New Delhi: The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is organising a national workshop of elected women representatives of Panchayati Raj institutions in which ‘Sashakt Panchayat-Netri Abhiyan’ will be launched, to strengthen their role in governance, on March 4 at Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital, according to an official statement issued on Sunday. The Sashakt Panchayat-Netri…
Chamoli: The death toll in the Chamoli avalanche in Uttarakhand’s Mana region has reached seven, with the rescue officials pulling out three more bodies on Sunday. Meanwhile, the search operation for one missing worker is still ongoing. With this, the total number of recovered people has risen to 53, including the seven workers who were recovered…
Kolkata: Tension was prevailing within the campus of Kolkata’s iconic Jadavpur University (JU) a day after a ruckus by Left-wing students in which Education Minister Bratya Basu was injured. The ruckus broke out on Saturday when the Minister’s car was allegedly stopped after it entered the campus, and a scuffle followed. The students were demanding…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Health Minister Prakash Abitkar on Saturday announced that the Maharashtra government will provide free cancer vaccines to girls aged 0-14, highlighting growing concerns over rising cancer cases across the state. “With changes in lifestyle, cancer cases are rising in both rural and urban areas. Previously, cancer was often linked to specific addictions, but…
Chamoli: A drone-based intelligent buried object detection system will be airlifted by the Indian Air Force for deployment in search and rescue operations of the five other missing Border Road Organisation (BRO) workers following the avalanche in the Mana area of Chamoli. “A drone-based Intelligent buried object detection system to be airlifted by the Indian…
Chamoli: Four Army choppers have been pressed into rescue operations to save eight people still trapped under snow in the avalanche that struck near Mana Village in Chamoli district of the state, district magistrate Sandeep Tiwari said on Saturday. A total of 47 out of the 55 trapped workers have been rescued so far, he…
Kullu: There has been torrential rain in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh. This has led to landslides and severe flash floods, said reports on Friday. According to reports, the visuals from Kullu district have gone viral. There has been torrential rain in lower areas for the last 24 hours which has caused flash floods and landslides….
Mumbai: Mumbai Traffic Police on Friday received a message from a Pakistani number, threatening to attack Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, officials said. According to Mumbai Police, the person introduced himself as Malik Shahbaz Humayun Raza “Mumbai Traffic Police received a WhatsApp message from a Pakistani number sent by a person introducing himself as Malik…
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday took stock of rescue efforts to free workers trapped under snow in the massive avalanche that struck near Mana village in Chamoli district of the State earlier today. He reached the state disaster Control Room to review the efforts to rescue the 41 out of 57…
Forty-one BRO workers were trapped under an avalanche near the high altitude border village of Mana in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Friday, officials said. The snowslide had initially buried 57 men but 16 were rescued.The avalanche buried a camp of the Border Roads Organisation between Mana and Badrinath, Chamoli District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari said. Mana,…
