New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): The Petitions Committee of the Delhi government has asked all the departments to submit the status report on the cleaning of drains to it on August 1, the official statement said on Thursday.

New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia chaired a high-level meeting on Wednesday to discuss the issues of water-logging and flooding that causes inconvenience to people.

New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The outgoing Chief Secretary of Delhi and retired senior IAS officer Vijay Kumar Dev was sworn in as the new State Election Commissioner of the national capital on Thursday.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 21 (ANI): After Meghalaya, Assam and its neighbouring state Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday decided to form District Level Committees for resolving the boundary disputes between the two states in a time-bound manner.

Gurugram, March 22: In yet another shocking incident reported from Gurugram, three people allegedly slit their friend’s throat in order to end an old enmity. The alleged incident took place on Friday after the accused had an altercation with the victim. Gurugram Shocker: Three Men Slit Friend’s Throat With Sharp Weapon to End Old Enmity; […]

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 22 (ANI): The property cell of Mumbai Police Crime Branch arrested four persons including a casting director accused in connection with a pornography case involving Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra, informed police on Tuesday.

Itanagar Jan 21 PTI The Arunachal Pradesh government is looking to take a lead role in promoting drone technology in the northeast region and will soon execute pilot projects for healthcare and afforestation using such innovation according to an official statement issued on Friday Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar in a meeting in New Delhi during the day reviewed the potential of unmanned aerial vehicles for last-mile delivery and a roadmap to integrate the drone technology into the states plans for development of the healthcare supply chain and other applications it said The state administration faces challenges to transport critical medicines to primary and secondary health centres due to rocky terrain of the northeastern state Drones can play an important role in delivering medicines in a short span of time and help save lives according to the statement The state is looking to use drones for seed-bombing for afforestation in alignment with its vision of increasing green cover An area shall soon be earmarked for conducting a pilot project it said Seed-bombing is a technique meant to introduce vegetation by throwing or dropping seed balls on barren land The government is also planning to open a drone training academy here as the move will enable people to acquire technical skills for unmanned aerial vehicles and create employment opportunities the official statement said The development came after the liberalised Drone Rules 2021 and a production-linked incentive scheme for the UAV were notified by the central government in 2021 with a vision to make India a global hub for such technology by 2030 PTI UPL BDC BDC

Itanagar Dec 18 PTI Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar has asked all banks to go on a mission mode to connect the unserved villages in the state by Republic Day As per latest reports 46 sparsely populated villages in remote areas in eight districts have no access to banking services Of them Hot Spring at Kibithu in Anjaw district has a population of four while Khasa at Pangchao in Longding district has 1571 residents Addressing a state-level bankers committee meeting at his office here on Friday Kumar said that banking coverage in remote areas continues to remain a challenge due to the geographical characteristics of the state Despite the challenges we have done reasonably well in the last few years to reach uncovered areas Whatever is left should be taken care of in a mission mode by January 26 next year he said The chief secretary said that the unserved villages may be covered by bank branches customer service points or India Post Payments Bank Kumar requested the bankers to accord priority to applicants seeking loans under various government-sponsored schemes and conduct workshops and camps on a regular basis to increase financial awareness among the people PTI UPL ACD ACD

Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 19 (ANI): Amid rainfall for the last two days in Moradabad of Uttar Pradesh, the farmers say that their crops have been destroyed due to waterlogging in the field.

Bengaluru, September 10: A case of online fraud has been reported from Bengaluru after a man lost Rs 11 lakh on the pretext of getting a job in a foreign country. Reports inform that the 48-year-old victim approached cybercrime police in Bengaluru Rural district and registered a case in connection with the fraud. According to a report by […]