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Sikh boy denied admission to Karnataka school over turban?
The boy, with his parents, had gone on Thursday to a reputed private school in the city seeking admission to Class 1, but authorities reportedly denied admission citing that no religious symbols are allowed in the school. Later, the matter was reported to the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) which has asked the childline to submit a report in this regard.
IT raids Shiv Sena leader's premises; Mayor slams action
A team of the ITD swooped on the Mazagaon home of corporator Yashwant Jadhav and his wife Yamini Jadhav and carried out searches, besides some business associates in Byculla. Jadhav is the Chairman of the BMC's powerful Standing Committee which is authorised to prepare the civic budget and sanction expenditures for various works.
Battle for UP: R.P.N Singh mocks Congress's 'Ladki hun' campaign
He said that a 'poster girl' from that campaign had herself switched to the BJP. In the name of women, tickets have been given to wives of Congress leaders, he alleged. Singh said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has breached caste barriers with development schemes guided by the inclusive mantra of "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas". The Congress now does not exist, as a party or as an ideology, he told the reporters.
3-fold rise in unemployment in Bihar, NCSP data reveals
Till March 2021, the total number of unemployed youths registered on the portal was 78,00,259 in the state. And in the last 10 months, the number has increased by 2,67,635. NCSP is a government website where unemployed youths register their names, and state governments and centres provide them jobs as per their profiles and through recruitment processes.
Hijab row surfaces in Bengaluru, Sikh girl asked to remove turban
The authorities are now crossing their fingers over the turn of events on Thursday, as the sensitive issue could spread more and to other colleges as well in the state capital. Though colleges across the state witnessed widespread agitations, protests regarding denial of permission to attend classes with hijab, the agitations so far had not touched Bengaluru in a major way.
Delhi reports 583 Covid cases, 3 deaths
The Covid positivity rate has also risen to 1.05 per cent, while active cases have reduced to 2,344. With Covid recovery rate continuing at 98.46 per cent, the Covid death rate in capital city stands at 1.41 per cent. With 603 patients recovering in the last 24 hours, the total number of recoveries has gone to 18,29,145. A total of 1,574 patients are being treated in home isolation at present.
ED arrests Maha Minister Nawab Malik in tainted land deal
The development came as a major jolt to the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) as Malik is the first serving Cabinet Minister to be arrested in this manner, sending shockwaves in political circles. Shortly after 3 p.m., Malik was whisked off by the ED to a government hospital for a medical check-up at the Sir J.J. Hospital and he is likely to be produced before a designated Special PMLA Court later in the day.
PM Modi urges people to visit border villages for rural development
"How wonderful it would be if people from tehsils go to the border villages and experience for themselves, the ambience there, how people live there. It will not only be an educational activity but will also help support our Vibrant Villages scheme," Modi said while addressing a webinar on Budget 2022-23 on the theme "#LeavingNoCitizenBehind" focussing on water and rural development.
Wet spell over NW, NE India during next 5 days
Under the influence of the Western Disturbance as a cyclonic circulation over northwest Afghanistan in middle troposphere levels and induced cyclonic circulation over south Pakistan and adjoining west Rajasthan at lower troposphere levels and another approaching Western Disturbance from February 25, there would be fairly widespread to widespread light/moderate rainfall/snowfal.
Tamil Nadu Urban Body Polls: DMK sweeps elections, BJP emerges as third largest party
The DMK-led alliance on Tuesday swept the urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu with 75 per cent of the results declared. The urban polls were held in the state after a gap of 11 years and the win of the DMK is considered as a stamp of approval for the nine-month-old M.K. Stalin government in the state.
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