File photo. Former underworld don Om Prakash “Babloo” Srivastava being brought to court. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court has directed the U.P. government to consider within two months the premature release of gangster Om Prakash Srivastava, alias Babloo Srivastava, serving life term in a 1993 murder case. A bench of Justices Abhay. … Read more
A waste disposal facility at Pithampur is seen where a huge quantity of waste from Bhopal’s Union Carbide factory has been brought for disposal, in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh. | Photo Credit: PTI The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Union Health Ministry Secretary, State Chief Secretary, and Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre … Read more
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras’ RBG Labs has partnered with the Odisha government to improve road safety in the State. The Odisha government will adopt a data-driven approach as part of its mission to reduce fatalities through evidence-driven interventions. The RBG lab … Read more
A woman officer receiving the A.P. State Energy Conservation Award from Special Chief Secretary (Energy) K. Vijayanand, in Vijayawada on Friday. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) of the Ministry of Power has called for a nationwide movement on a sustainable basis to combat climate change and protect the environment. In this … Read more
Rescued bonded labours singing a prayer song before eating their meals at Manavseva project shelter home at Ahmednagar in Maharashtra. | Photo Credit: Purnima Sah In a first, the Maharashtra government has released a compensation of ₹86 lakh to 39 people rescued from bonded labour in Ahilya Nagar (previously Ahmednagar) in 2023. Among those rescued are … Read more
The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday listed various welfare schemes being implemented by the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department. In a release, it pointed out that the Annal Ambedkar Business Champions Scheme was ensuring the economic development of entrepreneurs belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes. A total of 1,303 beneficiaries received … Read more
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu speaking to MA&UD P. Narayana and other officials at the APCRDA meeting at the Secretariat on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday approved the construction of the Legislative Assembly … Read more
Paschim Banga Cha Majoor Samity (PBCMS). File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Observing that the newly notified standard operating procedure(SOP) by the West Bengal government holds potential for resolving issues in abandoned gardens, the Paschim Banga Cha Majoor Samity (PBCMS) on Monday (December 9, 2024) called the State government to implement its own SOP. The … Read more
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Narendra Modi government will purchase all farm produce at minimum support price, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Rajya Sabha on Friday (December 6, 2024). … Read more
Hurriyat Chairman and chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. File. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday (November 30, 2024) asked the elected government in Jammu and Kashmir to take measures to stop the “injustice” of dismissing employees over alleged terror links and reinstate all those who have been terminated … Read more