Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, who on Monday won the 2019 Nobel for Economics, said Indian economy is on a shaky ground. The data currently available do not hold any assurance for the country’s economic revival anytime soon, he stated. “Indian economy […]
Interacting with the poor as a child left a mark on Abhijit, recalls mother KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Nirmala Banerjee, mother of Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, was rendered speechless when she heard the news of her son’s achievement. “It was around 2.30 […]
The comment was made by senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for the Muslim parties, before a 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. NEW DELHI: Muslim parties alleged before the Supreme Court Monday that questions are asked only […]
The All India United Muslim Morcha, which works for the rights of Dalit Muslims, staged a demonstration at Mandi House here demanding a “rapid hearing” of the issue of reservation for those belonging to the community. The body, in a […]
New Delhi: The Bombay high court on Tuesday rejected the bail applications filed by Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira. The three were arrested on August 28, 2018 in connected with the violence against Dalits at Bhima Koregaon on […]
The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Secretary to appear before it and assist in the hearing of a PIL alleging misappropriation of funds allotted for education of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled […]
Asifabad: A man was booked for allegedly assaulting his son-in-law who is from a different community, at Nayakapuguda village in Tiryani mandal on Monday. Tiryani Sub-Inspector P Rama Rao said the accused was Satyam Chary and the injured was Naveen, […]
Haridwar: Three men were arrested in connection with the multi-crore SC/ST scholarship scam by the SIT (Special Investigation Team) on Monday in Haridwar. While one of the accused Som Prakash is an additional social welfare officer posted in Bhagwanpur block […]
Kawade, president of the People’s Republican Party, headquartered in Nagpur, had filed his affidavit before the commission, headed by retired Justice J N Patel, which is probing the causes behind the violence in Koregaon Bhima on January 1, 2018, that […]
Though the parents of the 17-year-old girl claim that she took her own life on Saturday, civil society groups are alleging foul play in her death. A minor girl was found dead in Chittoor days after eloping with a Dalit […]
