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BHUBANESWAR: People can now get several citizen-centric services, including birth and income certificates, inter-caste marriage benefits, incentives from government schemes and apply for driving and fertiliser licences through WhatsApp. The Odisha government on Friday unveiled 'Ama Sathi', a unified WhatsApp chatbot that will make 120 services accessible to more than 4.5 crore people across the state. Developed by Centre for Modernising Government Initiative (CMGI) in collaboration with Meta, t ...Read More >
Maharashtra government has proposed a land use change. The Worli Dairy land in Mumbai will become a commercial zone. This replaces earlier plans for a marine research institute. The Urban Development Department has issued a public notification. Citizens can submit objections and suggestions within one month. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority will implement the project. The Maharashtra government has proposed to convert the sea-facing Worli Dairy land, spread over nearly 16 acres ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday launched 'Ama Sathi', a unified WhatsApp chatbot, to offer citizens easy access to over 100 essential public services. Odisha became the second State in the country, after Andhra Pradesh, to partner with Meta for launching 'Ama Sathi', a WhatsApp chatbot for citizen services. The Ama Sathi Unified WhatsApp BOT has been developed by the Centre for Modernising Government Initiative (CMGI) in collaboration with Meta India. The Unified WhatsApp Chatbot i ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The people of Odisha can now access a range of citizen-centric services, including birth and income certificates, inter-caste marriage benefits, government scheme incentives, and applications for driving and fertiliser licences, through WhatsApp. On Friday, the state government unveiled 'Ama Sathi', a unified WhatsApp chatbot that will make 120 services available to more than 4.5 crore residents across the state. Developed by the Centre for Modernising Government Initiative (CMGI) ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The people of Odisha can now access a range of citizen-centric services, including birth and income certificates, inter-caste marriage benefits, government scheme incentives, and applications for driving and fertiliser licences, through WhatsApp. On Friday, the state government unveiled 'Ama Sathi', a unified WhatsApp chatbot that will make 120 services available to more than 4.5 crore residents across the state. Developed by the Centre for Modernising Government Initiative (CMGI) ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 26 (PTI) The Odisha government on Friday launched a unified WhatsApp chatbot that will make 120 services accessible like obtaining birth and income certificates to the people across the state. People can also apply for driving and fertilizer licenses, and access incentives such as the National Family Benefits Scheme using the chatbot named 'Ama Sathi' (my companion) which was launched by Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja, according to an official statement. Available in Odia and Eng ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In a step toward citizen-centric governance, the Odisha government, in partnership with Meta, Friday launched 'Ama Sathi', a WhatsApp chatbot providing access to more than 120 citizen services for residents across the state. Odisha became the second state in India, after Andhra Pradesh, to adopt this initiative. Unveiled in the presence of Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja, the initiative aims to provide convenient, last-mile access to essential public services. Through the chatbot, cit ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In partnership with Meta, the Government of Odisha today launched 'Ama Sathi', a unified WhatsApp chatbot that will make 120 citizen services accessible to more than 45 million people across the State. Unveiled in the presence of Chief Secretary Odisha Manoj Ahuja, the initiative marks a major step towards building convenient, last-mile access to essential public services. Through this chatbot, citizens will be able to access critical Government Services like obtaining Birth and In ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances ...Read More >
Srinagar: The one lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund will be a game-changer in transforming cities and developing them as growth hubs in India, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Thursday. "The initiative involving states and Union Territories and private players to redevelop 300 cities across India will promote innovation, robust infrastructure, improve ease of living and integrate sustainability into urban planning," Sinha said. According to an official press release, he was speaking at th ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Union minister G. Kishan Reddy criticised Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy's "confrontational" approach towards the Centre on state projects. He advised the state government to reconsider -- speaking before the government's latest decision to take over the Hyderabad Metro Rail -- the project's financial aspects. He said the financial institutions required clarity before funding Phase 2 of the project. Kishan Reddy revealed that a special cell in his office was monitoring Telangana's p ...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 >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 16 (ANI): Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot has returned the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2025, expressing concerns over the state government's decision to reduce the buffer zone around lakes and Rajakaluva to 30 meters. The amendment, passed by both houses in the last legislative session, sought to alter Section 12 of the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority Act. The Governor, however, has ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 16 (ANI): Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot has returned the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2025, expressing concerns over the state government's decision to reduce the buffer zone around lakes and Rajakaluva to 30 meters. The amendment, passed by both houses in the last legislative session, sought to alter Section 12 of the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority Act. The Governor, however, has ...Read More >
Indore, September 15: Two persons killed in a tragic accident late Monday night on Aerodrome Road in Indore when a speeding truck lost control, plowed through a crowd of pedestrians, rammed into multiple vehicles, and burst into flames. The incident claimed the lives of at least two people and left 13 others injured, including several in critical condition, according to police officials. Eyewitnesses described scenes of chaos as the truck barrelled through Bada Ganpati Square, dragging a motorc ...Read More >
PATNA: A senior minister in the Nitish Kumar cabinet has been accused of assaulting a YouTuber during his visit to his assembly constituency in Darbhanga district, leading to political uproar and intervention by RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav. The incident occurred on Sunday when Jibesh Kumar, the urban development and housing minister, toured his Jale constituency. A local YouTuber, identified as Dilip Kumar Sahani, confronted the minister to ask about the poor condition of a road in the are ...Read More >
Indore, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two persons killed in a tragic accident late Monday night on Aerodrome Road in Indore when a speeding truck lost control, plowed through a crowd of pedestrians, rammed into multiple vehicles, and burst into flames. The incident claimed the lives of at least two people and left 13 others injured, including several in critical condition, according to police officials. Eyewitnesses described scenes of chaos as the truck barrelled through Bada Ganpati Square, draggi ...Read More >
Yogi Adityanath has set the target of making Uttar Pradesh a 6 trillion dollar economy by 2047 | Credit: ANI The Uttar Pradesh government has unveiled its 'Viksit Uttar Pradesh - Samarth Uttar Pradesh @2047' vision, setting an ambitious target to become a $6 trillion economy by 2047. The roadmap focuses on three key missions - Inclusive Development, Economic Leadership, and Cultural Renaissance - and three themes - Economic Strength, Creative Power, and Vitality. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Friday suggested major reforms in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code "to restore faith in the regulatory and insolvency framework," even as it urged the government to come up with a revival fund to provide financing for stressed real estate projects undergoing insolvency proceedings. The apex court said that the Right to Housing was not merely a contractual entitlement but a facet of the fundamental Right to Life under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution and the governmen ...Read More >
Lucknow, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Uttar Pradesh government is envisioning and preparing a concrete action plan to realise the vision of "Viksit Uttar Pradesh - Samarth Uttar Pradesh @2047". The Yogi Adityanath-led government aims to make Uttar Pradesh a $1 trillion economy by 2030 and a $6 trillion economy by 2047. A special focus has been placed on future-oriented industries, including artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, green energy, and agritech for achieving this objective. A ...Read More >
The State government will explore the scope of introducing the Public-Private Participation (PPP) model in a restricted manner in urban governance in selected areas, after the two-day Kerala Urban Conclave that concluded here threw up such a suggestion. Briefing the media about the outcome of the conclave, Minister for Local Self-Government M.B. Rajesh said that the PPP model may be considered in areas where private players can facilitate service delivery in a competitive manner, help to increa ...Read More >
Kochi, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said Kerala, which has a higher urban growth rate than the national average, is preparing to address the challenges of urbanisation. He was speaking after inaugurating the Urban Conclave organised by the Local Self-Government Department here as part of an effort to formulate an urban policy for the state. The conclave is being held in Kochi on Friday and Saturday. The chief minister said that the rapid urbanisation in Kerala needs to be closely ...Read More >
KOCHI: With the Kerala Urban Policy nearing formal adoption, Prof M Satish Kumar, chairman of the Kerala Urban Policy Commission, which was tasked with preparing it, spoke to TNIE on the state's challenges and possibilities on the sidelines of the two-day Urban Conclave, which concluded in Kochi on Saturday. Excerpts: Given the shifting demographics and trends, what are the challenges faced by Kerala in implementing an urban policy? The Kerala model has raised awareness of participatory govern ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Highlighting misuse of insolvency proceedings in real estate sector which is triggered by speculative investors and affecting the interest of genuine homebuyers, Supreme Court said such investors are acting like a "slow poison" for the residential real estate sector and they are interested in making profits and not in getting possession of flats.A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said that "trigger-happy" speculative investors always intend to seek easy exits from the pr ...Read More >
KOCHI: Kerala is on course to frame the country's first urban policy, with the Kerala Urban Policy Commission, formed in December 2023, submitting its final report early this year. The detailed one-and-a-half year study was carried out to formulate norms that will guide urban planning in the state for the next 25 years. TNIE caught up with Prof Dr Ashok Kumar, lead member of the commission, on the sidelines of the ongoing Kerala Urban Conclave. Excerpts: How fast is urbanisation playing out in ...Read More >
Chandigarh: In a bid to ease mounting traffic pressure on Madhya Marg and streamline inter-state bus operations, the UT administration has initiated plans to set up a new interstate bus terminus (ISBT) in Manimajra. The proposed facility will not only serve buses bound for Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, but also offer a much-needed boost to the municipal corporation's revenue stream.According to the latest discussions held among the MC, UT transport, and urban planning departments ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sept 12: National Conference Chief Spokesperson and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Zadibal, Tanvir Sadiq on Friday represented the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at the Kerala Urban Conclave 2025. The event was inaugurated by Union Minister for Power, Housing & Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal Khattar, along with Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, and Kerala's Minister for Local Self-Government, B.L. Rajesh. Speaking at the Conclave, Tanvir advocated for the esta ...Read More >
Kochi, Sep 12: Tanvir Sadiq, Chief Spokesperson of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and MLA from Zadibal, represented the Chief Minister of J&K, Omar Abdullah, at the Kerala Urban Conclave 2025 on Friday, calling for the establishment of an Urban Commission in J&K inspired by Kerala's pioneering model. The conclave was inaugurated by Union Minister for Power, Housing & Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal Khattar, along with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Kerala Minister for Local Se ...Read More >
Kochi (Kerala), September 12 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh is steadily emerging as a model for mountain urbanisation, with development efforts focused on sustainability and climate resilience, PWD and Urban Development Minister Vikramaditya Singh said on Friday. Addressing the Conclave on 'Sustainable Urbanisation and Climate-Resilient Development, ' Singh said that Himachal, being one of the most ecologically sensitive regions, requires a distinct model of urban growth that balances development with ...Read More >
The state government has adopted measures like climate-smart building codes, vulnerability assessments in urban master plans, and ecosystem-based adaptation to tackle challenges posed by climate change, he said in a statement issued here. Technology is being integrated with traditional knowledge for early warning systems, slope stabilisation through bio-engineering, and smart water management to ensure water security, he added. Himachal has become the first state in the country to achieve 100 ...Read More >
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