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Lucknow, April 2 The Uttar Pradesh government may provide relief to around 22,000 teachers who lost their jobs after the closure of the Madrasa Modernisation Scheme nearly 26 months ago, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directing officials to prepare a roadmap for their adjustment.Minister...

Jammu, March 31 The Jammu and Kashmir government signed a memorandum of agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to strengthen disaster resilience and preparedness across the Union Territory, officials said.The collaboration aims to support the Jammu and Kashmir State...

In Jammu and Kashmir, the government has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to enhance disaster preparedness in the Union Territory. An Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that a Memorandum of Agreement was signed in Jammu by UNDP Deputy Resident Representative...

Jammu, March 27 The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday said that 1,876 fire incidents have been reported across the Union Territory over the past three years, and that financial assistance of nearly Rs 18 crore has been disbursed to affected victims.In response to a question from National...

New Delhi, March 24 Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta met the families of the deceased in the Palam fire accident last week, which claimed nine lives, and expressed her deepest condolences to them.She visited Palam in South West Delhi to meet the affected families and said that the Delhi...

Leh/Jammu, March 22 Returning to Leh after his release from detention, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk said on Sunday that the Ladakh movement would remain peaceful and expressed hope for constructive engagement between all stakeholders.Noting that “a lot went wrong" in Ladakh, Wangchuk said...

Gandhinagar/New Delhi, March 21 – The central government on Saturday directed the rollback of a ₹22.43 per litre increase in diesel prices for fishing boats in Gujarat, following representations by the state government regarding the impact on fishermen.The price hike was introduced by Bharat...

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, reviewed the agricultural situation across the country with senior officials in New Delhi today. The meeting followed a discussion on the crops damaged due to untimely rain and hailstorms in several states. In a social...

March 20, New Delhi – Rainfall in several parts of the country on Friday brought much-needed relief from rising temperatures, easing heat conditions in many regions. The national capital, Delhi, also experienced rain, with temperatures dropping to below 20 degrees Celsius.Fresh snowfall and...

Guwahati, March 17 At least one person died and another was injured as a storm lashed large parts of Assam since Monday night, affecting around 8,000 people, according to an official report.The casualties were reported from the Baksa district.In a report on Tuesday, the Assam State Disaster...

Shimla, March 11 An 18-year-old student in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district defended himself against an attack by a leopard by using his bare hands and smashing the animal's jaws with stones, killing it.The second-year student at the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) was rushed to the Arki...

Latehar (Jharkhand), March 6 An elderly man was killed by a wild elephant in Latehar district, Jharkhand, a forest official said on Friday.The incident occurred around 10 pm on Thursday in Bhandar Toli village, under the Chandwa Police Station, when he went outside his house to relieve...

Mumbai, March 5 The Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to allocate land in Mumbai's Deonar to 436 slum dwellers affected by a fire in Dharavi, offering them relief 27 years after the tragedy.The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.A...

Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, in a statement to the Assembly today, said that the February 5 explosion at Mynsngat–Thangsko was caused by illegal mining involving explosive materials. The death toll from the illegal coal mine explosion in the East Jaintia Hills has risen to 33. Rescue...