Chief Town Planner, Government of Goa, Rajesh J Naik suspended over alleged corruption charges
In response to serious allegations of corruption and undervaluation of fees for land zone changes by the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department, the Government of Goa has placed Rajesh J Naik, the Chief Town Planner (Planning), under suspension with immediate effect. This decision follows the ongoing investigation into the matter,...
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Pakistan wives in India face scrutiny after Pahalgam attack
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CM Himanta resigns from Bar Association over differences on shifting of Gauhati HC
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Rahul Gandhi reconnects with Amethi
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BJP MP Alok Sharma makes provocative remarks in Bhopal
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Mamata inaugurates Jagannath temple
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Champak magazine takes BCCI to court
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Rajnath Singh to attend Russian Victory Day Parade on May 9
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Rahul Gandhi welcomes Government’s ‘sudden’ Caste Census decision
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he welcomes the Government’s “sudden” decision to include caste enumeration in the forthcoming census after “11 years of opposing it” but it should give a timeline for its implementation. His comments came within hours of the government announcing that caste enumeration would...
Explainer: Caste Census — history, politics, its significance today
All castes were enumerated during census exercises carried out in British India between 1881 and 1931, but at the time of the first census of independent India in 1951, the then government decided not to count castes any more except for scheduled castes and tribes. A decade later in 1961,...
Endangered red-crowned roofed turtle back to Ganga river
The critically endangered Red-Crowned Roofed Turtle has been reintroduced in the Ganga river as part of the government's flagship programme of cleaning the river and enhancing its biodiversity. In a social media post on Wednesday, Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Paatil said, 20 such turtles were released in Uttar Pradesh's...
Cabinet approves Shillong-Silchar highway project of Rs 22,864 crore
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the development of a 166.80 km greenfield high-speed corridor from Mawlyngkhung in Meghalaya to Panchgram in Assam on hybrid annuity mode at a total cost of Rs 22,864 crore. According to an official statement, the project length of 166.80 km (NH-6) lies in Meghalaya...
SC directs changes in KYC process for differently abled
Upholding inclusivity rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed changes in the digital KYC process enabling acid attack survivors and persons with visual disabilities to access banking services and welfare schemes, among others. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan passed 20 crucial directions to the Centre and its...
Nagaland student organisation intensifies protest over regularisation of ad-hoc professors, librarians
The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF), the apex tribal students’ organisation in Nagaland, intensified its protest for the second consecutive day on Wednesday here, against the regularisation of services of 147 ad-hoc professors and librarians and locked the main gate of the Directorate of Higher Education (DHE). The NSF’s agitation is against...
Courts can modify arbitral awards, Supreme Court holds
In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held courts could modify arbitral awards under the 1996 law on arbitration and conciliation. In a 4:1 majority ruling, Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna aside from Justices BR Gavai, Sanjay Kumar and Augustine George Masih held under certain circumstances, the arbitral awards could...
