scheduled castes

Mumbai, March 16 – The Maharashtra Assembly on Monday passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which includes strict provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage, by voice vote.According to the Bill, individuals involved in unlawful...

Mumbai, March 16 The Maharashtra assembly on Monday night passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which contains stringent provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage, by voice vote.According to the Bill, those involved in...

Bengaluru, March 16 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met some of his cabinet colleagues for dinner on Monday, sparking speculation amid the ongoing power struggle within the ruling Congress over the leadership change issue.According to official sources, about 14 ministers were present at...

Mumbai, March 16 – Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis clarified on Monday that the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, is not directed against any specific religion. He emphasized that the Bill is being introduced solely to prevent religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud...

Mumbai, March 16 – The proposed anti-conversion law in Maharashtra is not directed against any particular religion, and it aims only to prevent religious conversions carried out through force, fraud or inducement, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the legislative assembly on Monday.The...

Ranchi, March 16 Jharkhand Minister Deepak Birua defended the state government's demands for grants in the Assembly on Monday, saying that recruitment and administrative reforms have been accelerated under the Hemant Soren-led government.Responding to criticism from Opposition BJP lawmakers...

Mumbai, March 16 – The proposed anti-conversion law in Maharashtra is not directed against any particular religion, and it aims only to prevent religious conversions carried out through force, fraud, or inducement, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the legislative assembly on Monday.The...

New Delhi, March 16 The government will soon launch a revised Stand-Up India scheme to provide better benefits to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and women entrepreneurs who want to start new businesses, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.Launched in 2016, the...

Mumbai, March 16 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday that several women have been lured into relationships, married, and later abandoned, asserting that the bill against fraudulent religious conversion aims to address these issues and curb such practices.Opposition...

Tumakuru (Karnataka), March 14 Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Saturday that the police have been instructed to take legal action against those involved in hoarding and black marketing of LPG cylinders.Amid supply constraints caused by the West Asia conflict, he expressed hope...

Una (HP), March 13 The Himachal Pradesh government is committed to providing clean drinking water to the people of the state, and Rs 2,000 crore will be spent during the next financial year on modern water purification technology, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Friday.This will...

Kolkata, March 13 Ahead of the West Bengal assembly election, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said her government would soon constitute five new cultural and development boards for specific communities, a move aimed at consolidating support among key social groups, particularly in the...

Mumbai, March 13 The Devendra Fadnavis government on Friday introduced the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026 in the state assembly, which has stringent provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage.According to the Bill, those...

Bengaluru, March 13 – Former Karnataka Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai said that the opposition, out of frustration, was trying to politicize the issue of LPG.He stated that the ongoing conflict in West Asia has created problems worldwide, and that there will be no shortage of LPG if...

Kolkata, March 13 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Friday that her government would establish new cultural and development boards for five communities.Banerjee, who made the announcement ahead of the assembly polls, said the boards will protect the customary rights and...

New Delhi, March 12 The Ministry of Cooperation is working to strengthen democratic governance in cooperative institutions through a series of legislative reforms, Union Minister Krishan Pal Gurjar said on Thursday.Speaking at a national seminar on transparency in the elections of multi-state...

Kota, March 12 A court for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes here on Thursday sentenced a 65-year-old man, his three sons, and six other relatives to life imprisonment for the murder of the brother of a Rajasthan Police constable seven years ago, due to rivalry in a local cooperative society...

New Delhi, March 11 There is no data available regarding the disproportionately low representation of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes at the joint secretary level and above positions in the government, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.According to government policy, SCs and STs are...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 10 The Kerala government on Tuesday approved a series of administrative and welfare measures ranging from poverty alleviation and anti-drug enforcement to police reforms and job creation.The decisions were taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi...

New Delhi, March 10 Academic Partha Biswas assumed office as a member of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Tuesday.Biswas holds a PhD in Defence and Strategic Studies and has pursued higher education in defence studies, human resources, and human rights from institutions...