Sandeshkhali: NCST team gets 23 complaints of torture, land-grab

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) team, which reached trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Thursday morning, has received over 23 complaints of......

Sameer Wankhede meets caste panel chief, submits caste documents

Fighting allegations that he forged documents, Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai zonal head Sameer Wankhede on Monday presented his original caste papers to prove he is a Dalit to National......

Malik stands by his claim that Wankhede is Muslim by birth

Nationalist Congress Party leader and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Sunday said he stood by his claims that the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede was a......

LS passes bill to give constitutional status to National Commission for Backward Classes

A crucial bill to provide constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes was passed unanimously by the Lok Sabha on Thursday with over two-third majority. The House passed......

UGC chairman on plans to improve higher education

University Grants Commission Chairman Sukhadeo Thorat talks on the state of higher education in the country. The Eleventh Five-Year Plan aims at increasing the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in......