5+ min ago (381+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 10:58 pm IST - Guwahati A Group of Ministers (GoM) submitted its report in the Assembly on Saturday (November 29)on the demand for ST status by six communities'Tai Ahom, Chutia, Moran, Matak, Koch-Rajbongshi and Tea Tribes (adivasis). If these communities are granted ST status, they will come under reservation in education and jobs. Mr. Gogoi, the party's deputy leader in the Lok Sabha, said in a post on X that the "Congress has supported the claim that six indigenous communities of the State must be declared as ST without affecting the rights and privileges of the existing ST groups. An Assembly resolution to this end was passed during the last Congress government, he said, referring to a motion adopted under his father and Assam's three-time and longest serving Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's administration. "As an indigenous community, we want the…...

10+ min ago (245+ words) Medicover Hospitals in Visakhapatnam achieves milestone with 100 robotic onco-surgeries, enhancing precision cancer care locally. Medicover Hospitals has successfully completed 100 highly complex robotic cancer surgeries in Visakhapatnam This is a significant step forward in providing high-precision, state-of-the-art cancer care locally, said Dr Karthik Chandra, chief consultant surgical oncologist and robotic surgeon.In a statement issued on Sunday, Dr Karthik Chandra said that the hospital has performed 396 robotic surgeries in the past year, out of which 100 were robotic onco-surgeries These surgeries were performed using one of the most advanced robotic systems, the 4th generation "da Vinci X" robotic surgical platform, and that the system"s high-definition 3D vision and exceptional flexibility allow for the highest precision even in the most delicate deep spaces.This advanced technology has turned out to be a boon for patients in difficult situations, such as elderly patients, obese patients,…...

19+ min ago (677+ words) Updated - November 30, 2025 06:45 pm IST - Shimla Former Deputy Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Assembly Vinod Kumar on Sunday (November 20, 2025) took charge as the new President of the State Congress Committee, and said, "This crown is full of challenges, the biggest being to bring the party workers out of their houses to work for the organisation. "I will try to become the voice of the Congress workers in the State and ensure the victory of the party again in the 2027 Assembly polls, he told the media persons in Shimla and added that he will work as a link between the government and the organisation and make sure that works of party workers are done. "Chunatiyon bhara hai yeh Taj (this crown is full of challenges), and the biggest challenge at present is to bring the Congress workers out of their houses to work…...

27+ min ago (299+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 10:36 pm IST - Agartala In an apparent race with the Tipra Motha Party for prominence in State politics, Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT), a junior partner of the BJP-led coalition in Tripura, will hold a demonstration in New Delhi, pressing a demand for the augmentation of an autonomous district council through amendment of Article 125 of the Constitution in Parliament. Party leaders said they had not given up the demand for a separate tribal State but primarily sought the setting up of Tipra Territorial Council in line with the Bodo Territorial Council. The leaders were speaking here on Sunday (November 30, 2025) after constituting a new central executive committee of the party. They informed that the stir in Delhi next month would be held in alliance with the National Federation of New States (NFNS) of which IPFT is a constituent. IPFT,…...

30+ min ago (774+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 05:33 pm IST - New Delhi The Opposition on Sunday (November 30, 2025) demanded that a discussion be held in Parliament over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and indicated that functioning of both the Houses would be hampered if such a debate is not allowed. During an all-party meeting convened by the government a day before the Winter session of Parliament, the Opposition parties also strongly pressed for a discussion on national security in the wake of the Delhi blast incident. They also alleged that the government wants to "finish off" democracy and "bury" parliamentary traditions. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the all-party meeting to discuss the agenda for the Winter session of Parliament starting on Monday (December 1, 2025) is a mere formality. Mr. Ramesh, who attended the meeting, said the Modi government has made its intentions…...

32+ min ago (428+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 10:31 pm IST - Padang, Indonesia Indonesian and Thai authorities raced on Sunday (November 30, 2025) to clear debris and find hundreds of missing people as the death toll from devastating floods and landslides across Southeast Asia topped 600. Heavy monsoon rain overwhelmed swaths of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia this week, leaving thousands of people stranded without shelter or critical supplies. At least two areas of Indonesia's worst-affected Sumatra Island were still unreachable on Sunday (November 30), and authorities said they had deployed two warships from Jakarta to deliver aid. Central Tapanuli and Sibolga city "require full attention due to being isolated, National Disaster agency head Suharyanto said in a statement, adding that the ships were expected in Sibolga on Monday (December 1). The death toll in Indonesia rose to 442, while 402 were still missing, according to a tally published on Sunday (November 30) by the disaster…...

33+ min ago (194+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 05:30 pm IST - Bengaluru For many Bengaluru residents, obtaining an e-khata'has become a months-long ordeal as applications are rejected without explanation, pending for months, and stuck due to missing'Assistant Revenue Officers (ARO)'signatures or technical mismatches in the city's new property registration software." One major issue, officials pointed out, is that many applications do not have the mandatory signatures of AROs. "Without ARO's signature, who is the concerned authority, an application cannot proceed for approval," an official from the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA)'said, adding'that delays'and'absences of AROs at the ward level have created a cascade of pending cases. The shortage of IT staff within the GBA further worsens the problem. "Revenue teams'encounter'errors related to data mismatches, signature verification, or fee payment entries, but with limited technical support, these cannot be resolved quickly. We have the tools, but not…...

34+ min ago (140+ words) Kerala Fire and Rescue Services team from Thiruvananthapuram fire station rushed to the spot and cut the branch Published - November 30, 2025 10:30 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Traffic was briefly disrupted along the Pappanamcode-Malayinkeezhu road on Sunday after an Army truck got stuck when it hit an overhanging tree branch at Poozhikunnu, near Pappanamcode. The incident occurred around 12 p.m. when the truck became wedged under the branch while attempting to proceed. The impact caused the tree to lean dangerously over the truck and left it completely immobile. Despite multiple attempts by military personnel to manoeuvre the vehicle, it could not be moved further. Soon, a Kerala Fire and Rescue Services team from the Thiruvananthapuram fire station rushed to the spot and cut the branch. The situation was resolved within an hour, and traffic subsequently returned to normal....

34+ min ago (288+ words) Updated - November 30, 2025 05:57 pm IST - Mumbai Maharashtra Minister and BJP leader Jaykumar Gore urged women voters reaping the benefits of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme to remain loyal to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in the upcoming civic body polls, saying even their "husbands don't give them "100. Addressing a poll rally in Solapur district on Saturday (November 29, 2025), the State Rural Development Minister advised women to accept money from whoever offers it, but to remember the monthly stipend of "1,500 that gets credited to their bank accounts under the scheme. Also Read |26.34 lakh "ineligible" beneficiaries will be temporarily suspended under Ladki Bahin scheme "You don"t even get "100 from your husbands. Devabhau (Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis) introduced the Ladki Bahin Yojana and gave you "1,500. If he is not in power, the money will stop coming into your accounts," he told women at…...

40+ min ago (416+ words) Published - November 30, 2025 10:24 pm IST - JAIPUR A controversial order directing all schools in Rajasthan to observe December 6 " the day the Babri Masjid was demolished in 1992 " as Shaurya Diwas was recalled on Sunday (November 30, 2025) by the government after it drew flak from the opposition and Muslim groups. While the order was recalled, a stark contradiction in statements between School Education Minister Madan Dilawar and Director of Secondary Board Education Sitaram Jat surfaced. Mr. Dilawar said that it was not possible to hold any other activities or events on campus as exams are in progress, whereas Mr. Jat said that no such order had been issued by him. The order released on an official WhatsApp group on Saturday night (November 29) was recalled on Sunday morning (November 30) in a statement which read: "Due to unavoidable circumstances, the order has been taken back." According to…...