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"Work on two aspects firstly to specify how much DAP is required, and secondly, plan a distribution system that prevents farmers from queuing up." - Shivraj Singh Chouhan During the meeting, the Union Minister reviewed the availability of fertilizers in the district in the presence of public representatives and sought a detailed briefing from district officials. Chouhan instructed that no farmer should face any inconvenience, directing the administration to ensure smooth arrangements that farm ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging a high court order that stayed a government order granting 42% reservation to Backward Classes in local bodies. The high court had previously issued an interim stay, citing petitions that argued the increased quota breaches the 50% reservation ceiling. The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging a high court order which stayed a government order providing 42 per cent reservation t ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress leadership on Friday took a significant step towards politically rehabilitating former cabinet minister and Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee, who quit the party in 2018 and joined BJP a year later, making him the chairperson of New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA).Chatterjee, once considered close to Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee and is fondly called Kanan by her, is the first non-bureaucrat chairperson of NKDA since its inception in 2009.The Friday app ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The vigilance has apprehended two officials from Jaleswar Municipality, Balasore, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a contractor. The accused officials, identified as Braja Gopal Ghose Mohapatra, Dealing Assistant-cum-MIS Coordinator, and Ratikanta Patra, Sanitation Expert, were caught red-handed by the Vigilance team on Friday. According to reports, the contractor had approached the municipality for clearance of his pending bill for works executed un ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has announced plans to restore the seaside house of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Puri and convert it into a museum dedicated to the poet-philosopher's life and works. State minister for Odia language, literature and culture, Suryavanshi Suraj, said on Wednesday that the historic building -- popularly known as Pather Puri -- will be conserved and developed as a centre celebrating Tagore's creative legacy and his association with the temple town. "It h ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 5 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday defended the decision of the Election Commission of India to conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, asserting that for someone to say that the revision should be conducted after the elections is "unjustified". The Chief Election Commissioner clarified that conducting the SIR is both legal and mandated under the Representation of the Peo ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 5 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday defended the decision of the Election Commission of India to conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, asserting that for someone to say that the revision should be conducted after the elections is "unjustified". The Chief Election Commissioner clarified that conducting the SIR is both legal and mandated under the Representation of the Peo ...Read More >
Godhra (Gujarat) [India], October 2 (ANI): The Gujarat Administration demolished 33 illegal properties built on government land in Godhra, Gujarat, on Thursday. Commenting on the property's demolition, Godhra's Superintendent of Police, Haresh Dudhat, stated that demolition actions are underway against 35 properties, including two plots belonging to individuals allegedly involved in antisocial activities. Also Read | Duplicate Ghee in Branded Packs: Delhi Police Busts Adulterated Desi Ghee Rac ...Read More >
Godhra (Gujarat) [India], October 2 (ANI): The Gujarat Administration demolished 33 illegal properties built on government land in Godhra, Gujarat, on Thursday. Commenting on the property's demolition, Godhra's Superintendent of Police, Haresh Dudhat, stated that demolition actions are underway against 35 properties, including two plots belonging to individuals allegedly involved in antisocial activities. The Godhra's Superintendent of Police also mentioned that the demolition is expected to b ...Read More >
Gen Z voters are set to make an impact in the election in Bihar's Nawada district ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Bihar's Nawada district is a key battleground region where all alliances aim to win at any cost * There are 3.64 lakh Gen Z voters aged 18 to 30 in Nawada out of a total 17.16 lakh voters * The SIR exercise final list shows 30,491 new voters on Nawada's electoral roll Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Patna: A total of 95 ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Monday questioned Swami Chaitanyanand Saraswati in connection with the alleged molestation of 17 students of a private management institute. Saraswati, who is in a five-day police custody, was taken to the room located on the ground floor where he allegedly lured female students. During the investigation, a victim reported that on September 14, her father received a threatening call from a person who identified himself as Hari Singh Kopkoti from Uttarakhand. He was ap ...Read More >
Lucknow: On Monday, during a virtual interaction with mayors and councillors of 17 municipal corporations, along with presidents and members of 200 municipalities and 545 nagar panchayats, under the 'Viksit UP @ 2047' dialogue series, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reiterated the central role of municipal bodies in transforming Uttar Pradesh into a Viksit state by 2047. He urged every urban body to commit itself to the mission of making its city clean, modern, well-organized, and self-reliant. ...Read More >
Gandhinagar: Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) will be awarded in five different categories at the north Gujarat Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC), which will be held in Mehsana on Oct 9 and 10.Awards will be presented to MSE entrepreneurs from the Mehsana, Patan, Sabarkantha, Banaskantha, and Aravalli districts of North Gujarat, based on their performance in five distinct categories. The parameters include 51% or more of female ownership, young entrepreneurs, industries operated by me ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], September 26 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, presenting the 'Nirmal Gujarat Awards' to eight Municipal Corporations and 16 Municipalities of the state for their outstanding performance in terms of cleanliness, stated that it is our commitment to achieve better development by fostering healthy competition among cities for awards in public welfare initiatives, including cleanliness. According to the Gujarat Chief Minister's Office (CMO), CM Patel pres ...Read More >
The Telangana government has issued G.O.Ms. No. 9 granting 42 percent reservation to Backward Classes in local bodies, paving the way for long-overdue elections. With the High Court setting a September 30 deadline, the State Election Commission is gearing up for polls across thousands of Gram Panchayats, wards, ZPTCs, and MPTCs. Hyderabad: The State government on Friday issued GOMs 9 for providing 42 percent reservation of seats and positions in local bodies to Backward Classes. These orders w ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 26 (ANI): Telangana Government orders to provide 42 per cent reservation of seats and positions in local bodies for Backwards Classes in the State, the Chief Minister's office said in a press release. In a letter dated September 26, the Telangana Chief Minister's office said, "The State of Telangana, which came into existence on 2nd June, 2014, was the outcome of a prolonged and determined struggle of people of Telangana to achieve the aspirations of its ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 26 (ANI): Telangana Government orders to provide 42 per cent reservation of seats and positions in local bodies for Backwards Classes in the State, the Chief Minister office said in a press release. In a letter dated September 26, the Telangana Chief Minister office said, The State of Telangana, which came into existence on 2nd June, 2014, was the outcome of a prolonged and determined struggle of people of Telangana to achieve the aspirations of its peop ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Nearly a month after the Telangana cabinet deciding to implement 42 percent reservations for Backward Classes (BC), the state government on Friday, September 26, passed an order to implement it in view of the upcoming Telangana local body elections. This comes even in spite of the bill related to it still waiting for the President of India's assent. It it to be seen if the move will meet legal hurdles in the coming days before the upcoming local body elections in Telangana. According ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 26 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in connection with the teacher recruitment irregularities case under investigation of the CBI. Chatterjee, the prime accused in the cash-for-jobs scam in Bengal's state-run schools, which perceptively runs into several thousand crores and has rocked state politics for the past several years, was granted bail in a case on irregularities in primary school recruitment, the charge s ...Read More >
KALPETTA: In a major political development in the Congress party in Wayanad, DCC president N D Appachan tendered his resignation on Thursday, a move that comes just two days after MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra concluded her week-long visit to the constituency. While AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi was criticised for keeping silent on the questions regarding the turmoil in the party's Wayanad unit, and highlighting her meeting with notable persons from the socio-cultural fields and posting the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) Pulling up the Maharashtra State Election Commission for non-compliance of its order, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the state local body polls, stalled since 2022, to be completed by January 31, 2026 without further extension. The bench was irked over the failure of the state election commission (SEC) to comply with its order mandating a timely conclusion of the stalled local body elections. "Elections of all local bodies, including Zila Parishads, Panchayat Sam ...Read More >
Varanasi: On the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth Rs 111 crore here.The municipal body will also cut a 75 kg cake, Varanasi Mayor Ashok Tiwari said on Tuesday. Born on September 17, 1950, in a small town in Gujarat, Modi scripted history on June 9, 2024, when he took the oath of office for a third straight term, becoming the first non-Congress leader and second after Jawa ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The State Government took a slew of important decisions for the effective and efficient maintenance of the streetlights across the state, including the GHMC and the Core Urban Area inside the Outer Ring Road (ORR). For this, all the LED streetlight networks will be connected to the Central Command Center in Hyderabad and also install LED Dashboards in all mandals to monitor the functioning of the streetlights during the night and also day times. At a high level review of the maintena ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The upcoming by-election to Jubilee Hills assembly seat in Hyderabad has become a matter of prestige for all the major political parties in Telangana -Congress, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as it is the first major electoral battle after the last year's general elections and is also crucial for its potential impact on the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls, scheduled to be held in December. The by-poll for the Jubilee Hills asse ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Monday chaired a meeting on dengue preparedness in the Delhi-NCR region. Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh, who participated in the meeting, said that the disease is under control in the national capital. "JP Nadda held a meeting with Delhi and neighbouring states. For Delhi, I want to reassure the people that there is no such issue at the moment... Dengue is under control," Pankaj Kumar Singh told reporters after t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Monday chaired a meeting on dengue preparedness in the Delhi-NCR region. Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh, who participated in the meeting, said that the disease is under control in the national capital. "JP Nadda held a meeting with Delhi and neighbouring states. For Delhi, I want to reassure the people that there is no such issue at the moment... Dengue is under control," Pankaj Kumar Singh told reporters after t ...Read More >
Mr. Revanth Reddy for a comprehensive survey on LED lights requirement across the State Directing officials to take steps for effective supervision of street lighting in rural areas, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy instructed them to entrust the setting up and maintenance of LED street lights to sarpanches. The gram panchayats should install street lights wherever necessary, and they should be given the responsibility of their maintenance. Panchayat Raj department officials should survey the e ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday announced a series of measures to modernise and streamline streetlight maintenance across Telangana, covering GHMC limits, core urban area within the Outer Ring Road and all gram panchayats.He directed officials to install LED streetlights with dashboards, connect all LED networks to the central command control centre in Hyderabad, and delegate maintenance responsibilities to sarpanches in villages. To ensure transparency and efficiency, the CM ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday extended greetings to people of Guatemala on their Independence Day. Jaishankar reaffirmed India's commitment to advance bilateral ties. Also Read | Donald Trump Announces Deal With China on TikTok, Says 'Young People Will Be Very Happy'. "Warm greetings to FM Carlos Ramiro Martinez, the Government and the people of the Guatemala on their Independence Day. Reaffirm our commitment to deepen our friendship a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday extended greetings to people of Guatemala on their Independence Day. Jaishankar reaffirmed India's commitment to advance bilateral ties. "Warm greetings to FM Carlos Ramiro Martinez, the Government and the people of the Guatemala on their Independence Day. Reaffirm our commitment to deepen our friendship and cooperation," Jaishankar said in a post on X. https://x.com/DrSJaishankar/status/196741504399533698 ...Read More >
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