The government will set up 12 mobile courts and a control room assisted by police to speed up convictions of beggars whose population is estimated to be around 60,000 at present.
The Congress needs to reorganise itself at the grassroots, infuse younger blood, and have more boots on the ground. Just offering freebies is not the answer anymore. Leadership matters, asserts Ramesh Menon.
The BJP would want that by March 2022, when UP votes, the economy starts looking up and it heads into the polls with no other issue distracting from its main poll plank of the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
In a post on X, the Indian embassy in Israel has stated that it has been working constantly to help fellow citizens.
The top court was hearing a plea filed by advocate Krishan Kanhaya Pal who said that the governments are unable to share the benefits of the welfare schemes with all sections among backward classes due to a lack of caste-based survey and a caste-based census of the OBCs is of 'vital necessity'.
Ramesh, a labourer in Toomda village near Bhopal, can't believe his luck. He earns Rs 81 a day, digging wells under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme, the United Progressive Alliance's flagship social welfare scheme that started in 2006.
Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to 68-year old Stalin, for whom this would be the first stint as CM
Lakhs of mourners turned out in Anantapur city of Andhra Pradesh to pay their respect to a Spanish man who worked for almost half a century to help the poor and the needy in this backward and drought prone district.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has released its manifesto for the upcoming Nagaland assembly elections, promising a special package for the eastern part of the state and establishment of a board for the holistic development of the region if the party returns to power for the second time in a row.
The survey will encompass various indicators of backwardness such as occupation, educational qualification along with the type of educational institutions attended by members of the households to gauge the social and educational conditions of the backwardness in Odisha, the official said.
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The suspension was lifted after the executives of Ola Cabs had a detailed discussion with state chief secretary.
Women and child development minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha made the announcement in the legislative assembly while replying to a debate on the issue.
The offence carries punishment of minimum 10 years and maximum of life imprisonment.
In 2003 when the West Bengal government initiated public sector units restructuring programme, it was believed that off loading government's stake in PSUs would deliver effective social welfare programme in the state.
Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday appealed to the opposition for the unanimous passage of the women's reservation bill and said shortcomings, if any, can be rectified at a later date.
Maharashtra cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal has demanded a stay on the Kunbi caste certificates issued to Marathas following their latest agitation for reservation and scrapping of the Justice (retired) Sandeep Shinde committee formed over the quota issue.
C K Ranganathan, CMD , CavinKare talks to Business Standard about the recently held Employability Fair, the Ability awards and his relationship with the Ability Foundation
'Nobody in our team had any idea that these things will come out.' 'We need to do a social audit of all the shelter homes across the country.'
India continued to be on a high growth path in 2007, although the pace was slightly moderated due to curbs on money supply to check inflation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India will become the growth engine for the world in the coming years, and the ease of doing business has improved with "mission-mode" reforms being undertaken by his government. Speaking at the BRICS Business Forum Leaders' Dialogue in Johannesburg, Modi also said India soon will become a $5 trillion economy.
Bhotmange had earlier refused the job offer, saying he did not want a job or rehabilitation, but justice.
This tangled tale of good versus evil could have been far more intriguing, observes Mayur Sanap.
A Central team will survey flood-affected areas of Bihar on Monday and Tuesday. The team will comprise the joint secretaries of six Union ministries -- home, agriculture, finance, health & rehabilitation, civil supplies & food and social welfare. The team will assess the damage and submit a report to the Prime Minister's Office by the end of this week.
Dharavi resident advocate Sandip Katake alleged the project would be the world's biggest land scam.
Political watchers say the caste survey report was made public to play the OBC-EBC card and stall the BJP's campaign to win most of Bihar's 40 Lok Sabha seats.
The 62-year old MP representing Villupuram suffered serious head injuries and died on the spot on Saturday morning.
The mandal will not install the Ganesh idol this year, Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal's secretary Sudhir Salvi told reporters. It will organise blood and plasma donation camps and provide financial assistance to the families of policemen who died of COVID-19, he said.
The call centre works round the clock attending to calls ranging from domestic violence to suicide attempts to seeking medical help.
The social and educational conditions of 208 OBC communities enlisted by the state government will be collected during the survey, which will be followed by a special drive to ensure that none were left out across the state, an official said.
Members of the community held a meeting with social justice department officials in Jaipur, according to a statement.
The CBI has booked officers and employees of the shelter home.
Those who are returning will not be paying any fare and the government is bearing the cost of their return.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced several reforms.
Women from Mumbai top the list of divorcees across the country in 15-49 age group, says a new government survey. "In Mumbai, 0.4 per cent women in 2005-06 have opted for divorce while in Delhi, it is 0.2. Kolkata and Chennai follows with 0.1 and 0.2 per cent respectively," Women and Child development Minister Renuka Chowdhary told Rajya Sabha, citing the National Family Health Survey (NFHS).
He also stressed that whether we look from the world point of view or from the national viewpoint, the responsibilities of each member of the BJP are constantly growing. "Each and every worker of the BJP is a representative of the country's dreams," added PM Modi.
The party says it has trained over 1,00,000 workers in the last one year.
Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM), the business school affiliated to Kolkata University, may come up with a specialised course on disaster management, K M Agrawal, head of the environment management department, said
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