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Dalits continue to be a divided lot and the recent Uttar Pradesh election result has shown their "saffronisation with their identity being subsumed as Hindus", Congress' national coordinator for the SC, ST, OBC and Minorities Departments K Raju said, terming it as a cause of concern. He also called upon various Dalit organisations to unite and emerge as a consolidated force to espouse the cause of

As many as eight Malayalis earned their spots on the Forbes' Billionaire List for 2022. LuLu group Chairman M A Yusuff Ali tops the list among Malayalis and is in the 490th position on the list. He has a net worth of $5.4 billion. The other Malayalis on the list include Kris Gopalakrishnan ($4.1 billion), Byju Raveendran ($3.6 billion), Ravi Pillai ($2.6 billion), S D Shibulal ($2.2 billion)

Petrol and diesel prices in the country witnessed yet another hike on Wednesday, the 14th increase since the ending of a four-and-half-month long hiatus in rate revision on March 22. Petrol in Bengaluru will now cost Rs 111.09 per litre, following an increase of 84 paise. Diesel prices in the state capital have been hiked by 78 paise, and will now cost Rs 94.79 per litre. Petrol and diesel prices

Mumbai, Apr 5: Endorsing Raj Thackeray's stand on playing Hanuman Chalisa in temples to drown out the prayer calls from mosques, Maharashtra BJP functionary Mohit Kamboj offered to finance the installation of loudspeakers atop temples for playing 'Hanuman Chalisa' as he pitched for “Hindu unity” and also demanded the removal of loudspeakers from mosques. Kamboj said he would give loudspeakers for

India recorded less than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time in 715 days even as the virus tally rose to 4,30,29,044, while the active infection count fell below 13,000, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The number of active cases is the lowest in 714 days, the data showed. Thirteen new fatalities pushed the death toll from the pandemic to 5,21,358, the data

New Delhi, Apr 1: Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices for commercial cylinders were hiked by ₹ 250 on Monday. In the national capital, 19-kg commercial cylinders will cost ₹ 2,253, according to news agency ANI. However, the domestic LPG cylinder rates were kept unchanged. A 14.2-kg non-subsidised LPG cylinder now costs ₹ 949.50 in Delhi. In Mumbai, a 19-kg commercial gas cylinder will cost ₹ 2

A two-day nationwide strike - called by a joint forum of central trade unions - is likely to affect banking, trasnportation, railways and power services on Monday and Tuesday. Bharat Bandh, says the Platform of Central Trade Unions and Sectoral Federations and Associations, aims to draw attention to criticism of the government policies, which have been defined as "anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti

New Delhi, Mar 26: A joint forum of central trade unions have given a call for a nationwide strike on March 28 and 29. However, day-to-day activities are unlikely to be hit. The March 22 statement by the forum said that roadways, transport workers and electricity workers have decided to join the strike in spite of the impending threat of ESMA (Haryana and Chandigarh, respectively). The central

BJP workers, who want to attend the grand swearing-in ceremony of Yogi Adityanath and his Cabinet colleagues scheduled to be held at the Ikana Stadium on Friday, will have to perform 'puja' at temples before attending the same and put party flags atop their vehicles while travelling to the venue. The bizarre rules have been viewed as the Uttar Pradesh BJP’s attempt to formally keep non-Hindus

Asserting that Shiv Sena is a "Hindutvavadi" party, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday rejected AIMIM's offer for an alliance calling it a "conspiracy" by the opposition BJP to defame the Sena, which heads the Maha Vikas Aghahdi (MVA) government. Thackeray, who heads Shiv Sena, virtually addressed a meeting of the party MPs and office-bearers here wherein he lashed out at BJP