe even for getting basic identification documents as seven per cent paid a bribe to get an Aadhaar card and three p...
19 May, 2018, 07.06 AM IST
Are you ready for your afterlife?Alarming rise in the expenditure on health and lifestyle calls for mindful financial planning for your life.
23 Jan, 2018, 02.40 PM IST
Education cannot be a political agenda, it's a national agenda: Prakash Javadekar"We are funding projects from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 20 crore. The doors of high-end labs in foreign collaboration will also be open," Prakash Ja...
27 Aug, 2016, 12.14 PM IST
- Poor forced to pay bribe to get kids into school: Survey
A recent survey said around seven lakh BPL households in India paid bribe in the last one year to avail services related to school educatio...
15 Jul, 2008, 11.21 AM IST
- 'Poor paid Rs 900 crore in bribes for water, basic services'
One third of people living below poverty line in India paid bribes to access healthcare, education and water among other basic facilities, ...
28 Jun, 2008, 06.48 PM IST