-The New Indian Express Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik said that from 70 per cent of the state's 30 districts being hit during the peak of Naxal activities, Odisha now hardly has parts of THRee districts affected by it. BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday requested the Centre to conduct a study on how many children from the left-wing extremism (LWE) affected areas across the country are getting into national level...
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Hemant Soren meets Amit Shah seeking caste census
-The Hindu Absence of data has created difficulties in providing special facilities to BCs, says Jharkhand CM Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, leading an all-party delegation from the State, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday to demand caste-based census and handed over a memorandum for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The delegation included leaders of nine political parties including the principal Opposition party BJP and ally Congress. “Along with members of the all-party...
More »Local initiatives are spreading the magic of public libraries across rural Karnataka -Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta
-The Hindu With children out of school, rural Karnataka is reviving free libraries and creating new ones — with book racks, furniture, posters, work tables and computers I love libraries. I love everything about them — the hush, the slowly spinning blades of the ceiling fan, the sunlight spilling in from tall windows, the magazines lying open on polished wooden tables, the readers slumped over books, taking notes, the rows and endless...
More »'Hindu Khatre Me Hain'?: Four years of Yogi Raj witnessed 42 sadhus killed in Uttar Pradesh
-National Herald Reports that at least 42 sadhus or holy men have been murdered in different districts in Uttar Pradesh have sent shockwaves THRough the state. In most cases they seem to have been killed by disciples The death of Mahant Narendra Giri, President of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP), and Mahant of Baghambri Gaddi Math in Prayagraj has opened a Pandora’s box. Sordid details of property, disproportionate assets, temple employees' lavish...
More »India's income divide narrows, wealth divide persists: Survey data -Ishaan Gera
-Business Standard The top 10 per cent among the country's households own more than 50 per cent of the assets. India’s top 10 per cent households THRee years ago held 55.67 per cent of the wealth in urban areas and 50.84 per cent of it in rural, shows data released by a state survey last week. Results from the National Sample Survey Organisation’s All India Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS) for 2018-19 are...
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