Maratha quotas: BC Commission panel submits survey report to Maha govt

IANS | February 16, 2024 11:18 AM

Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) The Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission on Friday submitted to the state government its voluminous survey report on ascertaining the backwardness of the Marathas ahead of the Special Legislature Session on February 20 to finalise the community’s quotas.

Farmers protest: Traders, manufacturers fear loss in business as Tikri border remains sealed

IANS | February 16, 2024 7:52 AM

New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The ongoing farmers' protest and their call to march to the national capital, which led to the sealing of the interstate Tikri border, have triggered panic among traders of Haryana's Bahadurgarh and Delhi's Bawana Industrial Area (BIA) who claimed to have incurred a loss of over Rs 20 crore during the 2020-21 farmers' agitation.

BJP fields 8th candidate for RS in UP, forces election

IANS | February 15, 2024 2:09 PM

Lucknow, Feb 15 (IANS) The BJP in Uttar Pradesh has announced its eighth candidate for the Rajya Sabha, queering the pitch for the Samajwadi Party and also forcing an election for ten vacant Rajya Sabha seats.

Sandeshkhali fallout: Neutrality of Bengal Police likely to come under ECI scanner

IANS | February 15, 2024 12:08 PM

Kolkata, Feb 15 (IANS) The “neutrality” factor of a section of the West Bengal Police might come under the scanner of the Election Commission of India (ECI) before the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal following the recent developments in Sandeshkhali where the role of a section of the district police administration has been questioned not just by the opposition parties or different national commissions but also by different quarters of the society.