The Supreme Court on Monday came to the rescue of a Dalit youth, who had lost his seat in IIT Dhanbad after missing the deadline to deposit a fee, by asking the institute to admit him to the BTech......
The Supreme Court has assured help to a poor Dalit youth, who lost his hard-earned seat in IIT Dhanbad after he narrowly missed the deadline to deposit Rs 17,500 as acceptance fee after clearing......
Agitating students dubbed the move as an 'eyewash' and decided to continue with the strike. IMAGE: Jawaharlal Nehru University students clash with police during a protest against the......
Former Karnataka chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Wednesday alleged that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party wants to win the assembly election with 'money power' as they 'do......
Will the new Congress government implement the five 'guarantees' that helped it in part to wrest power from the Bharatiya Janata Party in toto or will they now add a "conditions apply" clause?......
The below poverty line census, which is expected to put the issue of poverty in perspective, will be a scientific exercise of counting the poor, the Planning Commission believes.Embarrassed by the......
The Supreme Courton Tuesdaypulled up the Centre for limiting the number of below poverty line (PDS) people in a state to 36 per cent of its population as per the Planning Commission's......
The Planning Commission's de-linking entitlement benefits for the poor from the Suresh Tendulkar committee's recommendation on determination of poverty has left a big question mark on the number......
The government said on Tuesday the Planning Commission will give revised estimates of families living below poverty line within a month for effective implementation of targeted public distribution......
There should be transparent national standards and parameters to decide who the poor are, what their number is and how many below poverty line families there are in India. Some years ago, the......