In its 2026–27 budget, Jharkhand has earmarked Rs 45,004 crore for women and children, signaling a strong social welfare push. The plan features a dedicated child budget to expand services for young beneficiaries, a gender budget backing 232 schemes tailored to women’s needs, and the launch of the Mahila Kisan Khushhali Yojna to uplift women…
NEW DELHI: Segregation is stunting ambition and limiting mobility among Muslims and Dalits, highlights a Feb 2026 paper — ‘Residential segregation and unequal access to local public services in India’ — released by National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a US-based non-profit dedicated to advance economic understanding through policy-relevant research.This new report, conducted by researchers…
Bengal Congress on Tuesday flagged probable delays in the SIR process and urged the fixing of a deadline for its completion. “Unless a deadline is set by the Supreme Court for SIR completion, the process of publishing supplementary lists on a continuous basis may turn out to be a prolonged exercise, and that could even…
Mumbai’s civic body plans a significant education budget increase for 2026-27 MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed an education outlay of Rs 4,248.08 crore for 2026-27, a 7.4% increase over last year’s budget estimate of Rs 3,955.64 crore. The allocation includes a slew of initiatives ranging from National Cadet Corps (NCC) units in…
DUSU President’s security ‘waves gun’ during hostel row NEW DELHI: Delhi University has constituted an inquiry committee after a written complaint from residents of Gwyer Hall – DU’s oldest men’s hostel – alleged that private security personnel hired by Dusu president Aryan Maan entered the hostel premises with a gun, threatened students and created a…
CHENNAI: Veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader R. Nallakannu passed away on Wednesday following multi-organ failure at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. The 101-year-old political leader was admitted to the ICU on February 1 following health issues and received intensive care from a multidisciplinary team of doctors. He was on life support and his…
Ranchi: Jharkhand’s health sector got a renewed boost as Rs 200 crore has been earmarked in the annual budget for FY 2026-27, exclusively for cancer treatment in the state.State finance minister Radha Krishana Kishore, while presenting the budget at the state assembly on Tuesday, announced various other ambitious plans to strengthen primary, secondary and tertiary…
Ranchi: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) seized 55 bottles of illegal foreign-made liquor during a search in a coach of the Hatia-Bokaro Steel City train on Monday. The RPF on Tuesday stated that the liquor bottles were kept in trolleys in separate berths.Three teenagers, namely Pushkar Singh, Chandan Singh and Raunak Kumar Singh, all natives…
AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran (PTI image) NEW DELHI: AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran mocked his aunt VK Sasikala after she announced the launch of a new political party in Tamil Nadu, comparing the move to “instant sambar and instant idli.” He stated that the development would not impact the prospects of the NDA in…
