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New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The central drugs laboratories have found 55 samples manufactured by various firms in June to be "not of standard quality", health ministry officials said on Friday. Further, state drugs testing laboratories have identified 130 drugs samples as 'not of standard quality', they said. Also Read | Chhattisgarh: 6 Bodies of Naxals Recovered in Ongoing Encounter With Security Forces in Narayanpur. According to routine regulatory surveillance activity, the list of 'not of sta ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore corporation is yet to retrieve a piece of open space reserve (OSR) land in Podanur area, even two years after the Madras high court directed it to evict encroachers and demolish unauthorised constructions.On Thursday, residents prevented a ruling party member when he allegedly attempted to fence a portion of the OSR land. On Friday, the corporation placed a board declaring that the property belongs to the civic body.The said OSR land is in Karunanidhi Nagar, in ward nu ...Read More >
Bhopal: After retaining the tag of cleanest city of India for seven times in a row in the annual sanitation surveys (SS), Madhya Pradesh's Indore topped the Super Swachh League, a separate category that honours cities with consistent top-tier performance over multiple survey cycles, in the SS 2024-25. The Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 awards were announced by President Draupadi Murmu at Delhi on Thursday. The survey ranks urban local bodies across India on sanitation indicators such as door-to-doo ...Read More >
Coimbatore: The Coimbatore Corporation has been ranked 28 out of 44 cities in the cleanliness survey (Swachh Survekshan 2025) under the category of cities with population of more than 10 lakh. The cleanliness ranking was released on Thursday by the ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA).Coimbatore has shown significant improvement in rankings. It stood at 35th place in 2023 and 46th place in 2022.In Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore has maintained its top position for the third consecutive year whil ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) The Panchayati Raj Ministry on Thursday said it has brought together 19 partner institutes of planning and architecture to prepare spatial development plans for 36 gram panchayats across 14 states as a pilot project. A two-day workshop in this regard, titled 'Navingram --" Re-Imagining the Village', commenced in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal on Thursday, the ministry said in a statement. A Gram Panchayat Spatial Development Plan (GPSDP) is a comprehensive plan that guid ...Read More >
Raipur, Jul 17 (PTI) Bilha in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district has been declared the country's cleanest town with a population of less than 20,000, as per the government's annual cleanliness survey. Bilaspur city was ranked second in the 3 to10 lakh population category, while Kumhari municipality in the state stood third among towns with a population between 20,000 and 50,000, a state government release said. President Droupadi Murmu presented the 'Swachh Survekshan' awards at a ceremony held ...Read More >
KOLKATA: An FIR has been lodged against Hasin Jahan, the estranged wife of cricketer Mohammed Shami and Arshi Jahan, Hasin's daughter from her first marriage at Suri in Birbhum district in West Bengal. A few days ago, a conflict erupted over a plot of land in the Sonator area under ward no. 5 of Suri Municipality. The land reportedly belongs to Arshi and it is alleged that neighbor Guddu Bibi was trying to encroach that land. It is alleged that after the construction work started on the land o ...Read More >
Saharanpur (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) Samajwadi Party workers on Thursday staged a protest at the divisional commissioner's office against the alleged misbehavior by additional district magistrate (ADM) with the party's Kairana MP Iqra Hasan, and demanded strict action against the accused officer. Led by SP district president Abdul Wahid, several party workers reached the office of Moradabad Divisional Commissioner Atal Kumar Rai and protested against the alleged misbehavior by ADM Santosh Bahadur Sing ...Read More >
Saharanpur (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) Samajwadi Party workers on Thursday staged a protest at the divisional commissioner's office against the alleged misbehavior by additional district magistrate (ADM) with the party's Kairana MP Iqra Hasan, and demanded strict action against the accused officer. Led by SP district president Abdul Wahid, several party workers reached the office of Moradabad Divisional Commissioner Atal Kumar Rai and protested against the alleged misbehavior by ADM Santosh Bahadur Sing ...Read More >
Patna, Jul 17 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Bihar on Friday when he is scheduled to address a public rally in East Champaran district, besides launching development projects worth over Rs 7,000 crore. Tight security measures are in place at Gandhi Maidan in Motihari town, the district headquarters, where Modi is expected to reach in the forenoon and share the stage with Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and a number of Union ministers. "All arrangements h ...Read More >
New Delhi/Raipur/Ambikapur: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday awarded seven urban local bodies (ULBs) of Chhattisgarh for cleanliness under the 'Swachh Survekshan 2024-25'. The awards were handed over to deputy Chief Minister and urban administration minister Arun Sao at a programme in Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. Ambikapur mayor Manjusha Bhagat and municipal corporation commissioner DN Kashyap were also present on the occasion. The 'Swachh Survekshan' is an annual survey conducted by the Mi ...Read More >
Ranchi, July 17 (UNI) Jharkhand continues to make its mark in urban sanitation as two of its cities -- Jamshedpur and Bundu -- were honoured under the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 awards announced in New Delhi on Thursday. President Droupadi Murmu felicitated the winning cities at a national ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan in the presence of Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar, Minister of State Tokhan Sahu, and Secretary Srinivas Katikithala. Jamshedpur secured the th ...Read More >
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh has yet again achieved national acclamation in urban sanitation, emerging as a national leader in cleanliness under the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25. Conducted by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, the annual nationwide survey saw multiple cities from the state securing top honours across diverse population categories.In a landmark feat, Belha Nagar Panchayat, located in Bilaspur district, was adjudged the cleanest city in India among towns with a population of le ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: It was a proud moment for Odisha as its urban areas received Swachh Survekshan Awards 2024-25 from President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday in recognition of the commitment to urban cleanliness. The state continued to shine in Swachh Shehar 2024-25 national cleanliness rankings as the Notified Area Council (NAC) of Aska in Ganjam district was awarded for winning second rank in the 20,000 to 50,000 population category. Similarly, the NAC of Chikiti, also in Ganjam, received the award f ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday launched the 'Ungaludan Stalin' (Stalin with you) scheme designed to deliver 46 different services/schemes of the state government to the people at their locality. The chief minister also collected the applications and interacted with the people who turned up for the Ungaludan Stalin camps and oversaw the registration of the petitions. Announcing that about 10,000 camps will be conducted as part of the scheme across Tamil Nadu till November, Stalin sa ...Read More >
Kolkata: A day after DGCA ordered checks on fuel control switches of Boeing aircraft based on a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) NM-18-33 issued by US regulator Federal Aviation Authority in Dec 17, 2018, an Airworthiness Directive (AD) issued by FAA on Sept 19, 2015, on fuel shutoff valves has come to light.This AD, which required mandatory compliance, was flagged again a month later by UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which issued a safety notice requiring airlines to check ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India] July 15 (ANI): Uttarakhand Governor Lieutenant General Gurmeet Singh (Retd) attended the award ceremony as the chief guest under the 'TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan' organised by the National Health Mission, Uttarakhand at the Raj Bhavan on Tuesday, said the statement. On this occasion, the Governor honoured 13 Nishchay Mitras who adopted TB patients and helped them recover by providing regular monitoring and mental support. The statement said that he also honoured 13 tr ...Read More >
Chennai: In a state-wide push to take govt services to the people, Chief Minister M K Stalin will launch the 'Ungaludan Stalin' (Stalin With You) doorstep outreach and grievance redressal initiative from Chidambaram in Cuddalore district on Tuesday.A new 'Ungaludan Stalin' website will go live on Tuesday, enabling users to check camp schedules, petition status, and resolution timelines. A digital tracking system will record each petition's details, who filed it, how long it has been pending, and ...Read More >
Patna, Jul 12 (PTI) Union minister Chirag Paswan has received a death threat from an Instagram user, his Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) said on Saturday. The party also shared on its X handle screenshot of a complaint lodged with the cyber police station in Patna, by chief spokesman Rajesh Bhatt. In his complaint, into which the SHO has ordered an inquiry, Bhatt cited a post by one 'Tiger Meraj Idrisi' who had threatened to "bomb" the Hajipur MP. Bhatt has alleged that the user had betrayed ...Read More >
Pune: State Election Commission (SEC) will use the July 1, 2025, updated legislative assembly voters' list for the upcoming local body elections with chairperson Dinesh Waghmare directing district collectors and municipal commissioners to begin preparations based on the updated voter rolls during video conferences on Thursday and Friday.Elections are due for 29 municipal corporations, 290 nagar panchayats and parishads, 32 zilla parishads, and 336 panchayat samitis, as their terms have expired. ...Read More >
Patna: At least 20 pink toilets will be installed under state schemes in six urban local bodies, in addition to 70 more being constructed under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) 2.0 in 10 other cities across Bihar, the urban development and housing department announced on Friday.In total, 100 pink toilets are being built across 16 urban local bodies as part of an initiative to provide safe, hygienic and private sanitation facilities for women. According to an official press release issued by the ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a move that could help the Mahayuti govt's prospects in the coming local body polls, the state has decided to scrap a law that prevents the fragmentation of land into tiny plots from being implemented in urban areas in Maharashtra. This will help the sale and transfer of land as small as a guntha.Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule also said that the state will now regularise land divisions of up to one guntha (1,089 sq ft) that were made before the cut-off date of Jan 1, 2025. ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a move that could help the Mahayuti govt's prospects in the coming local body polls, the state has decided to scrap a law that prevents the fragmentation of land into tiny plots from being implemented in urban areas in Maharashtra. This will help the sale and transfer of land as small as a guntha.Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule also said that the state will now regularise land divisions of up to one guntha (1,089 sq ft) that were made before the cut-off date of Jan 1, 2025. ...Read More >
Saran, Jul 6 (PTI) Claiming that there was a "conspiracy" to thwart his foray into Bihar politics, Union minister Chirag Paswan on Sunday asserted that he would, nonetheless, contest the upcoming assembly polls in the state. The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president, who is a junior NDA partner in the state, made the statement at a rally in Saran district. "I want to take Bihar to new heights. I visualise a future in which our boys and girls will not need to go outside in search of greener ...Read More >
Patna, July 5 (PTI) Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday announced that a 'skill university' would soon be set up in Bihar's Jamui district, which had served as his Lok Sabha constituency for two consecutive terms. Paswan, who has shifted base to Hajipur, his late father Ram Vilas Paswan's pocket borough, was addressing a function in the state capital, organised on the latter's birth anniversary. The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president said the new centre of learning will be set up b ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a major political development, former MLA Vijay Bhambale from the Sharad Pawar faction formally joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Deputy Chief Minister and National President Ajit Pawar. Bhambale, accompanied by a large group of office-bearers from various districts, was welcomed into the party during an event held at the Mahila Vikas Mandal Auditorium in Mumbai. Addressing the gathering, Ajit Pawar announced that he would embark on a statewide tour starting from Nan ...Read More >
Patna, Jun 28 (PTI) Bihar on Saturday became the first state to implement mobile phone-based e-voting during local body elections, a top Election Commission official said. State Election Commissioner Deepak Prasad said while 70.20 per cent of the eligible voters used the e-voting system, 54.63 per cent exercised their franchise by visiting polling booths. "Bihar has made history today. Bibha Kumari, a resident of Pakridayal in East Champaran district, became the first person in the country to ...Read More >
New Delhi: Bihar will be the first state in India to allow voting through mobile phones. Local body elections in Patna, Rohtas, and East Champaran are scheduled for Saturday, with voters able to cast their votes using a mobile app. Polling is currently ongoing in six Nagar Panchayats and 36 municipal bodies. You can vote online until 1 PM and in person until 5 PM. To vote, citizens need to download the e-SECBHR app on their Android phones and link it to the phone number registered on the elect ...Read More >
Patna, Jun 7 (PTI) Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday asserted that he might consider fighting the upcoming Bihar assembly polls "only to improve the strike rate" of his Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), which would help the NDA. Talking to reporters here, the Hajipur MP also strongly denied that he had his "eyes on the chief minister's chair" and rued "attempts within the coalition to create misgivings". "Whether or not I will contest the polls is a decision that would be taken by my par ...Read More >
Patna, Dec 12 (PTI) Cricket prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who recently became the youngest player ever to secure an Indian Premiere League contract, called on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday. Suryavanshi, who was accompanied by his father Sanjiv, met Kumar at the official residence of the Chief Minister. The teenager was presented with a shawl by Kumar, in the presence of Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary, among others. Hailing from Samastipur district of north Bihar, the young player m ...Read More >
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