HC asks centre to come clear about stand on eunuch rights

Representatives of BC organisations on Wednesday urged Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment P Balaram Nayak to table the BC reservation bill in the next session of the Parliament. Representatives of various BC organisations ...

New Delhi, May 7 (UNI) Mr Sudhir Bhargava, Special Secretary in the Petroleum Ministry, has been appointed Secretary in the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment in place of Mr Anil Goswami who was recently made Union Home Secretary. Ms Nita ...

, the Union ministry of home froze the bank account of a coalition known as INSAF (Indian Social Action Forum) and suspended its registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act or FCRA. INSAF is a network of 700 NGOs, people's movements ...

Village panchayats and NGOs can now avail of "Intergrated Programme for Older Persons" scheme of the Union ministry of social justice and empowerment, particularly to take care of food, shelter and health of elderly people.

, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the ministers of Defence, Justice, Interior, Foreign Affairs, and Emergencies and the Security Council officials to examine plans for reaching the socio-economic development targets ...

In perhaps the last reshuffle and expansion of the Union council of ministers, Mallikarjun Kharge was on Monday made the railways minister as eight more were inducted with veterans Sis Ram Ola and Oscar Fernandes making a comeback. After ...

Says Rahul a national leader, fit to lead UPA KV Prasad/TNS New Delhi, June 17 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today suggested his willingness to hand over the baton to Rahul Gandhi and expressed confidence that the UPA would have a third go in the ...

Five newly-appointed Union Ministers Oscar Fernandes, Sisram Ola, Girija Vyas, E M S Natchiappan and Manikrao H Gavit took charge of their respective ministries today, a day after eight new faces were inducted in the Union Cabinet. Taking charge ...

A planned law to regulate social media will not place a limit on the use of the platform, Interior Minister Muammer Güler has said. Güler highlighted that the proposed law will not impose any restrictions on social media but it aims to halt, ...