Gauhati High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Justice Robin Phukan disposed of a writ petition filed by a widow seeking family pension under the Assam Services Rules, 1969. The court held that family pension could not be granted since the petitioner's husband's service was not provincialised before his death. Court's Reasoning The court first noted that while Sachindra Das' …
Vijayawada: The TDP-led NDA alliance government has prevented 780 child marriages in special drives organised from July 2024 onwards, women, child and tribal welfare Minister Gummidi Sandhyarani has underlined. The minister said 80,194 growth monitoring devices worth Rs 10.18 crore have been procured to track children's nutritional status. Rs 4.76 crore have been released for procuring 34,66,790 Early Childhood Care …
Visakhapatnam: Tribal welfare minister Gummadi Sandhyarani received a petition regarding the reservation for Adivasis in DSC-2024 teaching posts. A team of the Andhra Pradesh Joint Action Committee group led by Rama Rao Dora, the convener, met the minister and submitted a representation on this issue in the ASR district on Monday. During the meeting, Dora demanded that teacher posts in …
Visakhapatnam: In the TD-led alliance government, three women leaders got in as ministers. The three are Vangalapudi Anitha, MLA of Payakaraopeta constituency in Anakapalli district, Salur MLA from Parvathipuram Manyam district, Gummadi Sandhyarani, MLA of Penukonda in Anantapur district. Gummadi Sandhyarani's journey to the assembly is a testament to her perseverance and determination. After contesting the assembly polls twice and …
The yu, a popular rice wine, has not been brewing at Sekmai, dry Manipur’s favourite watering hole north of the State’s capital Imphal on National Highway 2. What’s been brewing for more than a month is the fear of getting killed at the Sekmai relief camp and the realisation that members of 175 Meitei households, spread across several such camps, …
