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Jyothilakshmi is a woman panchayat president of Kallakuranai village in Sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu. She is also a Dalit and faces strong discrimination.While speaking to IANS, Jyothilakshmi said, “ we are from the Pallar SC community and the discrimination starts during the election itself. We have to fall at the feet of the upper caste people to ask for votes. When they are contesting, they demand the votes from us but when we contest, we have to fall at their feet.”She said that she was not even given a proper chair at the panchayat office after she won the…

It happened in Sironj, a municipality in Vidisha district located around 70 km from the state capital Bhopal, on Friday at the time when the country is celebrating the passage of the ‘historic’ Women’s Reservation Bill that aims to promote women’s representation in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies.However, this (Sironj) incident wasn’t the sole example of women’s representation being mocked as such incidents have been a regular affair in the state and only a few of them get noticed. There have been several instances when male family members have taken the oath of office instead of the duly elected…

“We have confiscated two properties of Pannu in Punjab’s Amritsar and Chandigarh,” an NIA official told IANS.The official said that the agency has confiscated properties of Pannu which include 46 Kanal of agricultural property in the ancestral village Khankot, located on the outskirts of Amritsar district.The official also said that it has also confiscated his residential property in Sector 15 area of Chandigarh.The agency sleuths also put the hoarding outside the property of Pannu informing him about the anti-terror probe agency’s action.In a statement the anti-terror probe agency confirmed that it has confiscated the house and land of the self-styled…

New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Bluestone, India’s leading omnichannel jewellery retailer, is set to secure Rs 550 crore ($65 million) funding, with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath contributing Rs 100 crore, media reports said on Saturday.According to the reports, Gaurav Singh Kushwaha, founder and CEO of Bluestone, confirmed the development, saying the company was in the final stages of securing a funding round worth $65 million, valuing the company at around Rs 3,600 crore ($440 million).The funding round includes participation from Zomato founder and chief executive Deepinder Goyal and CEO Amit Jain, and financial services firm IIFL.Moreover, the reports mentioned that…

New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Shortly after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s much talked-about India visit for the G20 summit, the tone and tenor of the relations between the two nations changed in the aftermath of the assassination of prominent Khalistan supporter Hardeep Singh Nijjar, causing a fissure between communities — in both Canada and India.This development necessitates understanding how the Indian diaspora in Canada has evolved and come to affect not only bilateral associations, but also polarise the Canadian Indian community to the extent of inciting concern by governments.As it has come to light, at least 21 pro-Khalistan separatists…

He said, “There are reports stating that I along with shrenu are going to be part of Bigg Boss which are absolutely untrue. We are neither approached. Currently I’m trying to concentrate on my acting career and will later consider the idea of exploring reality shows.”Akshay made his acting debut in 2013 by playing the role of ‘Ashutosh’ in the Marathi TV serial ‘Savar Re’ and also acted in the Marathi film ‘Youth’ (2016) and a short film named ‘Greetings of the day’ (2017) and later in the same year he became household name while essaying Naren Vyas, hero in…

Saying that the first ‘Make in India’ chip from Micron’s plant is most likely to come in December 2024, the minister said the pace at which Micron kicked off work on the Sanand project is highly commendable.”This plant sets a major milestone for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making India a semiconductor hub — the way the country has achieved in sectors like mobile, electronics, defense, railways, aviation and multiple other areas where progress is visible,” Vaishnaw emphasised.The Micron plant at Sanand will work as a foundational industry, in order to create such foundational industries across the country, the…

Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will lay the foundation stone of the new building and both the leaders will also address a public meeting at the Housing Board Ground on Shipra Path of Mansarovar.Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, State President Govind Singh Dotasara welcomed Rahul Gandhi at the airport. Rahul Gandhi will first lay the foundation stone of the new Congress headquarters building in Mansarovar, and will hold a meeting in the afternoon. After this he will inaugurate Gandhi Vatika at 3.30 pm.It is believed that Rahul Gandhi and Kharge will give a new political line to the Congress…

According to the study published in the JAMA Psychiatry journal, postpartum depression affects up to 20 per cent of new mothers, making it the most common pregnancy complication to occur after delivery.Researchers from the US National Institutes of Health, Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) programme wanted to examine how chemicals such as phenols, phthalates, and parabens, commonly found in plastics might play a role in postpartum depression symptoms with factors like genetics and stress.To conduct the study, researchers measured the concentrations of these chemicals in urine samples of 2,174 pregnant individuals at five ECHO Cohort Study Sites. Those…

According to an official statement, acting on specific input the police conducted an operation at the Khanapara area in the city. At least 46 gram of heroin concealed in 33 vials was seized from their possession.Out of the six arrested persons, one is a native of Bornihat neighbourhood in Meghalaya. The 28-year old man was identified as Sanjay Biswa. The other arrested persons identified are—Avtar Singh, Shyamal Pegu, Bikash Ali, Nayan Talukdar and Yuvraj Kalyan.Police have been interrogating the arrested persons. Further investigation in the matter is underway.A case under the relevant section was also registered.–IANStdr/dan