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Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 Minor clashes and protests over alleged fraudulent voting were reported from various parts of Kerala during the Assembly elections on Thursday.A minor scuffle broke out between Congress and BJP activists in Manalur, Thrissur district, after UDF candidate T N...

Panihati (West Bengal), April 9 – BJP leader Smriti Irani accompanied Ratna Debnath, the mother of the victim of the RG Kar rape-murder, as she filed her nomination as a candidate for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Panihati, West Bengal.During the event, Irani launched a strong attack on the...

Bhopal, April 6 – Ahead of Akshaya Tritiya, the Madhya Pradesh government has intensified efforts to prevent child marriages, issuing detailed directives for strict vigilance during mass marriage ceremonies scheduled for April 20.The Madhya Pradesh Department of Women and Child Development, in...

Thane, April 6 Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers are the "real hands of the government" and play a crucial role in delivering healthcare at the grassroots level, chairman of Maharashtra's Tribal Development Review Committee Vivek Pandit said on Monday.Their role was critical...

New Delhi, April 2 Union Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi said on Thursday that 'SADHANA Saptah' would strengthen governance and improve service delivery at the grassroots level.Sadhana (Strengthening Adaptive Development and Humane Aptitude for National Advancement) Saptah...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 2 – Launching the party's campaign in Kerala with a comprehensive and assertive speech, Congress General Secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra invoked the state's legacy of social reform while sharply criticizing both the BJP-led Union government and the ruling...

Kochi, April 2 The UDF, led by the Congress, released its manifesto for the April 9 Assembly elections in Kerala on Thursday, promising free travel for women on all Kerala state transport buses, an increase in welfare pensions to Rs 3,000 per month, and a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 for female...

New Delhi, April 1 Three BJP members of Parliament raised various issues, including exploitation of pharmaceutical prices and the burden of unpaid care work on women, as well as the implementation of tribal development schemes, during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.Uttar Pradesh MP...

Shimla, March 25 Despite the central government discontinuing the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) for Himachal Pradesh, the state government has allocated adequate provisions in the budget, emphasizing the education sector, Dehra MLA Kamlesh Thakur said on Wednesday.The Himachal government has...

Hamirpur, March 24 Deputy Commissioner of Hamirpur, Gandharva Rathore, launched a 100-day tuberculosis (TB) screening drive in the district on World TB Day on Tuesday.Speaking on the occasion, Rathore said that under the 'TB-Free Hamirpur' campaign, health department teams will screen...

New Delhi, March 23 The Delhi State Legal Services Authority launched an initiative on Monday to include ASHA and Anganwadi workers as para-legal volunteers, in the presence of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant.Under the initiative, "Community Legal Empowerment through Health and Childcare...

Gorakhpur, March 21 Gorakhpur Mayor Manglesh Kumar Srivastava said that children from the district and surrounding areas, diagnosed with cancer, can now receive treatment at the BRD Medical College as part of the Uttar Pradesh government's efforts to improve access to early treatment, an...

Patna, March 17 – Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is currently undertaking his “Samriddhi Yatra” (Prosperity Journey), with the fourth phase commencing from Bhagalpur.During the visit, he reviewed the progress of development works and assessed the status of announcements made during the earlier...

In Gandhinagar, on March 12, Minister of Women and Child Development, Dr. Manisha Vakil, responded to MLA Jignesh Mevani's remarks about Anganwadi workers and malnutrition during the Gujarat Assembly session. She stated that the condition of Anganwadi centers had significantly improved under the...

Jaipur, March 9 National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar reviewed measures related to women's safety and crimes against women in Rajasthan during a meeting with senior state police officials at the police headquarters here on Monday.The meeting was attended by Director...

Jaipur, March 9 – A review meeting on women's safety, crimes against women, and related social challenges was held at the Rajasthan Police Headquarters on Monday to mark International Women's Day.The meeting was chaired by Vijaya Rahatkar, Chairperson of the National Commission for Women.The...

New Delhi, March 9 Nearly 30 per cent of Delhi residents need spectacles either for near or distance vision problems, a review of refractive error services has revealed.The review was conducted by the Dr Rajendra Prasad (RP) Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences at AIIMS, Delhi.The findings from...

Hyderabad, March 8: Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer and the Chief Ministers of the Telugu states greeted women on the occasion of International Women's Day on Sunday.Nazeer conveyed his wishes to the women of Andhra Pradesh on the occasion of International Women's Day."Women in our...

Shimla, March 6 Approximately 10,000 women will participate in a state-level event to celebrate International Women's Day in the Nahan area of Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district on March 8, an official said on Friday.The event, organized under the auspices of the Directorate of Women and...

Bengaluru, March 4 Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra urged the Congress government on Wednesday to fill vacancies by considering internal reservation among SCs, and create employment opportunities for youth.Stating that the government should not cite court-related technicalities as an...