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Bhubaneswar: Even as Koraput district has been declared free of Maoist influence, concerns are emerging over the alleged failure of authorities to rehabilitate several surrendered cadres in accordance with government promises. One such case is that of Sirame Mandangi, a former Maoist cadre from Pachingi village under Kumbhari panchayat in the Narayanpatna block of Koraput district, who is reportedly struggling to make ends meet more than a decade after her surrender. According to reports, Mand ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 6 (ANI): The District Magistrate of West Bengal's Malda has issued a show-cause notice to the Additional District Magistrate (Law and Order) after seven judicial officers, including three women, were gheraoed on April 1. The showcause notice dated April 4 was served to Shaikh Ansar Ahmad over "Serious lapse in duty and failure to report ground situation to higher authority on 1st April 2026, regarding the condition of Judicial Officers at Kaliachak." The noti ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The District Magistrate (DM) of West Bengal's Malda issued a show-cause notice to the Additional District Magistrate (Law and Order) after seven judicial officers, including three women, were gheraoed on April 1. The show-cause notice dated April 4 was served to ADM Shaikh Ansar Ahmad over a "serious lapse in duty and failure to report ground situation to higher authority on 1st April 2026, regarding the condition of judicial officers at Kaliachak." The notice mentioned that the ADM's ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Saturday visited the office of the Malda Superintendent of Police (SP) and later investigated the Block Development Officer's (BDO) office in Kaliachowk, Malda. The probe was related to the gherao of seven judicial officers that took place on April 1. A major political storm had erupted in West Bengal as seven judicial officers, including three women, were held hostage by villagers in Malda district on Wed ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (UNI) Terming West Bengal as the "most polarised State", the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to deploy central forces for the protection of judicial officers engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, after seven judicial officers including three women judges were gheraoed for several hours in Malda district on Wednesday evening by a mob protesting against the deletion of their names from the electoral rolls. Pu ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the West Bengal government following the Malda incident, where seven judicial officers were held hostage for several hours. The top court described West Bengal as the most polarised state and said the judicial officers' gherao in Malda was a "preplanned, calculated and motivated" attempt to derail the electoral process. "Unfortunately in your state each one speaks political language and this is the most polarised state. You are forc ...Read More >
Lucknow, Mar 31 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said 'CM Fellows' will be deployed in every district to accelerate the goal of building a one trillion dollar economy. During a high-level meeting held on Tuesday, he said that on the lines of Aspirational Blocks and the Aspirational Urban Local Bodies Programme, economic development at the district level should be made evidence-based and result-oriented. The chief minister instructed that the economic and data analy ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 31 (ANI): The Central Government has approved and released funds under the Fifteenth Finance Commission's "Untied" grant for Panchayati Raj Institutions and Rural Local Bodies in Uttarakhand for the financial year 2025-26, as per a CMO release. According to the release, this grant will further strengthen the panchayat system and support need-based local development initiatives within Panchayati Raj institutions. Under the second installment of the Untied g ...Read More >
UPPCS 2024 Final Result: Neha Panchal has secured the top rank in UPPCS 2024, followed by Ananya Trivedi in second place and Abhay Pratap Singh in third. The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has declared the final result of the Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services (PCS) 2024. This year's results once again saw girls outperform boys. The top two ranks have been secured by females. Neha Panchal has secured the top rank in UPPCS 2024, followed by Ananya Trivedi in second place ...Read More >
Patna, March 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid concerns among domestic consumers over LPG availability, the district administration in Patna has taken strict measures to prevent black marketing and hoarding of gas cylinders. Acting on the directions of District Magistrate Thiyagarajan SM, the administration has constituted 28 raiding teams to closely monitor the supply and distribution of LPG across the district. To ensure smooth supply and address public grievances, the district administration has als ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Twenty students of Government High School Lankaput, who had gone missing from the school hostel on Monday morning, were found safe near Kolab Reservoir of Koraput district today at around 2 pm. The students, all from classes I to V, were located approximately 10 km away from the hostel. Their parents, who had joined the search, accompanied the children back to the school hostel. The Block Development Officer (BDO), along with the Assistant Block Education Officer and school staff, ...Read More >
Poonch, Oct 25: The Aspirational Block Mankote of District Poonch (Jammu & Kashmir) has earned special recognition at the Regional Best Practices Seminar (North) organized by NITI Aayog under the Aspirational Districts & Blocks Programme (ADP/ABP) held at Varanasi. Representing the District, Pankaj Magotra (Additional District Development Commissioner Poonch) and Ijaz Ahmed (Block Development Officer Mankote) presented the Nutrition Use Case titled "A Jan Andolan for Nutrition and Community Wel ...Read More >
Poonch, Oct 25: The Aspirational Block Mankote of District Poonch (Jammu & Kashmir) has earned special recognition at the Regional Best Practices Seminar (North) organized by NITI Aayog under the Aspirational Districts & Blocks Programme (ADP/ABP) held at Varanasi. Representing the District, Pankaj Magotra (Additional District Development Commissioner Poonch) and Ijaz Ahmed (Block Development Officer Mankote) presented the Nutrition Use Case titled "A Jan Andolan for Nutrition and Community Wel ...Read More >
Phulbani: Eight hostel inmates of Salaguda Sevashram School in Phiringia block of Odisha's Kandhamal district were hospitalised on Friday after some fellow students allegedly applied Fevikwik adhesive to their eyes while they were asleep after having dinner last night. According to sources, the Class IV & V students were immediately rushed to Gochhapada primary health centre and later seven among them were shifted to Phulbani district headquarters hospital (DHH) for specialised care at around n ...Read More >
Srinagar, August 25: In order to ensure security of sensitive government information, the Jammu and Kashmir government, on Monday, imposed a ban on use of pen drives in official devices in the Union Territory. An order issued by the general administration department (GAD) said, "To enhance the cyber security posture of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, protect sensitive government information, and minimise the risks of data breaches, malware infections, and unauthorised access, it has be ...Read More >
MUMBAI: ICICI Bank has rolled back its rule requiring new savings accounts opened after Aug 1 to maintain a monthly average balance (MAB) of Rs 50,000 and has revised the threshold to Rs 15,000. The move follows a social media backlash against the higher balance requirement, which was criticised for making banking exclusive.The bank said it has revised its schedule of charges and MAB requirements following customer feedback. The changes do not apply to salary accounts, senior citizens above 60 y ...Read More >
In Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district, a 30-year-old mentally challenged woman was tragically mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs. The incident occurred in Arjun Dumri village, where police discovered the body in a paddy field after receiving reports of dogs attacking it. A 30-year-old mentally challenged woman was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district, police said. The incident took place on Tuesday night in Arjun Dumri village under Hata police s ...Read More >
Baramulla, Aug 13: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Baramulla, Minga Sherpa on Wednesday felicitated health workers, Panchayat Secretaries, and ASHA workers of recently declared TB-free panchayats from Medical Blocks Uri, Tangmarg, and Boniyar at Boys Degree College Baramulla.Speaking on the occasion, DC stressed the importance of TB testing of the maximum possible population to sustain the district's progress. He said, "Over the past several months, we have accelerated testing, and the results are enco ...Read More >
Srinagar- Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting of the Planning Department to review preparations for the upcoming Union Territory-level 'Sampoornata Abhiyan Samman Samaroh'. The event is being organized to felicitate districts and blocks that have shown exceptional performance in achieving saturation under the nationwide Sampoornata Abhiyan. The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary, Planning Department, Dr. Ashish Chandra Verma; Director General, Econ ...Read More >
BARGARH: In a shocking case of administrative lapse, an 80-year-old woman of Lakhanpur Kushabari village under Ambabhona block has been wrongly declared dead in official records, leading to discontinuation of her old-age pension for the past three months. The woman, Bedamati Naik, lives with her two sons, both daily wagers, and their families. After being marked dead in government documents, she has stopped receiving pension for three consecutive months, putting her family in financial distress ...Read More >
Mumbai: US-based Jane Street said the Indian capital market regulator's order accusing the trading firm of manipulative trading in equity derivatives reflects a 'misunderstanding of standard hedging practices and the interrelationships between derivative and underlying markets'. The firm, in an internal communication that ET has accessed, said the Securities and Exchange Board of India's claim that the firm's activity is "prima facie manipulative", disregards the role of liquidity providers and ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi cabinet on Tuesday approved the establishment of Integrated District Project Fund (IDPF) and District Project Fund (DPF), which will facilitate the execution of small but essential development projects without bureaucratic hurdles in 11 districts of the capital.The cabinet, chaired by chief minister Rekha Gupta, also approved the formation of Delhi State Ayush Society to ensure the effective implementation of National Ayush Mission in the capital, and gave its nod to increas ...Read More >
Pune: Several educators in the state on Sunday reiterated that govt's decision on the three-language policy announced earlier in June was taken in haste and without consultation with experts, leading to complete chaos that resulted in the resolution being revoked.Many asserted that the widespread opposition to the policy was not against the Hindi language, but its introduction from Std I.On Sunday, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the formation of a committee to suggest the way forward ...Read More >
The Centre has asked states and Union Territories to make any proposed changes in the boundaries of administrative units before December 31, when they will be considered final for the census exercise. In a letter to all states and Union Territories, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan has said that for the Census, all villages and towns are divided into uniform enumeration blocks and for each block, an enumerator is assigned to avoid any miss or repetition ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, June 29: The Centre has asked States and Union Territories to make any proposed changes in the boundaries of administrative units before December 31, when they will be considered final for the census exercise. In a letter to all States and Union Territories, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan has said that for the Census, all villages and towns are divided into uniform enumeration blocks and for each block, an enumerator is assigned to avoid an ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a key development regarding the Census 2027, the government of India has asked states and Union Territories to make any proposed changes in the boundaries of administrative units before December 31, when they will be considered final for the census exercise. In a letter to all states and Union Territories, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan has said that for the Census, all villages and towns are divided into uniform enumeration blocks and f ...Read More >
The Bihar government on Thursday (June 5, 2025) sanctioned compensation of ₹8.25 lakh under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, to the family members of the 11-year-old Dalit girl who was raped and brutally assaulted with a knife, and later succumbed to her injuries at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) on June 1. The State also announced a monthly pension of ₹7,700 for the victim's family, in addition to the allotment of a house under ...Read More >
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