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Tripura CM Manik Saha's statement comes a day after his Cabinet announced a recruitment drive to fill up over 1,600 posts in different departments. Over 19,000 jobs have been provided during the BJP-led government's rule in Tripura so far, said Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday. "We have provided nearly 19,800 jobs so far. Apart from that, there are contractual, outsourcing employees... nearly 700-800 employees...so that government work can be done smoothly. Our prime minister always talk ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's smartphone and electronics industry has raised serious concerns over what it describes as informal but targeted trade restrictions imposed by China. The India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA), in a letter to the government, sought swift policy measures to address these unofficial restrictions, which could derail the country's $32 billion export-driven manufacturing ambitions. As per the ICEA letter, India's electronics manufacturing sector remains heavily reliant o ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], July 18 (ANI): The initiative for women's safety, launched in March 2015 under the leadership of PM Modi and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, has now marked a decade. According to the release, over the past 10 years, 16,58,892 women have turned to the Abhayam 181 Women Helpline for help during difficult moments. The Chief Minister has played a pivotal role in supporting women, girls, adolescents, and children across Gujarat during times of crisis. Whether ...Read More >
The car had a Maharashtra number plate. Luggage was tied to the roof of the vehicle, which made officials believe that a family had come from Maharashtra to visit Agra. A shocking and heartbreaking incident has come to light from the Taj Mahal complex in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. An elderly man was found unconscious and tied inside a locked car parked near the western gate. The incident has raised serious questions about human sensitivity and responsibility. According to Aaj Tak, the man had been ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) A three-storey chawl collapsed in the western suburb of Bandra here in the early hours of Friday, with at least 10 people feared trapped in the debris, civic officials said. As many as seven people have been rescued from the debris so far and admitted to the civic-run Bhabha Hospital, they said. Also Read | Stocks To Buy or Sell Today, July 18, 2025: Hitachi Energy India, NTPC, HCL Technologies Among Shares That May Remain in Focus on Friday. According to preliminary info ...Read More >
Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday said the state government is considering introducing a policy that would require couples to register their marriages before the actual ceremony. The proposed policy aims to prevent child marriages through stricter verification of age and documentation. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Saha made the statement while addressing an awareness programme under the Drug-Free India Campaign at Gandhi ...Read More >
Agartala, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Thursday that many prominent people of the society are involved in the drug trade for monetary gain but warned that no one can escape the law if they are caught. Inaugurating an awareness programme organised under the 'Drug-Free India Campaign' and for the prevention of child marriage at the Gandhigram Higher Secondary School grounds in West Tripura District, the Chief Minister said that people involved in the drug tra ...Read More >
Assam Child Marriage: Assam achieved a significant milestone as it witnessed a sharp 81 per cent decline in child marriages across 20 districts between 2021-22 and 2023-24. The achievement is a result of a strict legal crackdown by the state government, which vowed to eradicate child marriage by 2026. It also reflects the determination of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who had earlier vowed to eliminate child marriage in Assam by 2026. The latest data showed significant progress in m ...Read More >
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand on Monday became the first state to enforce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a common set of laws that subsume customary laws across faiths and govern issues such as marriage, divorce, inheritance and maintenance. Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami also launched the UCC portal to be used by people for registration of marriage, divorce, rights of inheritance, live-in relationship and its termination under the UCC, and released the rules that will govern implementation of the l ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 27 (ANI): After Uttarakhand became the first state to implement the Uniform Civil Code, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that through UCC, an attempt is being made to give equal rights to all citizens of the state, adding that it is not against any religion or sect, there is no question of targeting anyone. The Chief Minister said that the implementation of UCC will ensure women's empowerment in a "true sense." Also Read | Uttarakhand Becomes Firs ...Read More >
Ranchi: People belonging to the Birhor tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group in Jharkhand, have joined a movement against child marriage in Giridih for the first time, according to an organisation working in the field of protection of children's rights. Birhor people are forest-dependent, belong to a semi-nomadic tribal community and are economically and socially much behind others. Children's rights protection body Just Rights for Children Alliance (JRC) said, "Something different happ ...Read More >
Child marriages in India halved from 47.4 % to 23.3 % in 2019-21 since the introduction of the Prevention of Child Marriage Act in 2006, Union Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi said New Delhi on Wednesday (November 27, 2024). The Minister said that around two lakh child marriages had been prevented in the past one year, even as one in five girls in India is married before reaching the legal age of 18 years. Child betrothals are a ploy to evade punishment: Supreme Court Recen ...Read More >
he October 18 order of the Supreme Court on child marriage and the arguments it heard on October 21 in the case about the legal validity of the so-called 'marital rape', are both significant so far as they pertained to a possible intervention of judiciary in matters that weighed in individual's rights against the mandate set by socio-cultural outlook and customs. A three-judge bench headed by the then Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud, filled a loophole in the Prohibition of Child Marria ...Read More >
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