Minority Affairs Minister K.Rahman Khan Tuesday backed giving reservation to Muslims, saying the community suffers from lack of education and scant represenation in government services.
The Supreme Court Tuesday, while upholding the validity of the Right to Education Act, 2009, said that it was not applicable to the aided or unaided minority schools.
Responding to an attack by BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and the Left who have asked her to disclose who brought her painting for Rs 1.80 crore, Mamata Banerjee Tuesday claimed she makes a living by selling her books and does not take any privileges as West Bengal chief minister.
The Supreme Court Tuesday asked BSES Yamuna and BSES Rajdhani, among the three private power distribution firms in the capital, to pay their current dues to NTPC by May 31 and said supplies from the state-run generator will continue till then.
Priyanka Gandhi's "neech rajniti" (low-level politics) barb at Narendra Modi got a caste spin with the BJP prime ministerial candidate using it to play upon his 'lower caste' identity. The Congress accused Modi of deliberately misinterpreting facts while BSP leader Mayawati attacked him for his "despicable politics" for electoral benefit.
The Punjab government Monday announced that a "Cotton Mechanisation Programme" would be introduced in the cotton-producing Malwa belt of south-west Punjab.