2010 IRCTC tender policy: NHRC seeks probe into minorities reservation by then Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee

IANS | January 6, 2026 10:59 AM

Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) A bench of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Railway Board to investigate a complaint alleging that in 2010, when the incumbent West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, was the Railways Minister, a tender policy was amended to provide reservation under the guise of minority preference, reducing the statutory reservation for SC/ST/OBC categories to benefit the Muslim community, which is not provided for under the Constitution of India.

'Siddaramaiah's longest-serving CM record doesn't deserve celebration'

IANS | January 5, 2026 10:01 PM

Bengaluru, Jan 5 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday launched a scathing attack on Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, saying his claim of breaking the longest-serving Chief Minister record does not deserve celebration but should instead be “buried”.