Come up with SOP for conducting weddings inside temples, Madras HC tells HR&CE Department

Come up with SOP for conducting weddings inside temples, Madras HC tells HR&CE Department

A mass wedding being conducted by HR&CE department at the Sri Abirami Amman Temple in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. File photo for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Madras High Court on Thursday, March 14, 2024, wanted to know whether the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department will come up with a … Read more

Kerala Motor Vehicles department set to suspend driving licence of actor Suraj Venjaramoodu in accident case

Kerala Motor Vehicles department set to suspend driving licence of actor Suraj Venjaramoodu in accident case

Suraj Venjaramoodu (file) | Photo Credit: PTI Actor Suraj Venjaramoodu is in danger of losing his eligibility to drive for three months with the Kerala Motor Vehicles department (MVD) going ahead with a decision to suspend his driving licence after the actor allegedly failed to respond to three notices issued to him in connection with … Read more

Endowments Department should take care of all Ram temples in Andhra Pradesh: Swami Srinivasananda

Endowments Department should take care of all Ram temples in Andhra Pradesh: Swami Srinivasananda

Andhra Pradesh Sadhu Parishad State President Swami Srinivasananda has requested the State government to maintain Ram temples across the State. File AP Sadhu Parishad’s State President Swami Srinivasananda asked officials to protect temple lands to make temples financially ‘self-reliant’ SRIKAKULAM: Andhra Pradesh Sadhu Parishad’s State President Swami Srinivasananda on January 20 urged both the Endowments … Read more

Forest department to install hanging solar fences in two Idukki panchayats

Forest department to install hanging solar fences in two Idukki panchayats

A model of the hanging solar fencing at Marayur forest division in Idukki. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Forest department has decided to install hanging solar fences at Marayur and Kanthaloor panchayats in Idukki to tackle man-animal conflict. According to officials, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has allotted a total … Read more

I-T department searches 40 premises of Kashmir’s prominent business group

I-T department searches 40 premises of Kashmir’s prominent business group

Teams of the Income Tax (I-T) department conducted searches at over 40 premises belonging to a business group in Kashmir and Delhi, officials said on Wednesday. “During the search operation, incriminating documents, handwritten diaries, and digital devices have been seized. Variation in stock has also been noticed in the various factories and retail outlets. Evidence of undisclosed … Read more

West Bengal Education department notifies new State Education Policy

West Bengal Education department notifies new State Education Policy

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with school students Kolkata. File image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI The West Bengal Education department has notified the new State Education Policy (SEP) which retains the existing pattern of school education. The Education department issued the notification on September 9 which mooted the continuation of … Read more

Karnataka Health Department launches doorstep eye care programme in Chickballapur district

Karnataka Health Department launches doorstep eye care programme in Chickballapur district

The State Health Department, in collaboration with the National Program for Control of Blindness, on Friday launched a transformative initiative – Asha Kirana – Eye Care at Your Doorstep — in Chickballapur district. This programme will be extended to cover Kalaburagi, Haveri, and Chamarajanagar districts from September 4. According to an official press release, the initiative … Read more

Archaeology Department to launch permanent heritage walk from August in Mysuru

Archaeology Department to launch permanent heritage walk from August in Mysuru

Different heritage routes have already been chalked out and the department intends to take up one route every Sunday on a rotation basis. | Photo Credit: M.A. SRIRAM In a move to showcase the history and built heritage of Mysuru and kindle greater interest among public towards conservation, the Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage … Read more

Karnataka Agriculture Department set to supply sowing seeds of short-duration crops due to delay in monsoon

Karnataka Agriculture Department set to supply sowing seeds of short-duration crops due to delay in monsoon

The Agriculture Department has decided to supply sowing seeds of short-duration crop varieties to farmers in the wake of the delay in the onset of monsoon in the State, according to Agriculture Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy.  The Minister, who held a meeting with senior officials of the Agriculture Department on the issues related to the supply … Read more