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Rahul Gandhi that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not an OBC as he was born into the general category, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said the latter's caste was not included in Other Backward Classes (OBC) list as per the recommendations made by Mandal Commission and Bakshi Committee. In a post on X, Ashok Gehlot said, «Rahul Gandhi has spoken the truth on the issue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's inclusion in OBC because Modi/Ghanchi caste was not included in OBC list in the recommendations of Mandal Commission and Bakshi Committee, which was formed in 1978 for backward classes in Gujarat. His caste was that of a business community in the entire country. People from Jain, Maheshwari, and Agarwal communities commonly use the Modi surname.» Gehlot further said if PM Modi considers himself as the biggest supporter of the OBC community, then he shoudl have a nationwide caste census conducted at the earliest.

Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race, said on Friday that if re-elected he would reverse all the gun restrictions enacted by President Joe Biden. Speaking to thousands of supporters at an event organized by the National Rifle Association (NRA), Trump vowed to rescind a rule restricting sales of gun accessories known as pistol braces and other restrictions put in place by the Biden administration.

White House on Friday blasted a report from a Department of Justice special counsel that suggested President Joe Biden was suffering memory lapses, and Vice President Kamala Harris called the report «clearly politically motivated.» The report from Special Counsel Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney in Maryland during Republican Donald Trump's administration, has prompted an election-year brawl and renewed questions about Biden's advanced age. This week Biden, 81, mixed up the names of several world leaders.

₹10.4 trillion, while personal income tax is projected to grow 13% to ₹11.6 trillion. Centre’s GST collection is expected to grow at 11.6% to ₹10.7 trillion in FY25. However, customs duty receipts are expected to grow at a much slower 5.7%, and excise duty receipts at just 4.9%.

The owners of a Haitian food truck are suing a small town in Virginia over allegations that a town council member cut the food truck's water line and screamed, ‘Go back to your own country

Attorneys for the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice want to block a Virginia bank from plans to auction off land at the governor’s posh resort

Keith Wakefield, the former head of municipal bond trading at the defunct IFS Securities Inc., was found guilty of securities and wire fraud Wednesday, according to a report from Law360, an online courthouse news service.

Sam Lee, 35, an Australian citizen residing in Dubai was charged for allegedly co-founding 'too-good-to-be-true' online investment platform HyperFund. Rodney Burton, 54, of Miami, and Brenda Chunga, 43, of Maryland, were promotors of HyperFund.According to court documents, HyperFund’s promotional materials allegedly made various false claims, including that investors who purchased HyperFund “memberships” would receive between 0.5% to 1% daily in passive rewards until the company either doubled or tripled the investor’s initial investment. To convince investors that it could make such payments, HyperFund allegedly claimed that its payments would be disbursed in part from its revenues from large-scale crypto mining operations, when in truth, HyperFund did not have such operations.

Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Committee has completed its work and its report will be delivered on February 2. CM Dhami, speaking to about the implementation of UCC in the state of Uttarakhand, said, «While making a promise to the people of the state in the 2022 assembly elections, we constituted the UCC Committee, taking a pledge to implement the Uniform Civil Code in the state.

Rahul Narwekar time till 15 February to decide on the disqualification of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs affiliated to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's group. The extension was ordered by a bench of justices comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. The Supreme COurt bench took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the office of the speaker, that some more time will be needed to pass orders on the disqualification pleas.

Supreme Court on Monday extended time till February 15 for Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to decide pleas of the Sharad Pawar faction seeking disqualification of NCP MLAs affiliated to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's group. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the office of the speaker, that some more time will be needed to pass orders on the disqualification pleas.

Ayodhya in the north to Guwahati in the east and Trimbakeshwar in the west to Thiruvananthapuram in the south for a comprehensive survey and rehabilitation initiative, focusing particularly on adults, including women and children, a TOI report stated. As per the report, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is set to collaborate with district and municipal authorities to pinpoint 'hotspots' in these cities, with the ambitious goal of making them beggar-free by 2026.

Maratha Quota demand of Manoj Jarange Patil. The agitation will begin on 1 February, with a Maharashtra yatra planned for 3 February. OBCs are calling on scheduled castes and scheduled tribes to join them in opposing the inclusion of Marathas in the OBC category.

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₹2 crore (in compensation), while SCDRCs handles cases between ₹50 lakh and ₹2 crore. District consumer dispute redressal commissions (DCDRC) have jurisdiction over cases that entail up to ₹50 lakh in compensation.

ALSO READ: Ajit Pawar's NCP slams ally CM Eknath Shinde's 'eyewash' response to Maratha quota demand Activist Manoj Jarange on Saturday called off his indefinite fast for Maratha quota after the Maharashtra government accepted his demands, with chief minister Eknath Shinde announcing that till Marathas get reservation, they will be given all the benefits enjoyed by the OBCs. A draft notification was issued by the government following negotiations with Jarange, stating that blood relatives of a Maratha person, who has records to show that he belongs to the agrarian Kunbi community, would also be recognised as Kunbi.

Hindustan Times, the Bombay High Court has granted permission to the state-owned oil company to cut 11,677 trees, including 10,582 mangroves, for laying four pipelines from its refinery in Mahul in Chembur to Rasayani in Raigad district. “The project was in the larger public interest," Justice AS Chandurkar and Justice Jitendra Jain said.

2024 Lok Sabha elections and address a public meeting in Dehradun on Sunday. Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister said the Congress chief is travelling across the country for the crucial polls due this year. “We are grateful that he has chosen Uttarakhand to give his call for a change.

Congress party faces a crisis in its alliance with the INDIA bloc, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday took a jibe at its leadership, saying, see what happens next. Thakur also said that the INDI alliance was meant to be scattered as the Congress failed to do justice to its allies. «Those who could not do justice with their alliance parties, whose 'Mohabbat Ki Dukaan' showed more hatred, had to be scattered, who could not give respect and dignity, who could not decide how they would give justice.

(Reuters) — The United States is reviewing its sanctions policy against Venezuela after a court upheld a ban which prevents presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from holding office, the State Department said on Saturday.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, in a letter, requested Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to issue directions to ensure smooth passage of Rahul Gandhi's Bharata Jodo Nyay Yatra through the state. Expressing concern that the Yatra was allegedly targeted by some miscreants in the neighbouring states, Kharge wrote in his letter, «While the first Bharat Jodo Yatra went across the country without any untoward incidents and culminated in a rally in Kashmir,. However, you would be aware that some miscreants targeted the current Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in your neighbouring states.