New Delhi- The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), on Wednesday rolled out a month-long campaign on the Delhi Metro to boost the health and well-being of women and girls. The campaign, which began at the Sultanpur Metro Station, “will run through December and January, delivering…
Amaravati- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday directed officials to prepare proposals for projects worth Rs 40,000 crore under the Purvodaya scheme of the Central government. The Chief Minister said Rs 20,000 crore should be allotted to irrigation projects and the remaining Rs 20,000 crore for infrastructure projects.The Chief Minister conducted a…
Shillong- Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Tuesday, while asserting that education has been the top priority of the present government, said the budget in the education sector has witnessed a massive jump in the last few years. Highlighting the government’s education initiatives since 2018, Sangma said that education has been a priority sector of…
New Delhi- Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday hit out at the Opposition for doubting the functioning of constitutional bodies like the Election Commission of India, the EVMs and the SIR of voters’ list to escape the blame for their own failure in polls. Speaking during a debate on…
New Delhi- The Delhi High Court has upheld a decree of divorce granted to a husband on the ground of mental cruelty, noting that the marriage had remained unconsummated from the very inception. A Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar dismissed the appeal filed by the wife challenging the Family Court’s December…
Belagavi- Criticising the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka over the availability of liquor in small ration shops, the JD(S) and BJP taunted that the Congress dispensation should sell it online. JD(S) floor leader in the Assembly C. B. Suresh Babu raised the issue during the Question Hour on Tuesday and said that, on the one hand,…
Patna- One passenger was killed, and eight others sustained serious injuries after a speeding bus and a three-wheeler collided head-on in Bihar’s Vaishali district on Tuesday. The fatal accident occurred near Kanchanpur Dhanushi village under Lalganj police station limits.According to an official, the bus was en route to Hajipur from Lalganj, while the three-wheeler was…
New Delhi- Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday submitted a formal factual record in a letter to the Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan concerning instances of “unacceptable conduct” toward India’s national song, ‘Vande Mataram’. The submission was made following a discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the 150th anniversary of the song’s composition, during…
Kolkata- West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday launched a scathing attack against the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, over the latter’s inadvertent reference to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Vande Mataram’s composer and legendary Bengali poet, as “Bankim Da” during his speech on the floor of the Parliament. Although the Prime Minister immediately amended his words…
New Delhi- The government is supporting the establishment of 50 GWh capacity under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage scheme, and besides the PLI ACC scheme applicants, at least 10 manufacturers have announced a cumulative capacity of about 178 GWh in the country over the next five years, the Parliament…
