Bokaro: At a time when the East Singhbhum and West Singhbhum district administrations have launched aggressive campaigns against malaria, the public health department of Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) on Sunday launched an anti-larval inspection and awareness campaign across Bokaro Steel Township to check mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, chikungunya, and malaria.The drive is aimed at detecting…
Morigaon: People carrying their belongings cross a flood-affected area on a boat, in Morigaon district, Assam. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: With parts of Assam continuing to reel under floods, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the state government has requested the Army and the Air Force to remain on standby to assist in…
TMC leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien (file photo) Kolkata: Trinamool and NCPI took sharply divergent positions on the BJP-led NDA’s legislative agenda on Saturday, with the Mamata Banerjee camp urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to halt two proposed bills, even as NCPI pledged support to all govt legislation.In a letter to the PM, Trinamool…
Kalyan: The purported kidnapping of a six-month-old infant from outside Kalyan railway station turned out to be a fabricated story after a police investigation revealed that the child’s mother had left the baby with her parents in Varanasi before arriving in Kalyan.The woman, identified as Roshani Suraj Sahoo, a resident of Vapi in Gujarat, had…
Times News NetworkNew Delhi: Delhi govt will source around 2 lakh national flags from self-help groups (SHGs) for the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign ahead of Independence Day, chief minister Rekha Gupta announced on Saturday.Govt also wants to distribute more than 15 lakh Tricolours across the capital.The initiative aims to promote public participation, patriotism and national…
GCC removes encroachments on Pantheon Road Chennai: More than ten days after chief minister Vijay inspected the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Government Hospital for Women and Children in Egmore, Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) on Sunday carried out an eviction drive on Pantheon Road.GCC removed six encroachments, including two bunk shops, a sugarcane juice…
CM Samrat Choudhary launches the Belwa-Minapur Link Channel in Sheohar on Sunday Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Sunday inaugurated Bihar’s first river-linking project, the Belwa-Minapur Link Channel, describing it as a major step towards flood control, irrigation and integrated water resources management.Built under the Bagmati-Burhi Gandak River Link Scheme at a cost of Rs 130…
Ranchi: The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (Citu) on Sunday announced a series of nationwide agitations against the four labour codes, calling them anti-worker, after its All India working committee meeting in Ranchi.Citu general secretary Elamaram Kareem said the campaign would begin with a massive worker-peasant national convention in Delhi on July 29, followed by…
Jamshedpur: Working couples and senior citizens living alone have emerged as key challenges for booth level officers (BLOs) during the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Jamshedpur East and Jamshedpur West assembly constituencies, with many enumeration forms still pending despite repeated door-to-door visits.Officials said BLOs have distributed forms across most households, but collection…
Congress MP Manish Tewari (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari on Monday called for a discussion on whether there should be a new anti-defection law, saying the current composition of the Lok Sabha no longer reflects the mandate given by voters in the 2024 parliamentary elections.“The fundamental point is that in 2024, the…
