The recent article titled Once Upon a Karnataka on the political and cultural changes in Karnataka by Janaki Nair was a hard look at the growth of extreme right-wing elements in the state and the impact on Muslims and other minorities. She described how Karnataka once had a liberal, pluralistic culture where the kind of

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  स्वनियमन संस्थेशी संलग्न महाराष्ट्रातील 72 न्यूज पोर्टलचा समावेश भारत सरकारने फेब्रुवारी 2021 पासून अधिसूचित केलेल्या नव्या माहिती तंत्रज्ञान (मध्यस्थ मार्गदर्शक सूचना आणि डिजिटल माध्यमांसाठीची आचार संहिता) नियम 2021 अंतर्गत असलेल्या डिजिटल माध्यमांसाठी धोरण आखले आहे. त्यानुसार “डिजिटल मीडिया पब्लिशर अँड न्यूज पोर्टल ग्रिवेंस कौन्सिल ऑफ इंडिया” या स्वनियमन संस्थेला केंद्र शासनाच्या माहिती व प्रसारण

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Irrigation Department Neglects to Implement Time-Bound Rehabilitation Programme The rally taken out by Shramik Elgar under the leadership of its President Praveen Chichghare on 11th April once again highlighted the plight of villagers who are affected by the Bhendala Medium Irrigation Project. This project has been in the pipeline over several decades and even there

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Cut and Thrust of Public Life Old pic of Elgar office that was demolished by Mul Nagar Palika after Elgar lost High Court case to opponents  The last few days have seen heated debates over the role of civil society organisations and the government’s regulatory role. The Enforcement Directorate has filed FIR against Medha Patkar,

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Amalnala Reservoir Rajura subdivision of Chandrapur district comprising of Rajura, Korpana, Jivti and Gondpipari blocks is a hotbed of land related cases. This subdivision was historically a part of the Hyderabad State and it later became part of Maharashtra – before becoming a part of Chandrapur district, it was part of Nanded district in Marathwada

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  वन हक्क दावे शासकीय कार्यालय मधून गहाळ झाल्याचे गंभीर प्रकरण    २००६ मध्ये केंद्रात काँग्रेसचे सरकार असताना वन हकक कायदा पारित करण्यात आले. या कायद्याचे अमलबजावणी योग्य रित्या होत नसल्याने १६ वर्षे लोटूनही आदिवासींवर अंमलबजावणीसाठी मोर्चे काढण्याची वेळ आली आहे. आज (२४ मार्च) श्रमिक एलगरचे अध्यक्ष प्रवीण चिचघरे, उपाध्यक्ष घनश्याम मेश्राम, महासचिव ॲड. कल्याण

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    “महाराष्ट्र लोकसेवा आयोग”(MPSC) हे राज्य सेवा परिक्षाच्या माध्यमातुन वेगवेगळया पदांसाठी उमेदवाराची निवड केली जाते. भारतीय संविधानाच्या अनुच्छेद ३१५ मध्ये महाराष्ट्र लोकसेवा आयोगाची स्थापना करण्यात आली आहे. या स्पर्धापरिक्षेच्या माध्यमातुन राज्यामध्ये वेगवेगळ्या पदांसाठी उमेदवाराची  नियुक्ती केली जाते. त्यामध्ये उपजिल्हाधिकारी, पोलिस-उपनिरीक्षक, तहसीलदार, नायब तहसीलदार, मुख्याधीकारी इत्यादी वर्गासाठी गट-अ, गट-ब आणि गट-क या पदांसाठी व सेवांसाठी उमेदवाराची

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        On 20th June 2001, the United Nations observed the first World Refugee Day to highlight the resilience, courage and pain of refugees around the world. Since then the day is dedicated to support the rights of refugees who are fleeing in search of sanctuary from wars,  disasters and conflicts.    The

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Lathicharge in Vijay Nagar   In the mid-1960s, just before the creation of Bangladesh, the Government of India resettled thousands of refugees from the erstwhile East Pakistan in various states including Maharashtra. Today there is a substantive population of resettled refugees in Eastern Vidarbha primarily in Chandrapur, Gadchiroli and Gondia. In Chandrapur city, one of

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    The Marathi daily Sakal has published Sudheendra Kulkarni’s article in which he decries the unfortunate trend in Dalit movement of ‘reverse casteism’ by which Dalit activists exhibit a hatred for and insult the well-meaning Brahmin and upper caste ‘de-casted’ persons. Mr. Kulkarni’s tone is an interesting mixture of angst, anger, irritation and surprise. He

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