States have power to sub-classify SC/ST groups for quota: Top court

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that states are constitutionally empowered to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes, which form a socially heterogeneous......

Andhra CM compares Jagan to 'drug lord Pablo Escobar'

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday compared his rival Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as he slammed him over the the state of law and order......

Budget 'ignores' Maharashtra, focuses on Bihar, Andhra

The Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies on Tuesday welcomed the Union Budget and said it focussed on youth, farmers, women, and has 'substantial allocations' for Maharashtra, but the opposition......

ED arrests K'taka ex-minister Nagendra in tribal corporation case

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested former state Minister and Congress leader B Nagendra in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the Karnataka......

Job Quotas In Private Sector?

Rather than a blind reproduction of the government template, a more productive way of enforcing affirmative action in the private sector could be to emulate an American model, suggests Kanika......

India pays Cairn Rs 7,900 cr to settle retro tax dispute

The Indian government has paid Cairn Energy Plc Rs 7,900 crore to refund taxes it had collected to enforce a retrospective tax demand, ending a seven-year-old dispute that had tarred the country's......

Former cricketer Rayudu quits YSRCP days after joining party

IMAGE: Ambati Rayudu with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, on his induction into the party on December 28, 2023. Photograph: Ambati Rayudu/Instagram Less than a fortnight after......