D.K. Shivakumar treading carefully on caste census

Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Amidst intense calculation over the political ramification of the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey on the Vokkaligas and the Veerashaiva-Lingayats, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar seems to be in a delicate situation. Any wrong move could either antagonise the Vokkaliga community or the Congress high command, any one of which is…

Exfoliating dead skin – The Hindu

Standing at the entrance of his two-room, single-storey house that has a leaking roof, fissured walls, and damaged floors, Ram Nath Yadav, 54, laughs sardonically. His neighbour, Vakil Ahmed, in his late 50s, has just told him that the Central government is planning to establish a mega leather cluster where 175 tanneries will be established…

Amidst Indo-Bangladesh tensions, railways halts connectivity initiative project funding

  India has suspended – nearly ₹5000 crore worth of funding, as per some estimates – and other construction-related work on railway connectivity initiative in Bangladesh, citing ongoing “political turmoil” and “safety of labour”.  The decision, which halts at least three ongoing projects and pauses survey work on five others, mostly disrupts plans to link India’s North…

Congress party will become strong and face local body polls with confidence, says Srikakulam DCC president

Srikakulam DCC president Ambati Krishna Rao and others raising slogans at Etcherla of Srikakulam district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Srikakulam District Congress Committee president Ambati Krishna Rao on Sunday hoped that the Congress party would become a strong force very soon and face local body elections confidently whenever they are held in…

Only ARCIL disqualified, 25 final bidders, including Adani, Vedanta & Patanjali for Jaiprakash Assets

In a key development in the corporate insolvency resolution process of debt-laden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL), the Expression of Interest (EoI) submitted by Asset Reconstruction Company India Ltd (ARCIL) has been rejected, making it the only disqualified applicant among the 26 entities that submitted bids late last month.  According to sources close to the process,…

Will PM Modi convey India’s concerns on destruction of multilateral trading system: Congress on U.S. VP Vance’s visit

Congress leaderJairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Ahead of talks between Narendra Modi and U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance, the Congress on Sunday (April 20, 2025) asked if the Prime Minister would convey India’s concerns on the manner in which Indian citizens were being deported and the “complete destruction” of the multilateral rules-based…