The state’s flagship women-centric Subhdra scheme launched after the BJP government came to power, offers financial assistance to women between the ages of 21 and 60 from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, Rs 50,000 over five years, with Rs 10,000 disbursed in two installments annually.
The 'Hamara Samvidhan Hamara Samman' campaign was launched by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi on 24 January last year.
Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested after a raid at a courier delivery unit, police said.
The accused students pursuing their graduation course had perpetrated the crime on 28 December last year in Cuttack city.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed gratitude on the occasion of 10 years of the "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (Save the girl child, educate the girl child)" movement, saying that it has become a people-powered initiative, drawing participating via people from different walks of life.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Friday demanded immediate registration of a criminal case against former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi for allegedly duping four ex-servicemen from the Scheduled Caste community and two others of Rs 45 lakh on the pretext of inducting them into the Punjab Police.
Taking serious note of non-compliance of its orders, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the chief secretary to attach the salary of the secretary (Education), within two days positively.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi on Friday and sought financial assistance for the state.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday accused Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit of deliberately not allotting land to AAP for its Punjab unit office in Chandigarh.
Popularly known as just ‘Achyutbhai’ to one and all, he was always available like an encyclopedia in a library for anyone to have a look.
