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The ICC and UNICEF launched the "Promise to Children" digital campaign during the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup. Supported by Ayushmann Khurrana and Smriti Mandhana, it urges cricket fans and players to commit to equal opportunities for all children. The initiative champions children's rights, including access to education, healthcare, and protection, leveraging cricket's unifying power. The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the UNICEF on Monday announced the launch of the Promise to Chi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) The NHRC on Monday said it has issued notices to municipal commissioner and superintendent of police of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu over reports that two sanitation workers died allegedly due to asphyxiation while working on an underground drainage pipeline last week. The National Human Rights Commission has observed that the content of the media report, if true, raises a serious issue of human rights violation. The NHRC has taken "suo motu cognisance of a media report ...Read More >
New Delhi | The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the UNICEF on Monday announced the launch of the Promise to Children digital campaign during the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025, urging cricket fans, players and audiences to commit to equal opportunities for all children, particularly the most vulnerable. The campaign, supported by UNICEF National Ambassador and Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana and Indian women's cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, aims to harness the unifyin ...Read More >
Bargarh: A couple was killed and their two minor sons injured after a speeding Hyva dumper ran over the scooter they were riding near Gurudwara Square in Bargarh town Sunday afternoon. The deceased couple was identified as Harekrushna Dunguri, 36, and his wife Kuntala, 30, of Ambabhona block in the district. They were travelling with their two children on a scooter (OD 17 AF 1757) when a dumper truck (OD 17 AC 2894) allegedly rammed into them from behind, dragging the scooter underneath its wh ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The upcoming Jubilee Hills by-election has turned into a do-or-die battle for the Bharat Rashtra Samithi. Determined to defend a seat it has held twice in a row -- in 2018 and 2023 -- the party is preparing to launch its campaign after the Dasara festival.The bypoll was necessitated by the death of sitting MLA Maganti Gopinath in June. The BRS has unofficially fielded his wife, Maganti Sunitha, who has already been participating in workers' meetings across the constituency. Party lead ...Read More >
Surat: The Diamond City will now guide four municipalities in the Bhavnagar zone -- Palitana, Savarkundla, Talaja, and Vallabhipur -- on waste management and cleanliness under the Swachh Sheher Jodi initiative of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). MoUs were signed between Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) and the four municipalities on Saturday.Surat has consistently ranked among the top two cleanest cities in India over the past four years and secured the top spot in the Super S ...Read More >
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and Alandi Municipal Council on Saturday signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) 2.0. The partnership comes under the ministry of housing and urban affairs' 'Swachh Shehar Jodi' initiative which connects mentor cities with proven sanitation records to mentee cities for accelerated progress.Over 100 days, PCMC, recognised as one of India's Super Swachh Cities, will extend guidance to Alandi in eight ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 28: With the two-year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas conflict just over a week away, fears are mounting that the conflict may drag into a third year. More than 35 people were killed in Israeli strikes and gunfire since the early hours of Saturday, Gazal officials said. A strike on a house in central Gaza killed at least 11 people, more than half of them women and children, while nine members of a single family died in another strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp, reports BBC. At ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and the Municipal Council Palwal on Sunday formalised a strategic partnership for knowledge-sharing, innovation transfer and empathy-led governance. The MoU marked the commencement of a 100-day structured mentorship programme as envisioned under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 with the NDMC aiming to help the Palwal civic agency to improve in urban governance. The NDMC-Palwal collaboration is poised to become a demonstra ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 28 (ANI): BRS Working President KT Rama Rao on Sunday targeted the Congress-led Telangana government, saying that it is under the false impression that people will forget its deceitful promises. He declared that the "Congress Debt Card" campaign will remind citizens of the unfulfilled assurances and betrayals committed by the party. Also Read | Is Viral Video of Asteroid Hitting Moon Real or Fake? Fact Check Debunks CGI Footage Showing Space Rock Crashi ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 28 (ANI): BRS Working President KT Rama Rao on Sunday targeted the Congress-led Telangana government, saying that it is under the false impression that people will forget its deceitful promises. He declared that the "Congress Debt Card" campaign will remind citizens of the unfulfilled assurances and betrayals committed by the party. During an extensive tour of Shaikpet and Samatha Colony in Jubilee Hills constituency, accompanied by MLC Dasoju Sravan an ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 26 (PTI) The Telangana government on Friday said it aims to attract Rs 1 lakh crore in investments in the aerospace industry over the next five years. According to a press release, State Industries Minister Sridhar Babu chaired a special meeting at the secretariat with leading representatives from the aerospace sector, engaging in in-depth discussions on the future of aerospace development in the state. ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], September 26 (ANI): As part of the Swachhata Hi Seva campaign and in line with the theme "Ek Din, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath", the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC), Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, organised a Shramdaan activity on Friday. According to the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, the event was organised with the Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology (IPFT) in Gurugram, Haryana. Also Read | Raipur Steel Plant Collapse: 6 Killed, ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday called upon people to make Odisha one of the cleanest states in the country. Participating in a mass cleanliness drive near Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar to mark the 'Swachhata Hi Seva 2025' campaign and the 110th birth anniversary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay, the chief minister emphasised the importance of working together to provide basic services to the last person in society, inspired by Upadhyay's philosophy of Antyodaya. He hig ...Read More >
MANGALURU: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged Dharmasthala case has obtained information regarding a 'missing' person from a family in Tumakuru district. This happened due to the discovery of a driving licence alongside human remains at Banglegudde during a site inspection. The SIT recovered the driving licence of one Adishesha Narayana, from Gubbi in Tumakuru district, who allegedly went missing in 2013. He was employed in a bar and was last seen on October 2, 2013. Speak ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP state office witnessed a solemn and spirited celebration on the occasion of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya's birth anniversary. The event was attended by BJP OBC Morcha National President and Rajya Sabha MP Dr. K. Laxman, BJP State Organizational General Secretary Chandrashekhar Tiwari, senior leaders, and party office bearers. Floral tributes were offered to the portrait of Pandit Upadhyaya, honoring his legacy of integral humanism and social justice. Addressing the gat ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): As part of the nationwide voluntary Swachhata drive 'Ek Din, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath', the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thurday organised a cleanliness activity along the roadside boundary of Nirman Bhawan and the Ministry of External Affairs building in New Delhi. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the drive commenced at 8:00 AM with enthusiastic participation from officials and staff of the Ministry. Union Minister of State ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing cleanliness drive, Delhi Social Welfare Minister Ravinder Indraj Singh on Tuesday warned of action against those who indulge in pasting posters on public walls. Speaking to ANI, Singh welcomed the announcement made by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta earlier in the day. Also Read | Ragging Horror in Madurai: Student Stripped, Hit With Slipper on Private Parts at Tamil Nadu ITI College Hostel; Case Registered. "The people of Delhi have been tol ...Read More >
Vijayawada, Spt 16 (UNI) The Government of Andhra Pradesh has embarked on an ambitious plan to tackle legacy waste by clearing 85.90 lakh metric tonnes of old dumps by October 2, 2025. Furthermore, the Government has also targeted to clear an additional 30 lakh metric tonnes of garbage by December 2025. The reclaimed land will be reused productively, with recovered soil processed into compost and Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) supplied to cement factories. The second day of the District Collectors' ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 15 (ANI): The Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Monday exhorted the Panches-Sarpanches, Youth Clubs, Aam Aadmi Party workers to contribute to the best of their capacity for the success of the cleanliness campaign presently underway in Sri Anandpur Sahib constituency.According to the press release from the Information and Public Relations Department, Punjab, the Minister commenced the Sanitiser and cleanliness campaign on Monday from Nangal, wh ...Read More >
Several of these projects have been stuck, which is causing inconvenience to people, officials said. "Gwalior region is a centre with historical and cultural heritage. There are immense possibilities of development here. In such a situation, it is the need of the hour to speed up projects related to infrastructure, education, health, drinking water, sanitation and public facilities. There should be no compromise on the quality of work," Scindia said. Gwalior can be established as an ideal dist ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The uncle of Sowjanya, the 17-year-old college student whose 2012 rape and murder shook Karnataka, has moved the High Court of Karnataka with a public interest litigation demanding urgent judicial intervention in what he describes as a "decades-long pattern of unexplained deaths, rapes, and disappearances" in Dharmasthala. The petition, filed by Sowjanya's uncle Purandara Gowda along with local resident Tukaram Gowda, urges the court to empower the Special Investigation Team (SIT) con ...Read More >
The top court says the failure to ensure humane conditions in such homes does not merely amount to maladministration; it constitutes a constitutional breach of the fundamental right to life with dignity A beggars' home maintained by the state is not a discretionary charity and its administration must reflect the values of constitutional morality, the Supreme Court said while issuing a slew of directions to ensure that dignified living conditions are maintained continuously at such centres. A b ...Read More >
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has announced a scheduled Bengaluru water cut from September 15 to 17. The water supply disruption is part of emergency repair and maintenance work under the Cauvery Water Supply Project, which serves as the backbone of Bengaluru's drinking water infrastructure. Bengaluru water cut: Cauvery water supply to be halted in phases According to the BWSSB, the shutdown will be carried out in two phases across different stages of the Cauvery supply ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will conduct a citywide stray dog census across all 67 wards from September 17. BMC officials said 410 teams, led by expert veterinarians and civic officials, will carry out the survey in two phases using scientific methods, as part of the civic body's plan to roll out an effective animal birth control (ABC) drive to contain the canine population in the city. "A total of 410 teams comprising veterinary experts, ward officers, Swachh Sath ...Read More >
Haryana is committed to enhancing its educational framework to align with Prime Minister Modi's vision of a developed India by 2047. Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini emphasized initiatives like implementing the National Education Policy and promoting digital learning. The state also focuses on skill development, women's education, and setting up educational infrastructure. In a determined push towards educational excellence, Haryana is aligning its academic strategies with Prime Minister Narend ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 14 (UNI) Punjab Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian today said that the state government has deputed nodal chairmen and members to assist in the assessment of flood damage and ensure effective execution of relief and rehabilitation works across the state. The Cabinet Minister said that the unprecedented floods have caused massive destruction in Punjab. In view of this, the government has identified 2,303 villages that require urgent sup ...Read More >
According to senior officials, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will launch the projects at an event at Thyagraj Stadium. Five new hospital blocks, 150 dialysis machines, a drainage master plan, 100 electric intercity and interstate buses, EV charging stations, interstate buses, and three automated multi-level shuttle car parking facilities are among the major projects set to be inaugurated by the Delhi government as part of its day-long mega birthday celebrations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13 (PTI) The Delhi government will launch multiple projects under 'Sewa Pakhwada' marking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 75th birthday, officials said on Saturday. On September 17, Union minister Amit Shah will inaugurate 15 projects, which include new hospital blocks, 101 Arogya Mandirs, and 150 dialysis centres, during a Delhi government event at Thyagraj Stadium. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, who reviewed preparations for 'Sewa Pakhwada' with her ministers, state presiden ...Read More >
Lucknow: With the efforts of the Yogi government, Uttar Pradesh has now emerged as the new epicentre of investment and industrial growth. This will also be reflected during the Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show (UPITS) 2025. As per the master exhibition layout of the mega show to be held at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida, large space has been allotted for the state's priority, rising, and champion services sectors. As per the layout plan, Halls 1 to 8 and Hall 15 have been allocated for B2 ...Read More >
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