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Hindustan Times
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
New rules on reservation, domicile, languages notified for Ladakh
The Union government on Tuesday notified new rules for Ladakh, allowing reservation in government jobs for locals, a 15-year residency requirement for domicile status, one-third of seats in hill councils for women, and five official languages as part of efforts to safeguard the region's interests. In 2023, the Union home ministry formed a high-powered committee under junior minister Nityanand Rai to discuss ways to protect Ladakh's unique culture, considering its location and strategic importance. The panel, which included the members of Apex Body Leh and Kargil Democratic Alliance, deliberated protection of land and employment, and the empowerment of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils of Leh and Kargil, and other constitutional safeguards. The Ladakh Civil Services Decentralisation and Recruitment (Amendment) Regulation was notified days after the ministry and Ladakhi representatives met on May 27 and agreed to the rules, an official aware of the matter said. It defines a domicile for jobs as a person who has resided in the Union territory for 15 years, studied for seven years and appeared for class 10th or 12th examinations in Ladakh. This means any outsider settled in Ladakh after Jammu and Kashmir's was bifurcated into two Union territories in 2019 will be eligible for domicile status in 2034. A similar policy announced for Jammu and Kashmir in May 2020 said that individuals can claim domicile status if they lived there for at least 15 years, studied for seven years and appeared in class 10 or 12 exams there. The Union Territory of Ladakh Reservation (Amendment) Regulation, also notified on Tuesday, says the reservation shall in no case exceed 85% of the available vacancies, excluding reservation for economically weaker sections. The official cited above said 80% of vacancies are reserved for the region's majority, Scheduled Tribes (STs), 4% for those living along the Line of Actual Control or Line of Control, 1% for the Scheduled Castes and 10% for the Economically Weaker Sections. The ministry had proposed 95% of the reservation for locals during discussions. A third notification issued on Tuesday provides for one-third seats for women in the hill councils by rotation to different territorial constituencies. The Ladakh Official Languages Regulation recognises English, Hindi, Urdu, Bhoti, and Purgi as the official languages and says that the administrator 'shall make special efforts for the promotion and development of other native languages of Ladakh: Shina (Dardic), Brokskat (Dardic), Balti and Ladakhi'. Sajjad Kargili, a leader from Kargil who participated in the high-powered panel meetings, called the notifications a positive step. 'All the assurances given by the government of India have been largely fulfilled. I believe this will now help local youth get employment in Ladakh, who have been in depression for the past six years, as no recruitment was done.' Kargili said they will continue discussions on other demands, including a separate Public Service Commission, statehood, and the region's inclusion in the Constitution's Sixth Schedule, which provides for the administration of tribal areas, establishment of autonomous councils with legislative, executive, judicial, and financial powers with a degree of self-governance. In February 2024, thousands protested in Delhi, Leh and other parts of Ladakh demanding statehood and safeguards under the Sixth Schedule. Activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his 15-day fast in Delhi in October last year after a home ministry official met the protesters and promised to resume the talks related to Ladakh's development.
Daily Mail
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Billie Piper 'rekindles relationship with ex boyfriend Johnny Lloyd as they're spotted kissing during family outing with their daughter at London pub'
Billie Piper has rekindled her relationship with ex boyfriend Johnny Lloyd, according to a new report. The actress, who made her sensational return to Doctor Who on Saturday night, confirmed she had split from musician Johnny, who is frontman of the band Tribes, in March 2024 after eight years together. But fans have now spotted the exes kissing during an outing last week with their daughter Tallulah, seven, at a London pub. The family were enjoying a country music gig on Thursday at a Notting Hill bar, with Billie, 42, spotted beaming as she and Johnny, 39, chatted to friends outside. An onlooker told The Sun: 'Billie and Johnny were all over each other. They looked really cute together. Billie beamed as their daughter Tallulah sat on her lap. 'Billie rested her elbow on Johnny's shoulder as the band belted out country music covers - they all looked blissfully happy. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. 'The family trio left around 8, thanking the band with handshakes and kisses as they left the venue.' Representatives for Billie and Johnny have been contacted by MailOnline for comment. In March 2024 Billie confirmed her split from Johnny following an eight-year romance. Sources had said that 'like many couples, lockdown was quite tough for them, so they have had time to really think about what they want their future to look like.' In a British Vogue spread, the actress confirmed they had separated but did not reveal any further details other than her three-word verdict on Johnny, calling him a 'very good man.' Billie and Johnny welcomed their daughter Tallulah in January 2019 after it was confirmed in July 2018 that Billie was expecting her first child with the rocker. The couple ex first met at the Boogaloo pub on London's Archway Road in 2016. In April 2019, Johnny revealed that a lot of his success was down to Billie's support as she helped him get to the end of a sometimes bumpy journey. When they met the attraction was reportedly instant and mutual. 'She challenged me. She kept asking me questions like, What's your five-year plan? Where are you headed musically? And telling me I had to be accountable for everything I did,' he said 'I felt my head had been stuck in this way of just thinking next job, next tour and I wanted to keep talking to her. Luckily she felt the same way about me. 'She's made my life better in so many ways and I just feel I now know who I am, I know what I can do, I know where I want to be. And that's with her.' Billie was previously married to DJ Chris Evans, whom she famously wed when she was 18 and he was 35. She shocked fans when it emerged they had tied the knot in a casual Las Vegas wedding in 2001 - with just six guests - and just a year after meeting on Chris' TV show TFI Friday. She later admitted to being 'completely hammered for three years' during their marriage and split from Chris in 2004. The divorce was finalised in 2007. Following her marriage to Chris, Billie tied the knot again with controversial activist Laurence Fox in 2007. She was granted a 'quickie' divorce from him in 2016. The actress shares sons Winston and Eugene with the controversial activist and the pair were embroiled in a lengthy custody dispute after their split. Speaking about how past trauma impacted her relationships, Billie mused in her Vogue 2024 interview: 'It's coming out of your 20s, there's enough stuff in your life to look over and go, "Oh, that's been a pattern of behaviour." 'There was a point where I realised I had been drawn into siding with men on a lot of things. I became incredibly frustrated and angry about that. 'I felt very unhinged in my early 30s and kind of mentally not well. There was something very, very sobering about that time and letting go of people that weren't very healthy for me. Unfortunately, a lot of that has been in relation to men I suppose.' She added that finding fame at a young age and working in a male-dominated music industry also impacted her love life. 'Sometimes I wanted to appeal to them, so that I could feel safe. Sometimes I wanted to be them because it looked like they were having a better time than I was', Billie explained. 'It was a period of time in the 1990s where it was just very, very male heavy. I felt a huge amount of frustration about that and I carried that into my romantic relationships.' Billie is on a career high, shocking fans with her return to Doctor Who in a surprise appearance for the series finale on Saturday night. In 2020 Billie starred in the critically acclaimed Sky series, I Hate Suzie. She then landed a lead part in the 2024 Netflix drama Scoop, a dramatic retelling of the process of securing and filming the 2019 Prince Andrew interview with Newsnight. The series was praised by viewers and critics alike, with a whopping 2.75 million households tuning in for the first week alone and Billie also secured a TV BAFTA nomination for her role. That same year, she starred in another Netflix series, Kaos - a contemporary re-imagining of Greek mythology - where she played prophetess Cassandra. Next up is a part in Netflix megahit Wednesday, as Isadora Capri, Nevermor Academy's new head of music. Billie will then be kept busy filming for Doctor Who after the jaw-dropping finale saw her unveiled as the next incarnation of the Time Lord. The actress is well-known to longtime Who fans, having previously played The Doctor's companion Rose Tyler, and The Moment interface in the show's 50th Anniversary Special. Ncuti Gatwa became the 15th Doctor in 2023 but during Saturday's episode it appeared that Ncuti's Doctor, had regenerated into Billie, with her first words being: 'Oh hello!' Billie will now be the second woman to take on the role as the Time Lord after Jodie Whittaker portrayed the 13th doctor. However, while her reveal understandably sparked a huge frenzy on social media, others have been quick to spot one key problem with her regeneration, following Ncuti Gatwa's long-speculated exit from the show.
Daily Mirror
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Billie Piper packs on PDA with ex-boyfriend at gig after 'rekindling romance'
Doctor Who star Billie Piper and her ex-boyfriend Johnny Lloyd, who share a seven-year-old daughter together, have reportedly rekindled their romance Billie Piper has reportedly rekindled her romance with her ex-boyfriend, Johnny Lloyd, with the two seen packing on the PDA at a Notting Hill pub. According to reports, the duo, who share a seven-year-old daughter named Tallulah, were seen smooching at a small gig on Thursday evening. Billie and Johnny first got together in 2016 and they welcomed a daughter named Tallulah in 2018 - an arrival that Billie was said to be thrilled about at the time. A source claimed after Tallulah arrived: 'Billie will be so pleased she's had a girl. With two sons, a boyfriend and two ex-husbands, she can sometimes feel surrounded by men.' At the beginning of last year, Billie confirmed her split from the Tribes frontman. She didn't give details of their relationship of their split, but she told Vogue the father of her daughter is a "very good man'. She did not give any further details of their romance in the interview. And now, just over a year later, it seems that the two might have rekindled their romance after some time apart. An insider claimed the duo were 'all over each other' while watching a country music gig at a Notting Hill venue with their daughter. The source said they 'looked really cute together' before adding: "Billie beamed as their daughter Tallulah sat on her lap." Speaking to The Sun, the source claimed: "Billie rested her elbow on Johnny's shoulder as the band belted out country music covers - they all looked blissfully happy." The Mirror have reached out to the representatives of Billie and Johnny for comment. Johnny previously said he fell for Billie on sight when they first met in a North London pub in 2016. He told the Evening Standard: 'It was a big romance. If you meet somebody like that it blows you over. This was who I wanted to be with. Every day she inspires me.' He gushed over his then-girlfriend, saying: 'I cannot stress enough how talented I think she is… I was a bit lost before but seeing what she can achieve in a day, the amount of meetings she takes and how she moves her life forward inspires me to work harder. She doesn't wait and see if things happen, she goes out and gets them. That's why she's so successful.' The musician also posed with her in their bed while she was pregnant for one of his solo album covers. He explained how the idea came to fruition in an old interview He explained: 'We were lying in bed on a Sunday. I told Bill that I was going to shoot the cover for my album against my favourite tree in Regent's Park. She said that's the worst idea she'd ever heard... "She told me the album is about my life so let's shoot that. I called my friend who is an amazing photographer, he came over in less than 20 minutes, shot it in three frames on a Polaroid and it was done.'
The Hindu
20 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
BSNL pensioners stage protest against non-disbursal of pension to 170 SC/ST employees who had taken VRS in 2020
Members of All India BSNL and Department of Telecommunication Pensioners' Association staged a protest here on Monday against the inordinate delay in disbursal of pension to 170 BSNL employees from Maharashtra who had taken voluntary retirement in 2020. The protesters said that the administration has been delaying the disbursal of pension with the claim that the genuineness of the community certificate of 170 former employees belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was being verified. The association's Virudhunagar treasurer, Perumalsamy, said that all the employees who had taken VRS from across the nation had got pension but for these 170 SC/ST employees. 'The usual practice is that the administration would take an undertaking from the employees in writing and start to give pension immediately even as their papers would be scrutinised. This is how it has worked in all other States,' he added. However, in the guise of verification of the community certificates, the pension was being delayed for five long years. 'How long would it take for the administration to scrutinize the papers of 170 former employees?' he asked. Besides, he said that disbursal of pension had nothing to do with the caste of the pensioner as it is based on the service they had rendered and not their caste. The pensioner have been suffering a lot without the pension due to them, he added.
Hans India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Rs 17,169 cr allocated for tribals under sub-plan funds: Bhatti
Kothagudem: Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka said the previous BRS government had failed to utilise Sub-Plan funds during its decade-long rule and it caused significant injustice to the individuals belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Telangana. He announced that the Congress-led government has allocated Rs.17,169 crore this financial year under the Sub-Plan for tribal welfare, and carried forward Rs 1,296 crore left unspent from previous years. Addressing the Telangana Adivasi Congress workers' meeting at Palwancha in Khammam district on Saturday, Bhatti urged leaders attending the training camp to take information about Sub-Plan schemes to every household. 'To understand the needs of tribal communities, we brought together tribal leaders and launched training programmes to implement solutions through the AICC,' said the minister, in his address. 'Under the Rajiv Yuva Vikasam Self-Employment Scheme, Rs 1,000 crore has been allocated exclusively for tribals — a record in the nation's history,' he added. He underscored the recently introduced Indira Solar Tribal Development Scheme to help forest dwellers live with dignity. 'Through this, we are bringing 6.7 lakh acres under cultivation by investing Rs 12,500 crore. We brought in the Nallamala Declaration to protect the rights and dignity of tribals,' he claimed. 'Dignity and equal society are possible only under Congress governance. We have introduced schemes in alignment with that vision. Welfare programmes are being provided to every household. We will soon distribute details to every home about which schemes are being delivered to each household and how much the government is spending,' he said. Bhatti urged party leaders to take the details of all schemes to every household and help eligible people file applications.
