The Election Commission has directed the Chief Electoral Officers of states and union territories holding elections to ensure that each polling station is equipped with the necessary minimum facilities and voter assistance on election day. The Commission stated that these facilities should...
Gandhinagar, March 17: Gujarat has allocated ₹59.14 crore in the 2026-27 state budget for the construction of "pink toilets" for women across urban areas, as part of an expanded push under the 'Nirmal Gujarat 2.0' program to strengthen sanitation infrastructure and public hygiene.The...
Chandigarh, March 16 A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has highlighted overcrowding, inadequate infrastructure, and poor medical facilities in Punjab jails.According to the audit report, which was presented in the state assembly on Monday, the administration took...
barracks
civil hospitals
comptroller and auditor general of india
jail infrastructure
jail transfers
male inmates
medical facilities
overcrowding
prison administration
prison capacity
prison rules
prisoner escapes
punjab prisons
state assembly
toiletfacilities
undertrial prisoners
New Delhi, March 16 Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan raised concerns on Monday about the lack of separate toilets for girl students in government schools, urging the Centre to conduct an immediate survey of school infrastructure across the country.Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya...
beti bachao, beti padhao
chhattisgarh
education
girl students
government schools
india
infrastructure survey
rajya sabha
sanitary napkins
school infrastructure
school sanitation
student dropout rates
toiletfacilities
unicef
water sanitation
Chandigarh, February 27 Over 15,000 teaching positions are vacant in government schools in Haryana, with nearly 5,000 of those positions in the Nuh-Mewat district, the state government told the assembly on Friday.In a written reply presented in the assembly in response to a question from...
aditya surjewala
drinking water
education ministry
education policy
government funding
government schools
haryana education
haryana state assembly
mahipal dhanda
nuh-mewat district
recruitment process
school infrastructure
teacher vacancies
teaching positions
toiletfacilities
Lucknow, February 22 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Sunday that the state has successfully reduced the dropout rate in schools under the Basic Education Council to zero.He attributed this achievement to the effective use of technology and identified a key reason for...
artificial intelligence (ai)
ayushman bharat
basic education council
digital india
direct benefit transfer (dbt)
encephalitis
ibm ai govtech innovation centre
iit kanpur
lucknow
quantum computing
robotics
school dropout rates
toiletfacilities
uttar pradesh
yogi adityanath
Lucknow, February 22 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Sunday that the state has successfully reduced the dropout rate in schools under the Basic Education Council to zero.He attributed this achievement to the effective use of technology and identified a key reason for...
basic education council
education infrastructure
education quality
female students
government initiatives
ibm ai govtech innovation centre
infrastructure development
lucknow
nyaya panchayat
prime minister modi
school dropout rates
toiletfacilities
uttar pradesh
yogi adityanath
Ramgarh, February 18 In a pioneering initiative in Jharkhand, a cafe has been established in the Ramgarh district that will be exclusively run by members of the transgender community.Deputy Commissioner (DC) Faiz Aq Ahmed Mumtaz inaugurated the 'TransCafe' at the district collectorate park on...
cafe
district administration
district hospital
economic marginalization
himanshi pradhan
ignou
inclusive society
jharkhand
outsourcing
ramgarh
self-help group
social inclusion
toiletfacilities
transgender community
Ramgarh (Jharkhand), February 14 Three exclusive public toilets for transgender individuals have been opened in the Ramgarh district of Jharkhand, in an effort to prevent discrimination and provide a safe space for members of the community, an official said on Saturday.The toilets were...
community demands
community needs
discrimination
district collectorate
equality
government initiatives
healthcare facilities
jharkhand
public toilets
ramgarh
ranchi
social inclusion
social security
toiletfacilities
transgender people
Mumbai, February 13 The Bombay High Court on Friday criticized the BMC's "weak excuse" for not clearing encroachments on a street in the suburb of Powai, observing that the civic body's claim that the road was private property amounted to "complete abdication of its powers".A bench of Justices...
beaumont hfsi school
bmc
bombay high court
brihanmumbai municipal corporation
civic commissioner
encroachments
kalyani patnaik
mumbai
powai
property rights
public works
slum dwellers
street
toiletfacilities
water supply