Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that there is a need to change the system of men marrying three-four women to give justice to Muslim women.

New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Saturday chaired a meeting to review issues pertaining to air pollution in the city and directed the stakeholder agencies and departments to work "effectively" in ensuring that all measures to tackle air pollution are taken in a time-bound manner.

Shimla Feb 24 PTI Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur informed the state assembly on the second day of the ongoing budget session on Thursday that the manager of the Unas illegal firecrackers factory had been arrested Six migrant workers had been killed and 14 others sustained burn injuries in the explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in Una district on Tuesday Thakur said that the factory manager Deepak Kumar Rana was arrested on February 23 and the location of other accused is being traced and teams have been sent to arrest them The chief minister said that 1905 kg of gunpowder and 90 litres of paint has also been seized besides a car and a laptop Wednesday The chief minister said the company in question was earlier Novatech Engineering which was later merged with Guruji Enterprises illegally without any registration Earlier the leader of the opposition Mukesh Agnihotri demanded that those responsible for the Una explosion should be hanged and their property should be confiscated Meanwhile in his statement the industry minister Bikram Singh said preliminary investigations have found that the firecracker factory functioning illegally without regulatory approvals The minister said that the company Novatech Engineers in whose premises the blast occurred had taken approval from the state government for manufacturing weighbridges and steel RCC under the Land Tenancy and Reforms Act 1972 Bikram Singh said the company was however illegally manufacturing pop-pop crackers for which it had no regulatory approvals and for power supply a Diesel Generator DG set was installed in the premises Explosive material used to make firecrackers was recovered from the shed of Jai Guruji Enterprises he added The State Level Single Window Clearance Committee had given approval to Guruji Enterprises for making firecrackers and manza thread for kites in February 2019 with the condition that it should obtain approvalno objection certificate from the concerned departments he added The company however did not obtain any approvals from Pollution Control Board Labour and Employment Department and started the production illegally he added The government has also marked an inquiry to the Divisional Commissioner Dharamshala and a Special Investigation Team headed by DIG Sumedha Dwivedi is also conducting the probe he added The probe is still on and the Government is committed for safety in industries said the minister adding that he personally inspected the incident site on Wednesday and asked to submit the investigation report at the earliest PTI DJI RCJ RCJ

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 24 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday visited rain-affected BDS Nagar and other places in the city's Horamvu ward stating that the government would provide necessary funds for the work that would ensure smooth flow of floodwaters.

Thiruvananthapuram Oct 28 PTI Eminent oncologist and Padma Shri awardee Dr M Krishnan Nair the founding director of the famed Regional Cancer Centre died here following age-related ailments on Thursday family sources said He was 81 and breathed his last at his home in the city they said Nair was known for his various path-breaking initiatives in the field of cancer treatment especially in the areas of community and paediatric oncology and palliative care and his efforts to make the expensive treatment affordable to poor people He played a key role in the opening of the paediatric wing at RCC in 1980s also led the setting up of a Community and Preventive Oncology Department there aiming to create awareness about the disease He also served as member of the Expert Advisory Panel of the World Health Organisation WHO regarding cancer and the National Cancer Control Plan Hailing from the capital district Nair had obtained his MBBS degree from the government medical college here during 1960s and received the Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists FRCR in clinical oncology from the Royal College of Radiologists in London Besides Padma Shri the medical expert also received several other honours including Pasupathy Nath Wahi Cancer Award Bhishmacharya Award and so on People from various walks of life condoled the death of Nair who was instrumental in making cancer treatment affordable to the underprivileged sections in the society through the state-run RCC Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in his condolence message said Nair was an eminent doctor who had given a humane face to the the area of cancer research and his demise was a great loss to the health sector of the state He also reminisced the experts contributions in setting up the RCC here PTI LGK SS SS

New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): The smog tower at Connaught Place inaugurated by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has completed one month and is functioning at full capacity.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday inaugurated the countrys first smog tower at Connaught Place to rid the capital of polluted airCongratulating the people of Delhi Kejriwal said that in the war against pollution Delhi has started the countrys first smog towerThis smog tower made of American technology will reduce the amount of pollution in the airDelhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that the smog tower will be made operational at full capacity as soon as the rains endThe monitoring of the smog tower will be done through in-built SCADA system supervisory control and data acquisition