NEW DELHI: Ahead of the monsoon session scheduled to start from July 20, a group of women organisations and activists under the banner of ‘National Coalition for Women’s Reservation’ have demanded “unconditional and immediate” implementation of 33% women’s reservation in the Parliament and state legislatures at the existing strength from the next round of elections….
Amit Mohan PrasadWorld Population Day (11 July) this year focuses on empowering young people and enabling them to fulfil their aspirations. The theme is particularly relevant for India, which has a median age of 28.4 years and one of the world’s youngest populations. Yet the question is not whether India’s population is growing or whether…
LUCKNOW: A sub-inspector posted at Rahimabad police station was suspended after a viral video allegedly showed him demanding a Rs 1.5 lakh bribe in connection with the investigation of a fraud case, police said on Thursday.The complainant, Vishnu Kumar, in a representation to the joint commissioner of police, alleged that sub-inspector, Guddu Prasad had been…
How an SDM resolved 35-year-old land record error in a day without a lengthy legal battle Lucknow: A 35-year-old land record error that had prevented two farmers in Mahoba district from accessing land-related services and govt welfare benefits has finally been resolved after the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Kulpahar adopted an “out-of-the-box administrative approach” that…
Narsingpur was among the worst-hit spots as the first spell of monsoon lashed the city Gurgaon: Light overnight showers brought relief to the city on Friday even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that the active southwest monsoon would continue to influence Haryana over the next four days. The heaviest rainfall is expected to…
Nagpur: A major fire broke out at an incense stick godown near the exit of Kawrapet flyover in Kalamna on Friday night, reducing large quantities of stock to ashes.As per the fire department, an alert was received around 9.30 pm, following which six fire tenders from multiple fire stations were rushed to the spot. Firefighters…
Nagpur: In a startling allegation against the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), Standing Committee chairperson Shivani Dani-Wakhare on Friday claimed that some civic engineers accept money to avoid visiting project sites, raising serious questions over supervision of public works and accountability within the civic administration.Addressing reporters after the Standing Committee meeting, Dani said she has directed…
BSP president Mayawati during a media briefing in Lucknow on Friday Lucknow: BSP national president Mayawati on Friday said that the only solution to all the problems of Dalits and other backward classes of people is to be in governance by getting the “master key” to it, which is their unity and the right to…
As per a recent report, plans to rapidly expand electronic tagging to ease the suffocating pressure on UK prisons will put public safety at risk unless urgent fixes are made to an already buckling system, the government’s spending watchdog has warned.A stark report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has cast serious doubt over the…
Food Corporation of India NEW DELHI: Food Corporation of India (FCI) has tightened safeguards for the lifting and use of subsidised rice supplied to distilleries under govt’s ethanol blending programme, making distilleries directly accountable for any diversion or misuse of the released grain. In case of misuse or diversion, FCI will file criminal cases.The move…