Maharashtra elections: Can BJP replicate Haryana's success in country's richest state?Maharashtra witnessed a 60% voter turnout in the Assembly elections, with the BJP-Shinde Sena alliance and the Congress-NCP-Thackeray Sena ...
21 Nov, 2024, 05.04 PM IST
Neither Rahul Gandhi nor his descendants will be able to restore Article 370: Amit ShahAt a Maharashtra rally, Union Minister Amit Shah proclaimed that neither Rahul Gandhi nor future generations could reinstate Article 370. H...
08 Nov, 2024, 06.22 PM IST
Never called for closure of madrassas, Muslim children should get formal education: NCPCRNCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo advised ending state funding for madrassas, arguing they deprive poor Muslim children of education. He e...
16 Oct, 2024, 03.12 PM IST
Never called for closure of madrassas, Muslim children should get formal education: NCPCRNCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo emphasized stopping state funding for madrassas unless they comply with the Right to Education Act, advo...
16 Oct, 2024, 12.04 PM IST
'States can sub-classify Scheduled Castes for quota purposes'The Supreme Court upheld sub-classification within Scheduled Castes for additional benefits, provided states can justify it with empirical ...
01 Aug, 2024, 11.41 PM IST
'Tainted' Congress is dreaming of snatching power but INDIA bloc is vanquished in 2 phases of polls: PM ModiPM Modi criticized Congress power ambition, 'mahayudh' at Solapur rally. He Emphasized on OBC commission and Marathi education. The Prime M...
29 Apr, 2024, 08.58 PM IST
Modi govt used parliamentary majority for landmark steps, will never change Constitution: Amit ShahAddressing an election rally in Akola in eastern Maharashtra in support of BJP candidate Anup Dhotre, Shah accused the Congress of putting ...
23 Apr, 2024, 07.36 PM IST
We will raise creamy layer income limit for quotas: Thawar Chand GehlotThe income limit to determine the creamy layer has been uniform for rural and urban areas since the time it was introduced. There isn’t muc...
29 Feb, 2020, 11.01 PM IST
OBC Panel in line with Gandhi and Vivekananda teachings: Bhupender YadavTo have a Backward commission with statutory power, amendment of the law was necessary, for which the Narendra Modi government worked hard,...
04 Oct, 2017, 01.20 AM IST
NJAC, poll eligibility, Jat quota key 2015 rulingsSupreme Court constitutionally spurned the historic offer from the Parliament to throw light on one of its darkest alleys - the road to app...
01 Jan, 2016, 01.28 PM IST
Caste-based reservations need to be recast for the sake of a fairer societyIn India, we stay away from certain issues in the name of political correctness. Sadly, those are the issues that most need attention.
03 Oct, 2015, 11.20 AM IST
RSS stealing my show, says Hardik PatelHardik Patel has said that he feels the RSS is making an attempt to hijack his movement that has challenged castebased reservation in gover...
02 Oct, 2015, 02.36 AM IST
Schooling without learning: How the RTE Act destroys private schools and destroys standards in public schoolsThe Act is completely silent on the things that really matter: teacher effort, teacher accountability and student learning outcomes.
26 Aug, 2015, 11.53 AM IST
MPs, MLAs fall in OBC creamy layer: OBC panelThe panel argued that the election of members to Parliament and state legislatures, indicated their 'social elevation' which makes them a p...
06 May, 2015, 10.13 AM IST
Delhi government to review working of state boards, panelsThe state will also have to choose the most eligible MLAs who can be appointed as chairpersons and members of the boards and commissions.
21 Feb, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
ET Poll for 2014 elections: Nitish scores high on reliability, but Modi trumps him as better bet for PMAt a rally in Delhi, Kumar had said he was willing to back the party or government that agreed to his demand for special category status.
17 Oct, 2013, 10.19 AM IST
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As per the Human Development Reports (HDRs) published annually by the UNDP since 1991, India has consistently improved on the human develop...
26 Feb, 2005, 12.28 AM IST