Agitating teachers’ protest outside Bengal education department HQ continues for 4th straight day

Agitating teachers’ protest outside Bengal education department HQ continues for 4th straight day

School teachers, who lost their jobs following a recent Supreme Court verdict, continued their protest for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday, May 18, 2025 outside the West Bengal Education Department headquarters in Salt Lake. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI School teachers, who lost their jobs following a recent Supreme Court verdict, continued their protest … Read more

Telangana Excise Department receives 1,346 applications for new bar licences

Telangana Excise Department receives 1,346 applications for new bar licences

The Telangana Excise and Prohibition Department received 1,346 applications for setting up bars in 25 notified locations across the State. The move comes after the department invited new bar licences to replace previously closed establishments, with a deadline set for April 26. As per the data shared by the department, Warangal emerged as the most … Read more

Lokayukta seeks detailed report on alleged irregularities in Urban Development Department

Lokayukta seeks detailed report on alleged irregularities in Urban Development Department

The Karnataka Lokayukta has directed the Urban Development Department (UDD) to submit a detailed report on alleged irregularities related to postings in the Directorate of Municipal Administration, despite a vacancy rate of nearly 50%. According to the order, the Lokayukta has instructed a probe into the allegations and demanded a comprehensive report. The directive follows … Read more

Fisheries department to install artificial reefs in Nagapattinam

Fisheries department to install artificial reefs in Nagapattinam

Artificial reefs in different shapes that ready for installation under the sea | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The State Fisheries Department has planned to install artificial coral reefs in 39 locations across two fishing villages in Nagapattinam district to boost fish production. With a budget of ₹11.79 crore, the project is part of the Union … Read more

T.N. Health Department takes cancer screening to women at their workplace

T.N. Health Department takes cancer screening to women at their workplace

The Health Department had rolled out the community-based cancer screening programmes in four districts of Erode, Ranipet, Kanniyakumari and Tirupattur in November 2023. File photograph | Photo Credit: GOVARTHAN M At a time when Tamil Nadu is taking ahead its community-based organised cancer screening programme, the Directorate of Public Health (DPH) and Preventive Medicine is … Read more

Karnataka Health Department to collaborate with NIMHANS to chalk out effective suicide prevention programme

Karnataka Health Department to collaborate with NIMHANS to chalk out effective suicide prevention programme

Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao at the launch of N-SPRITE Centre at NIMHANS in Bengaluru on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: special arrangement The Karnataka Health Department will collaborate with NIMHANS to chalk out an effective suicide prevention programme by involving various government departments, said Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao. Speaking after launching N-SPRITE Centre (NIMHANS … Read more

No deduction from salary for CMDRF without consent, says Finance department

No deduction from salary for CMDRF without consent, says Finance department

The State government will not make deductions from the salaries of government employees who have not given their consent for contributions to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund, Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) A. Jayathilak said on Saturday. The government had urged employees to contribute five days’ salary to the CMDRF in connection with a salary … Read more

Group ‘A’ posts in Department of Medical Education to be filled through exam

Group ‘A’ posts in Department of Medical Education to be filled through exam

Dr. Sharanprakash Patil, Minister of Medical Education and Skill Development of Karnataka. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K Following allegations of corruption in recruitment, Minister for Medical Education Sharan Prakash Patil on Wednesday (August 7, 2024) directed department officials to fill group ‘A’ vacancies through a competitive exam conducted by the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA). … Read more

Forest Department, Railways jointly inspect tracks near Coimbatore to improve safety of wild elephants

Forest Department, Railways jointly inspect tracks near Coimbatore to improve safety of wild elephants

Officials from the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway inspected railway lines passing through the Madukkarai forest range in Coimbatore district | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Officials from the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway inspected railway lines passing through the Madukkarai forest range in … Read more