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Committed to caste census, says Rahul Gandhi

Hyderabad, Nov 5 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he is fully committed to ensuring caste census in Telangana and in making the state a model for caste census in the country. Addressing a Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee meeting here, ahead of the commencement of caste survey from November 6 by the state government, he said caste census is the first process to be taken up to assess the extent and nature of discrimination. “So, I am fully committed to ensuring not only the caste census happens in Telangana, but that Telangana becomes a model for the caste

Income inequality, gap between rich and poor still enormous: Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia

New Delhi, Nov 5 (PTI) “The inequality in income and wealth and the growing gap between the rich and the poor is still enormous,” Supreme Court judge Sudhanshu Dhulia said on Tuesday. Justice Dhulia was part of the nine-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud which held all private properties cannot form part of ‘material resources of the community’ empowering states to take them over for distribution to serve “common good” under the Constitution. Justice Dhulia in his dissenting view said, “The inequality in income and wealth and the growing gap between the rich and the poor is still

Trump vs Harris: US voters head to polls as turbulent campaign concludes

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) – The dizzying presidential contest between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris hurtled toward an uncertain finish on Tuesday as millions of Americans headed to the polls to choose between two sharply different visions for the country. A race whipsawed by unprecedented events – two assassination attempts against Trump, President Joe Biden’s surprise withdrawal and Harris’ rapid rise – remained too close to call, even after billions of dollars in spending and months of frenetic campaigning. The first ballots cast on election day mirrored the nationwide divide. Overnight, the six registered voters in the tiny

Harris closes campaign in Philadelphia, Trump in Michigan on eve of deadlocked election

PHILADELPHIA/GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both predicted victory as they campaigned across Pennsylvania and other battleground states on Monday in the final, frantic day of an exceptionally close U.S. presidential election. The campaign has seen head-spinning twists: two assassination attempts and a felony conviction for Republican former President Trump, and Democratic Vice President Harris’ surprise elevation to the top of the ticket after President Joe Biden, 81, dropped his reelection bid under pressure from his own party. More than $2.6 billion has been spent to sway voters’ minds since March, according to AdImpact,

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