Rajasthan Congress Expands Cabinet Under CM Gehlot
A total of 15 new ministers were sworn into the cabinet of Rajasthan’s Congress government, which is led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. It was the first cabinet reshuffle since the Gehlot government came to power in 2018. The new cabinet saw the inclusion of five members from the Sachin Pilot camp. Four members of […]
Gurugram Gurudwaras Open Doors For Friday Prayers Amid Namaz Row
The Sikh community in Haryana’s Gurugram is offering the premises of its Gurudwaras for members of the Muslim community to offer their Friday namaz tomorrow. The initiative comes amid heightened tension between the two communities after members of right-wing groups disrupted namaz in some open areas of Gurugram over the past few months. According to […]
Mufti, Omar Question Hyderpora Encounter, Demand Probe
Former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah have slammed the state police and security forces after civilians were killed in a gunfight in Srinagar’s Hyderpora on Monday. People’s Democratic Party chief Mufti has held the central government responsible for killing people in the valley and said that innocent civilians are […]
Is Pakistan PM Imran Khan On The Way Out?
The announcement of the appointment of a new Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief by Imran Khan last month had led to a fresh rift between the federal government and the Pakistan army led by General Qamar Javed Bajwa. While the issue of the appointment of the new ISI chief has reportedly been resolved, various media reports […]
Protests In Jammu & Kashmir After “Targeted Killings” Of Minorities
Locals across the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir took to the streets to protest the increased violence against minorities in the region. According to reports, there have been seven killings in the las five days. Two school teachers were killed in broad daylight in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar on Thursday. […]
With Over 1 Million Vacant Positions, 1.1 Lakh Schools Run With 1 Teacher Each In India: UNESCO
The UNESCO’s report on the situation of schools in India has revealed some shocking details. As per the report, titled “UNESCO 2021 State of the Education Report for India: No Teachers, No Class”, as many as 11.6 lakh positions for teachers in India lie vacant. This translates to 19.1 percent of the total posts for […]
NITI Aayog Report Reveals India’s Poor Health Care Infrastructure
The central government’s top think tank NITI Aayog’s report – ‘Best Practices in the Performance of District Hospitals’ – that was released this week, ranked Bihar as the worst state in terms of providing hospital beds. The report revealed that Bihar has only six hospital beds per one lakh people. The union territory of Puducherry […]
Why Did Navjot Singh Sidhu Quit As Punjab PCC Chief? All You Need To Know
Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from the post of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief yesterday, giving a big jolt to the Gandhis. The party high command changed the chief minister of Punjab in the hopes of resolving the political crisis in the state ahead of the 2022 assembly election. Sidhu, who appeared to be the […]
Rajasthan’s Amendment To Register Child Marriages Instigates Rape: NCPCR Chairman
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has strongly opposed the new amendment to the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2009, and asked the state’s Ashok Gehlot-led government to review and reconsider the bill. The NCPCR chairman, Priyank Kanoongo said that the organisation, which is responsible for upholding child rights, also wrote […]
Assam: What Is The Anti-Encroachment Eviction Drive?
The Assam government and police officials have come under scrutiny after two civilians were killed in the police firing during an eviction drive in Darrang district on Thursday. The Assam Congress has slammed that the BJP-led Himanta Biswa government, saying that the pathetic situation was created by the state administration. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also […]
