New Delhi, Dec 9: The Governent of India is planning to ban use of burnt clay bricks in its construction projects across the country, a move aimed at giving a boost to environment-friendly products. According to an official, the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has directed the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to examine […]
New Delhi, Dec 9: The Pakistan High Commission Sunday said it has issued visas to 139 Indian pilgrims to visit Katas Raj Dham, the famous Shiva temple, in the country’s Punjab province. Under the framework of a bilateral protocol on visits to religious shrines, Sikh and Hindu pilgrims from India visit Pakistan every year. Pakistani […]
New Delhi, Dec 9: A large number of Muslim women are likely to go to Hajj without ‘Mehram’ (male companion) next year, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Sunday. Naqvi, while chairing a meeting here with representatives of organisations associated with Hajj, said that Haj Committee of India has received more than 2,23,000 applications […]
New Delhi, Dec 6: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has called for revamping of the Civil Defence for making the organisation more effective during disasters and peacetime. Addressing the Raising Day function of Civil Defence and Home Guards here today, he said there is no doubt about the utility of the Civil Defence organisation and […]
New Delhi, Dec 5: A committee for rebuilding the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya held a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Wednesday and said it will accept the decision of the Supreme Court on the dispute. Mohammad Younus Siddiqui, president of All India Babri Masjid Rebuilding Committee, alleged that Muslims are being pitted against […]
New Delhi, Dec 4: The HRD Ministry has withdrawn the Kashmiri translations of certain sentences under its “Bhasha Sangam” initiative following a row. Last week, the Ministry’s Department of School Education and Literacy had initiated the “Bhasha Sangam”, a celebration of linguistic diversity, with an aim to familiarise every child with simple dialogues in all […]
New Delhi, Dec 4: The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on J&K and five other states (each) for failing to create online monitoring of mid-day meal. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur and comprising Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Hemant Gupta also took on the state governments […]
Chennai, Dec 3: Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday urged private sector to focus on setting up health care facilities in rural areas and partner with the Government to make healthcare accessible to the common man. Inaugurating a children’s hospital here, he also said there was a need to expand health insurance coverage. “The private […]
New Delhi, Nov 28: The Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee(CSMC) on Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) which met here today approved 15,334 houses more houses under PMAY(U) for Jammu and Kashmir. The approval was given in the 40th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee held here today. The CSMC approved construction of another […]
New Delhi, Nov 23: A new technology has been developed to assess the rise of water level in rivers and reservoirs by rain and can help state governments to minutely monitor the impact of rainfall, IMD chief KJ Ramesh said, in the aftermath of the deadliest deluge in Kerala. The technology called the ‘Impact Based […]