In the wake of the situation prevailing in West Asia following the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah held an interaction with religious scholars, civil society members, and representatives of trade and business bodies in Srinagar.
However, a consortium of organisations, named Aravalli Virasat Jan Abhiyan and the Bharat Seva Sansthan founded by former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Gandhian thinkers, have opted to have resolved, on the International Mountain Day today, for launching an allout campaign demanding the recall of the Supreme Court verdict of November 20, 2025.
Of these, two incidents in the state capital Jaipur occurred in Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma's own constituency, Sanganer, the groups said in a joint statement issued Tuesday evening.
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A state-level workshop on the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, commonly known as the PESA Act, was organised on Friday in Ranchi, bringing together key ministers, bureaucrats, policy experts, and civil society representatives to deliberate on the draft PESA Rules for Jharkhand.
When we flip through the world’s business history, we find that all large mercantile communities were great patrons of the art of philanthropy. They regarded it as a divine tradition.
An unique feature of the protest was, instead of raising slogans, those who were part of the march kept on singing protest songs.
The Congress Party is trying to mobilize support from NGOs and civil society activists to politically fight against the Modi…
Despite the rise of elective democracy, the 21st century is turning out to be a century of citizens engagement. The rights to be heard, to be seen, to be recognized and to be respected are at the core of citizens movements across the world. The 21st century is witnessing fundamental global economic, political, social and cultural transformations challenging traditional notions of citizenship
We pay lip service to the accountability principle. It is not translated into law. For any allegation of abuse of power by the judges, an accountability law is a solution to some extent. Civil society activists need to be up in arms for a sound legislation on accountability
