Politics of colour blooms in Uttar Pradesh
By Amita Verma Lucknow, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) As soon as you alight from a train or an aircraft in Lucknow, the first signage that greets you says, “Muskuraiye ki aap Lucknow mein hain”. The colour…
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The Kongu Naadu controversy in Tamil Nadu
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The mention of non-existent ‘Kongu Naadu’ in Tamil Nadu as the place from where the newly sworn in Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Information…
Minor dies in tractor accident in K’taka, rider commits suicide
Chamarajnagar (Karnataka), July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a tragic incident, a five-year-old boy was killed after a tractor ran over him on Friday, following which the 28-year-old youth who drove the tractor committed suicide by consuming…
‘Bijli Sakhis’ help in realising power dues in UP district
Lucknow, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The initiative by the Uttar Pradesh electricity department to rely on women to realise power dues from villagers, seems to be paying off. Engaging rural women of self-help groups (SHGs) as…
Poor enrolment prompts Odisha govt to shut rural schools
By Tazeen Qureshy Bhubaneswar, July 9 (IANS/ 101Reporters) Even as the Covid-19 pandemic has caused severe damage to the education system in the country, the students in Odisha are facing a challenge of a different…
K’taka village remains ‘forbidden’ terrain for Dalit minister handpicked by Modi
By M K Ashoka Pemmaanahalli Gollarahatti, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) It is a known fact that Dalits face discrimination in various walks of life even today. It became national news in 2019, when A. Narayanaswamy, a…
Scribes shouldn’t accept govt awards: P Sainath on rejecting YSR award
Amaravati, July 8 (ANS) Within hours of Andhra Pradesh government conferring the YSR Lifetime Achievement Award on journalist Palagummi Sainath, the latter rejected it, saying scribes should not accept awards from governments they cover or…
‘Tum karo to ras-leela, hum kare to… :Rajbhar, Owaisi reiterate alliance
Lucknow, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi met Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar in Lucknow on Thursday to reiterate their political alliance and said that the issue of seat sharing…
5 ministers from JPC on data protection bill, is key report ready?
New Delhi, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) In what could signify the importance Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives to data privacy of citizens amid the ongoing tussle with Big Tech, five members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee…
When Maha joint family of 21 fell ill together to Covid
By Sunil Balasaheb Dhumal Pune, July 8 (101Reporters/IANS) The second wave of Covid-19 has been devastating, with some families losing multiple people to the virus. The scenario could have been just as tragic for Ashok…
Pollution in Yamuna: Mathura priests ban entry of politicians
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The priests in Mathura have ‘banned’ the entry of politicians and officials in all religious ceremonies, following their failure to clean the Yamuna River. The priests have put up…
Camels take ‘schools’ to students in remote villages of R’sthan during pandemic
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Camels, also called the ship of the desert, can these days be seen taking ‘schools’ to the doorsteps of students to ensure their education does not suffer during…
After 28 years, Raj farmers get back land stuck at Indo-Pak border
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) On the initiatives taken by the BSF, farmers in Rajasthan will be allowed to till their land which was stuck between international zero point and fencing at the…
Well, find the well: Karnataka farmer files plaint
Belagaavi (Karnataka), July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a rarest of rare event, a farmer had to lodge a complaint to various authorities, including the police, to search out a sanctioned well in his agricultural land, which…
BJP’s response to SP poster: 2022 ‘mein Khela na hoi’
Varanasi, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The poster war over the now-famous West Bengal slogan “Khela hobe” is raising the heat in Uttar Pradesh where Assembly elections are a few months away. After the Samajwadi Party put…
SC cites Sherlock Holmes in upholding conviction in murder case
New Delhi, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court, while dismissing an appeal against conviction and life-term of a murder accused, cited popular fictional detective Sherlock Homes. A bench of bench of Justices R.F. Nariman, K.M….
Monsoon likely to advance in Delhi, neighbouring states from July 10
New Delhi, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Spelling a sigh of relief from the scorching heat, the monsoon is likely to advance over Delhi and neigbouring West Uttar Pradesh, some parts of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan from…
Strategic shift, PM Modi greets Dalai Lama on 86th birthday
By Vishal Gulati Dharamsala, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid relations between India and China worsening in the recent months and in a strategic shift, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made a clear-cut departure from the…
Statue project puts at stake future of girls’ school inspired by Vivekananda
By M.K. Ashoka Mysore, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) In contrast to the Prime Minister’s ‘Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao’ call, the Karnataka government has been accused of encouraging the demolition of the state’s first girl’s school, built…
After mega Covid hospitals, Mumbai slum gets a jumbo toilet block
Mumbai July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reeling under the Covid-19 pandemic, the country’s financial capital got its biggest ever swank, 88-seater Jumbo public toilet at Juhu Gully in Andheri west. The two-storied public toilet has 60 seats…