The Kozhikode district Congress committee has demanded that the hospital development society at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, revoke its decision to charge ₹10 from patients for outpatient consultation. In a release on Sunday, DCC president K. Praveenkumar said that his party would resort to an agitation if it was not withdrawn. Protest march on December 3 Meanwhile, the …
A political controversy over recruitment of public servants through lateral entry intensified on Monday as the Union government pushed back on criticism by the Opposition that the move was diluting caste-based reservations and named some prominent members brought in by previous administrations, even as ally and Union minister Chirag Paswan opposed the scheme saying quotas were sacrosanct. He said former …
Shivamogga: Former Karnataka Education Minister and state Congress spokesperson Kimmane Ratnakar on Monday opposed the implementation of the New Education Policy in the state stating that it would promote the privatization of the education sector on a large scale. "Congress is vehemently opposing the new education policy, which aims to bring a paradigm shift in the education system but not …
The Modi government on Monday introduced the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Bill, that seeks to do away with the automatic nomination of the President of the Indian National Congress to the Jallianwala Bagh Trust and gives more power to the Central government to terminate the term of a nominated trustee. The Bill amends the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951. …