A couple of days after the Bihar government released caste survey data, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav asserted that caste census should be carried out throughout the country.
"The opposition is anti-development and anti-people. They only mislead people. They create barriers in development work. People will never elect them to power", CM Patnaik said while addressing a public gathering in the state capital Bhubaneshwar.
On the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri on Monday, Odisha Chief Minister and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik launched the party's month-long 'Jan Sampark Padayatra'.
As the Bihar government released caste survey data, state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that the report will be presented in the all-party meeting scheduled on Tuesday.
"It is important to know who are these people who cleans our drains, who stays at Jhuggis, who are labourers, who are landless...this census has made it clear whose population is how much in the state and what is their economic state," Yadav said speaking to reporters at Patna on Monday.
"We are of a new mindset. We have given the facilities and infrastructure to the talented youth of the state. This will give them a lot of opportunities," Deputy CM Yadav said.
Odisha Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera on Saturday felicitated 27 athletes of the state who shone at different Championships at an award ceremony held at the Kalinga Stadium.
A 'disabled' passenger was detained for allegedly "misbehaving" and "locking himself" inside a bathroom onboard an Indigo Hyderabad-Patna flight following a complaint against him by the crew, officials said.
Patna (Bihar)/ Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 29: Despite being more negatively impacted than men, rural women proved to be very resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of disruptions in supply chains, closure of markets, and lock-downs causing a short supply of labou
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Bihar Government after a Dalit woman was beaten up and stripped naked in Patna.