Thakur's tenure as chief minister is best remembered for implementation of the recommendations of the Mungeri Lal Commission, whereby quotas for backward classes were introduced in the state in 1978. This panel was the forerunner of the Mandal Commission. Both Mungeri Lal and B P Mandal were from Bihar, which has a long history of socialist struggles.
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One hopes in his next term, Narendra Modi will take up the mission of inculcating respect for following rules in Indians as a mission.
Therein lies the chance for India to become a developed country, asserts Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) had earlier urged the court not to make its report public for at least four more weeks, according to the lawyer for the Hindu side, Madan Mohan Yadav.
A Varanasi court is likely to decide Friday on making the sealed ASI survey report on the Gyanvapi mosque complex public and providing copies of it to the Hindu and Muslim sides.
Left parties, including CPI and CPM, have claimed that the mahagathbandhan government in the state took praiseworthy steps in its four years of office but rued that several burning issues raised by them were still neglected and the performance was below people’s expectations.
Chief minister Hemant Soren criticizes the previous governments for making Jharkhand sick and highlights his government's efforts to address the issues of the residents. Find out more about the state's development plans and schemes for the poor.