Apna Dal (S) National President and Union Minister Anupriya Patel has called for a caste-based census, aligning with demands from opposition leaders such as Congress's Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. Speaking at a state executive committee meeting of the party, an ally of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Patel emphasized the need for a caste census to ensure that welfare benefits are accurately distributed.

As the challenging search for survivors and victims continues in the devastated landscape of landslide-ravaged Wayanad villages, authorities have turned to unmanned aerial vehicles to transport food packets to regions that still remain out of reach by traditional means.

Neethu Jojo, a woman staff of a private hospital in Wayanad, was probably one of the first to alert the emergency services about the devastating landslide that hit this district on July 30, but lost her life before rescuers could reach her.

The Bombay High Court on Monday said the Maharashtra government's 'Ladki Bahin Yojana' is a beneficiary scheme for women and cannot be said to be discriminatory.

In a recent letter, MP Saket Gokhale has called on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to include provisions for disaster relief for the states of Kerala and West Bengal in the Union Budget 2024. This demand comes in the wake of devastating landslides in Wayanad, Kerala, and severe flooding in North Bengal.

In a major setback to the AAP government, the Supreme Court on Monday held that the lieutenant governor of Delhi has the power to nominate aldermen to the MCD.

At least nine Kanwar Yatra pilgrims were electrocuted to death and three others sustained injuries when they came in contact with a high-tension overhead wire in Bihar's Vaishali district, a senior official said on Monday.

Over 2,500 people, including 599 children and six pregnant women, whose lives have been shattered by deadly landslides, are staying in various relief camps in Kerala's Wayanad, according to authorities on Monday.