The Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu today cautioned political parties against resorting to vote-catching populist measures on the eve of elections, as it would ultimately affect the expenditure on development.Interacting with law students of Bengaluru-based...

“By motivating key players in the system who can reach out to people at large, we can reach out to each and every individual. We have to include every section of the society so that Eat Right India becomes a country wide movement.” Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union...

Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ chaired the 2nd meeting of the IIIT Coordination Forum in New Delhi today.Indian Institute of information Technology (IIITs) Coordination Forum is the apex body for deciding policy and directions for 20 IIITs...

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ chaired the 4th meeting of the IndianInstituteofinformationTechnology(IIITs) Council in New Delhi today.At the outset, the Chairman stressed on the need of leapfrogging by IIITs in order to become world class Institutes....

Textiles Secretary, Ravi Capoor,inaugurated the 48th edition of the Indian Handicrafts and Gifts Fair (IHGF) at the India Expo Centre & Mart at Greater Noida today. verseasbuyers from 110 countries are in India to source home, lifestyle, fashion, furniture...

Arjun Munda, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs launched the “Van Dhan Internship Programme” organised by TRIFED under Ministry of Tribal Affairs here today. Shri Pravin Krishna, MD, TRIFED was present on the occasion.Addressing the interns, Shri Arjun Munda...

Arjun Munda, Union Minister of Tribal Affair announced the second phase of GOAL (Going Online as Leaders), a Facebook program aimed at inspiring, guiding and encouraging tribal girls from across India to become village-level digital young leaders for their...

Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan distributed the Hindi Pakhwada Awards, 2019 to the officials and employees of the Department of Consumer Affairs in Krishi Bhawan today. Shri Paswan congratulated all the winners...

Kiran Uniyal, w/o a serving Colonel of Indian Army has created  Individual Guinness World Records for “The most full contact knee strikes in three minutes (one leg) (female), 263 strikes” & “The most full contact knee strikes alternate legs in one...

J.P.S. Chawla assumed charge as the new Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, here today.Government of India has appointed Shri J. P. S. Chawla, 1985-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) Officer as the new Controller...

The 15-day Apprenticeship Pakhwada, that saw State Governments and the industry come together for a commitment of 7 lakh apprentices in the current fiscal, ended in a grand closing ceremony in the capital today. Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister of Road Transport...

Jalandhar today bathed in Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji’s divine glow and spiritual splendour as thousands of city residents visited the ultra modern Digital Museum installed at the grounds of the Lyallpur Khalsa College.As the museum was opened in the morning at 6:30...

Governor Bandaru Dattatreya has expressed satisfaction over the management and cleanliness arrangements in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Regional Hospital, Shimla. The Governor,  who made surprise inspection in the hospital today early in the morning, observed that...

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur offered prayers and participated in the Shabd-Kirtan at Badu Sahib Gurudwara in Sirmour district today.He also met the founder of Kalgidhar Trust, Badu Sahib Baba Iqbal Singh Kingra and appreciated various social activities being...

Jalandhar residents today witnessed glimpses of Guru Nanak Dev ji’s grandeur through a magnificent light and sound show held here at the ground of the Lyallpur Khalsa College to commemorate the 550th parkash purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji.The MLA Chaudhary Surinder...

Dr. Narinder Bhargav, Senior Superintendent of Police, Mansa stated that District Police Mansa is on high vigil due to festival season. Mostly People purchase more new items in the festival days, taking advantage of this criminal elements takes advantage...

Principal Secretary (Planning) Punjab Government Mr. Jaspal Singh said that it was the responsibility of each and every person to inherit a healthy and clean environment to the coming generations. He was here today to review the activities being under taken to...

Chief Minister Shri Jai Ram Thakur today addressed a largely attended election rallies at Barwala in Panchkula assembly constituency and Chauhan Chowk in Kalka Assembly Constituency in Haryana in favour of BJP candidates.Chief Minister urged the people of...

India’s largest private university LPU has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Governor’s Office of the Capital City of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (GOU). The MoU has been signed by Deputy Governor of the Capital City of Ulaanbaatar Mr Khaliunbat Myagmarjav...

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday took the Jalalabad Assembly constituency of former MLA Sukhbir Singh Badal by storm, declaring that the Akali leader’s arrogance will plunge his party into ignominy once again in these by-elections.Sukhbir’s...

Ahead of Diwali, all the Food Safety teams in the State are on toes to ensure quality sweets to the people, informed KS Pannu, Commissioner Food and Drug Administration Punjab.He said that intensive sampling with over a hundred samples a day is underway coupled...

Advisor to Governor Khurshid Ahmed Ganai today underlined shifting from manual system to e-governance as major Administrative Reform towards achieving Good Governance.The Advisor was addressing 2016 Batch of Junior Scale J&K Administrative, Police and Accounts...

In order to ensure efficacious implementation of steps against stubble burning, Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh on Wednesday directed all coordinating and nodal officers to ensure strict compliance of instructions issued to tackle the menace of...

A team from Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) today met Secretaries of Rural Development Department (RDD) and Culture to have an overview of Public Hearing System in J&K for redressal of grievances.The four member team...

The State Executive Committee (SEC) of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) headed by Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam approved release of additional Rs 2 Crore each to be kept at the disposal of Deputy Commissioners for meeting out various disasters...

Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar today flagged off a team of Table Tennis Players from Kashmir division along with the officials to participate in 42nd J&K State Table Tennis Championship in Jammu.Secretary Youth Services & Sports Sarmad Hafeez, Secretary...

The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) headed by Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam in its 117th meeting held in Civil Secretariat, Srinagar cleared 43 proposals regarding use of 271 hectares of forest land for various projects of public importance in the...

Advisor to Governor K K Sharma today directed prompt and result-oriented disposal of grievances ensuring quality deliverance of services in a time bound manner.The Advisor directed officers during the Public Grievance Redressal Camp held here which was also...

Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar today reviewed the progress of works of major projects of the Health & Medical Education (H&ME) Department being executed by various agencies in Jammu and Kashmir.The meeting was attended by Financial Commissioner Health...

A team of Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of India, today called on Advisor to Governor, K Skandan to discuss arrangements made for two-day conference on Disaster Management scheduled to be held from November...

Advisor to Governor, Farooq Khan, today visited Pulwama where he chaired a meeting to review progress achieved under Agriculture, Horticulture  and allied sectors.The meeting was attended by Secretary Agriculture/ Horticulture Manzoor Ahmad Lone, Deputy...

Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam Wednesday reviewed the progress made on conservation and eco-restoration of Wular Lake by the Wular Conservation & Management Authority (WUCMA).Commissioner/Secretary, Forest Department, Principal Chief Conservator of...

Advisor to Governor K.K Sharma today met a team of Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of India.The team discussed functioning of Governor's Grievance Cell and various mechanisms for the redressal of grievances after...

Advisor to Governor, Farooq Khan today chaired a meeting of School Education Department (SED) over the settlement of SRO-43 cases pending in the Department.The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary School Education Department, Sarita Chouhan, Special...

Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma today directed the Deputy Commissioners of Jammu Division to expedite and complete the process of land acquisition pertaining to various departments and development projects.The Div Com issued these directions while reviewing...

District Development Commissioner Ganderbal, Hashmat Ali Khan today chaired a meeting with concerned officials of district administration and   Municipal Councillors, Ganderbal to brief them abut Model Solid Waste Management rules and Bye-Laws.Among...