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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami (Photo: Asian Age)

Rs 2,000 aid to 60 lakh BPL families in Tamil Nadu

Making a suo moto announcement TN CM said the proposal was part of the state government's efforts to ensure inclusive...

11 Feb 2019 11:59 PM

Union minister of state for food and public distribution system, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, stated in Lok Sabha that in terms of rice, Punjab had contributed 135.89 LMTs while Telangana contributed 94.57 LMTs. (Representational image: PTI)

AA Edit | No politics over rice, please

After Karnataka results convinced every political party of the strike power of the freebie promises, the focus now is on...

21 Jun 2023 6:50 PM

Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia addresses a press conference at Delhi secretariat on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Abolish Integrated GST to make tax system effective, says Sisodia

Union Minister Arun Jaitley had said there cannot be a single GST rate in a country like India.

27 Jun 2018 8:20 AM

It was decided that the family would get the child back and a meeting with the man who bought the child will be organised. (Photo: ANI)

Mother sells child for Rs 200 in Tripura

During the last 2 years at least four incidents of child selling by poor tribal families have been reported from...

5 May 2017 2:27 AM

RTEs admission process was made online two years ago to bring in transparency and accuracy in the system.

Fresh round of admissions under RTE to begin today

The new round is for students who failed to register themselves in previous rounds.

18 July 2017 8:30 PM

The villagers alleged that no official came ahead to provide money for cremation of the deceased under Harischandra Yojana.

Elderly dies of starvation' in Odisha, inquiry ordered

The victim, a childless person, was identified as Gobinda Behera of Shantipada village in Pritipur panchayat under the...

22 May 2017 8:25 PM

Going by the India Aging Report 2017, 9.2 per cent of Karnatakas population is elderly and of this number 5.3 per cent are either living alone or only with their spouse and have to take care of their material and physical needs on their own.

No country for old people

Government policies exist, especially for BPL card holders but administrative shortcomings prevent these benefits from...

28 Dec 2017 8:26 PM

Madhya Pradesh: Walls of BPL homes painted

A message scribbled in the walls of the houses in the village read Mera Parivar Gareeb Hai .

17 Dec 2017 1:22 AM