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General category candidates, if we keep increasing reservation, will be pushed to the status of the Scheduled Castes as was in 1947, says Farooq Abdullah

Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Indian Statistical Institute, and Jadavpur University students join convention to speak out against crackdown on educational institutes, and the voter rights’ issue

They demand that the State government should provide ₹30 lakh each as compensation for the victims

Film-maker Sathyan Anthikad and industrialist P.K. Ahammed are all set to get Doctor of Letters degree while scientist E.D. Jemmis will be presented with a Doctor of Science degree

According to functionaries of the students’ union at the college, female students are the worst affected. Though the construction of two new hostel buildings is almost complete, they are yet to be thrown open for stay.

Congress to invite DMK, AAP to INDIA bloc rally on November 1; ‘Vote bachao, desh bachao’ campaign to start at block level from October 10 to 20, culminate in Delhi Chalo marches, rally in the capital on November 26

A detailed inquiry was ordered on the basis of a complaint filed by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) which alleged serious irregularities in the mining of river sand across Tamil Nadu

The revised Plan follows an additional ₹40.92-crore allocation for spillover projects, while allocations for day-care homes and City of Literature activities have been increased, and ₹45 lakh has been sanctioned for the Samanwaya project

At press conference, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra argues that the Supreme Court had neither called Form 6 illegal nor rejected it; the court’s decision to issue notices to the government and the Election Commission demonstrated a functioning democratic process, he argues

SEBI told it had received 20,000 suggestions to tweak the rules in response to a consultation paper issued last month

The court was hearing a petition that sought safeguards against the exclusion of eligible voters and transparency in the methodology used for the SIR

Dried areca nut consignments were brought overland to the Indo-Myanmar border opposite Champhai in Mizoram, and ferried across the Tiau river at Zokhawthar in small lots, bypassing the Land Customs Station, in a well-organised racket, the ED alleges

Separation of powers does not mean the three organs operate in watertight compartments, says Rajya Sabha P. Wilson

The programme will cover six reservoirs in the district: Walayar, Kanjirapuzha, Mangalam, Pothundi, Chulliyar and Meenkara