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ECC diverts funds to satellite launch, hikes consumer costs; raises IB budget

The article delves into the narrative of the government's decision to allocate a separate 10 per cent reservation for the recently included Pahari community. Nasir, deeply invested in his civil services examination preparation, expresses dismay over the dwindling opportunities for aspirants like him, emphasising the erosion of meritocracy in public institutions. The amendment, part of a series of changes in Jammu and Kashmir's reservation policies, triggers widespread apprehension amon...

Dr Gurpreet Kaur Mann, wife of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, along with Manjeet Singh Sidhu, OSD to CM, participated in the silver jubilee inaugural cultural fest ‘Jashan-e-Bachpan — Kalanjali’ at the school. Gurpreet Mann said the Society for Education and Awareness in Back

Government also substituted the term ‘Pahari-speaking people with Pahari ethnic people

This paper is based on the author’s MPhil thesis that was submitted to the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai under the supervision of M H Suryanarayana.