Dharam Singh Chhoker arrested: Former Congress MLA arrested by ED in Rs 1,500-crore money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested former Haryana Congress MLA Dharam Singh Chhoker from Delhi in connection with a major money laundering case. Chhoker and his company are accused of laundering nearly Rs 1,500 crore under the Deen Dayal Awas Yojana. Sikandar Singh, along with his father, is accused of defrauding over 1,500 home buyers and…

Counting castes among Dalits – The Hindu

Intense discussion on the population of castes and their interplay with politics seems to be the season’s flavour in Karnataka. Even before the opposition from dominant castes to the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey (popularly known as the caste census) recommendations could come to a head, another caste survey is set to begin in Karnataka on…

Kozhikode MCH fire: Five-member team to probe incident

Kerala Health Minister Veena George visits the emergency department of Kozhikode Medical College where a fire broke out, in Kozhikode | Photo Credit: PTI A five-member expert team, led by the Superintendent, Government Medical College Hospital, Kottayam, has been set up to inquire into the inconvenience suffered by patients while smoke engulfed the PMSSY block…