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Yogi Adityanath announces payout hike for Anganwadi workers; monthly honorarium raised to Rs 12,000, Rs 5 lakh health cover & 3 sareesUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced an increase in the monthly honorariums of Anganwadi workers and helpers. Workers wil...
Manipur voter rolls: Women continue to outnumber menManipur's final electoral rolls reveal women voters continue to outnumber men. The state now has 19,60,620 registered voters, with women co...
US judge again blocks Postal Service's mail-in voting restrictionsA federal judge has extended a ban on a new Postal Service rule. This rule would have tightened mail-in voting requirements before election...
'Delete Church’ members tell Mizoram CEO they don’t wish to enrol in electoral rollMizoram's Chief Electoral Officer met with 'Delete Church' members regarding their enrollment refusal. These individuals hold strict religi...
Maha Kumbh 'graft', SIR deletions & farm distress raised during Rahul Gandhi's Nashik visitMaharashtra Congress leaders informed Rahul Gandhi about alleged corruption during the Nashik Kumbh mela. They also discussed farmer distre...
SIR aimed at helping BJP win polls, SC must stop bulk deletions: Kapil SibalKapil Sibal alleges the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision manipulates voter lists. He claims this exercise aims to help the ...
Mount a Bid to Fix Gaspirations: India’s educated unemployed emerge as a new electoral forceIndia's educated youth face frustration as job opportunities lag behind rising aspirations. This growing cohort feels upward mobility is bl...
Delhi Lakshmi Yojana RD maturity set for July 2029, year of next Lok Sabha pollsThe Delhi Lakshmi Yojana's recurring deposit matures on July 31, 2029. Eligible women receive Rs 2,500 monthly, with Rs 1,500 in RD and Rs ...
In 1916, Jeannette Rankin from Montana became the first woman elected to Congress. Four years before women won voting rights nationwideIn 1914, Montana took a bold step by granting women the right to vote, which opened the door for Jeannette Rankin's groundbreaking congress...
'Parliament becoming a mockery': P Chidambaram attacks Centre over FCRA and delimitation issuesSenior Congress leader P. Chidambaram criticized Parliament's functioning during the recent Monsoon Session. He alleged that the Centre pas...
Women voters emerge as UP's next political battlegroundUttar Pradesh parties are now targeting women voters with new welfare measures. The Samajwadi Party and BJP unveiled competing schemes on t...
'Rahul Gandhi reduced to memes and reels,' says BJP on his smash-patriarchy remarkThe BJP has taken a jab at Rahul Gandhi's recent claims about dismantling patriarchy, with Bansuri Swaraj accusing him of fabricating a dec...
Free travel for life? UP cabinet approves new scheme for senior womenUttar Pradesh's Lokmata Ahilyabai Matrushakti Yojana now offers free bus travel. Women aged sixty and older will benefit from this new stat...
SIR: CM Shivakumar writes to ECI, seeks more time to file claims to draft voter rollsKarnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar requested the Election Commission of India to extend the deadline. He seeks more time for genuine vo...
Not taking political 'sanyas', will not stop till I force BJP into obscurity: Mamata BanerjeeMamata Banerjee vowed to continue her political fight against the BJP government. She alleged the Census exercise was a backdoor attempt to...
Ramakrishna Hegde at 100: The CM who treated power as a passing phaseFriends and associates gather to mark Ramakrishna Hegde's 100th birth anniversary. He served as Karnataka's first non-Congress chief minist...
Kazakhstan holds first Parliamentary elections under new ConstitutionKazakhstan on Sunday voted in its first elections for the 145-member Kurultai, the country’s new unicameral Parliament created under a Cons...
ET World Leaders Forum 2026: Smriti Irani on politics, power and the price of being a womanSmriti Irani shared her journey from television to public service and its challenges. She highlighted the personal sacrifices made by worki...
In 1850, a widowed mother moved to Colorado and claimed a homestead. 15 years later, she was helping build one of the state's first communities where women could voteAdeline Hornbek, a Massachusetts native, became a successful Colorado rancher. She faced significant loss, including her husband and a deva...
Kazakhstan to hold first Parliamentary elections on August 23 under new ConstitutionKazakhstan is holding a national election on August 23 to form its first Kurultai. This unicameral parliament replaces the former bicameral...