Winter Action Plan to protect homeless in place: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The Delhi Government has finalised comprehensive arrangements to protect homeless citizens during the winter season, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Tuesday. After chairing a review meeting, the Chief Minister said that adequate night shelters are fully operational across the city. Officials reported that Delhi currently has 197 permanent night […]
Congress acted with unmatched transparency: Kerala LoP on MLA row
Pathanamthitta, Dec 2 (IANS) Kerala Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Tuesday asserted that the Congress party had shown exemplary transparency and responsibility in handling the fresh complaint received against party MLA Rahul Mamkootathil. “No other political party in Kerala had acted with such integrity,” said Satheesan. Satheesan said the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee […]
Double-engine govt pushes job delivery; Bhagalpur teachers get appointment letters
Bhagalpur, Dec 2 (IANS) A wave of joy swept across Bhagalpur in Bihar as 34 newly selected teachers received their long-awaited appointment letters under BPSC TRE-2. The hall was filled with excitement and emotion when appointment letters were distributed. District Magistrate Dr Nawal Kishore Choudhary, Deputy Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Singh, and District Education Officer (DEO) […]
Assam Police received major transformation boost: CM Sarma
Guwahati, Dec 2 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the state has witnessed a significant transformation in its policing system, shifting from a period marked by inadequate infrastructure and public hesitation to approach police stations to a new era defined by modern facilities and improved public trust. In a post on […]
Maharashtra: Polling for local bodies marred by clashes & bogus voting claims
Mumbai, Dec 2 (IANS) The polling for the first phase of 264 nagar parishads and nagar panchayats across Maharashtra on Tuesday was marred by incidents ranging from allegations of bogus voting claims and clashes outside booths between the rival factions — Shiv Sena and BJP, and Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). An FIR […]
Rajasthan reduced to ‘Union Territory’: LoP Jully on CM Sharma’s 24 visits to Delhi
Jaipur, Dec 2 (IANS) Rajasthan Leader of the Opposition, Tika Ram Jully, has strongly criticised Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma’s frequent visits to Delhi and expressed concern over what he described as the weakening administrative autonomy of the state. Attacking the BJP government, Jully said that Rajasthan has been reduced to an “unofficial Union Territory,” […]
Indian, Philippines Coast Guards hold first annual bilateral meeting to boost maritime synergy
Manila, Dec 2 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) held their first annual bilateral meeting in Manila on Tuesday, under the provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on August 22, 2023. According to a Ministry of Defence (MoD) statement, “both sides reviewed recent ship visits, professional exchanges […]
Union Carbide’s toxic waste incinerated, final relief yet to come after 41 years of Bhopal gas tragedy
Bhopal, Dec 2 (IANS) In the past 41 years of the world’s largest chemical disaster, better known as ‘Bhopal Gas Tragedy’, what major relief for the people of the ‘City of Lakes’ came when 358 metric tons of toxic waste of defunct Union Carbide plant was eventually shifted to Pithampur on January 1 this year. […]
European leaders reject Russia-Ukraine peace deal shaped without Ukrainians, Europeans
Berlin, Dec 2 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other European leaders rejected any Ukraine peace deal negotiated “without Ukrainians and Europeans.” Macron said Monday that any “peace plan” concerning the Russia-Ukraine conflict could only be finalized with both Ukraine and Europe involved in negotiations, Xinhua news agency reported. Macron made […]
UN chief proposes creating common administrative platform to improve efficiency, reduce costs
United Nations, Dec 2 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposed the creation of a common administrative platform to provide administrative services to UN Secretariat entities located in each duty station as an effort to improve efficiency and reduce costs across the UN system. Its creation would begin with the New York and Bangkok stations, Guterres […]
