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Coimbatore, Aug 8 (IANS) Farmers from Appanaickenpatti and Karadivavi villages in Sulur taluk in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district on Saturday raised serious concerns over alleged air and groundwater pollution from a nearby cast iron unit, claiming that toxic emissions have...
Pulwama, Aug 8 (IANS) In a shining example of women-led entrepreneurship, a Self-Help Group at Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, has established a successful Food Service Enterprise (FSE) with support from National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), turning a...
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said that two minutes of silence will be observed in all government health centres and institutions in the state on Sunday in memory of the RG Kar rape and murder victim. Before...
Itanagar, Aug 8 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen K.T. Parnaik (Retd) on Saturday directed Director General of Police S.D. Singh Jamwal to expedite border fencing work to help prevent incidents of extortion and kidnapping in the state. The Governor,...
Jaipur, Aug 8 (IANS) Effective coordination between the Bench and the Bar is essential to ensure justice to aggrieved parties and expedite the disposal of cases at the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Jaipur, said Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain, Chairperson of...
Jaipur, Aug 8 (IANS) A grand Tricolour rally will be held in Jaipur on Sunday under the leadership of Union Health Minister JP Nadda, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president and MP Madan Rathod....
Jaunpur (UP), Aug 8 (IANS) As Independence Day approaches, women from rural self-help groups (SHGs) in UP’s Jaunpur are playing a key role in the government’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign by stitching the national flag for households across the district....
Guwahati, Aug 8 (IANS) Members of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC) in Gangtok on Saturday organised a peaceful rally in Sikkim's capital as part of a global chain of protests led by the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), voicing concerns...
Gandhinagar, Aug 8 (IANS) Gujarat has recorded 217 suspected cases of Chandipura virus since June 30, with 39 testing positive and 23 deaths reported among confirmed patients, according to the latest state health department figures on Saturday. The data covers...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Delhi Police's Crime branch has busted an international drug syndicate operating in the National Capital Region (NCR) with the arrest of five traffickers, including foreign nationals, and recovery of drugs worth Rs12 crore, police said...
Panaji, Aug 8 (IANS) Strong coordinated action against organised drug trafficking was in focus as NCB’s Deputy Director General (South Western Region) Vishal M. Sanap and Inspector General of Goa Police K.R. Chaurasia co-chaired the 2nd Joint Coordination Committee (JCC)...
Patna, Aug 8 (IANS) The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee has intensified its organisational preparations for the upcoming Panchayat elections, with senior party leaders visiting Bhagalpur to chalk out the party's strategy and strengthen its grassroots network. Bihar Congress In-Charge Krishna...