The Social Welfare Department has stopped disbursement of pension to 60,000 beneficiaries.
The social welfare department will verify the names of the beneficiaries from the Central pool. It was alleged that several beneficiaries had multiple pension cards.Both the Centre and the state contribute towards the pension scheme.Around Rs 800 crore is spent annually on the pension scheme by the government.
Five people were arrested on Tuesday, December 18, in the Bulandshahr violence case that killed two people including an on-duty inspector and a civilian. Three of the main accused were arrested by the Bulandshahr police for their involvement in the cow slaughtering case, while two accused were nabbed by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force […]
Consensual gay sex is not a crime, the Supreme Court ruled today. This brings a successful end to a fight against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that began in 1994. The first petition against the Section 377 making gay sex a criminal offence was filed after a group of health workers was […]
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has announced that he and his family would rear cows at his official residence and drink their milk in order to set an example. “I will start the domestication of cows at the Chief Minister’s residence along with my family and will consume the milk. This will also inspire […]