New Delhi: The Delhi government has stepped up preparations to set up 200 camps across the city, especially in the trans-Yamuna areas, for the Kanwar Yatra starting later this month, officials said on Friday.During the month of Sawan, starting on July 22, people from Delhi and neighboring...
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], World Toilet Organization founder Jack Sim praised the Swachh Bharat campaign and said he had seen steady improvements in cleanliness in India during his visits to the country.Jack Sim also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi reminds him of Singapore's first...
Kochi, Gender-friendly toilets that can be used regardless of sex at a state university in Kerala have triggered a heated debate on social media platforms.Gender-neutral toilets, which have been present for years on the campus of the well-known Government Maharaja's College here, have suddenly...
From meeting 'dead' voters to wandering through pitch-dark school corridors, from enjoying the scenic beauty of a dam to cleaning neglected toilets, polling officials faced extraordinary challenges while conducting elections in Kolkata, West Bengal.It is the effort to maintain democracy with...
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Electoral Officer P Krishnamurthy on Thursday said more than one lakh polling personnel have been deployed to conduct the voting on May 25, while several steps have been taken to protect people from the scorching heat.Highlighting special initiatives to improve the...
Delhi government and New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) submitted affidavit and action taken report on Jasmine Kaur Chhabra's PIL.Delhi government has given an update to the High Court in the status report.It was revealed that 143 separate public toilets have already been constructed and...
New Delhi: The Delhi government has informed the High Court here that 14 toilets have been constructed in the national capital for the exclusive use of transgender persons.The Delhi government's social welfare department, in a status report, told a division bench of Acting Chief Justice...
New Delhi: In the national capital's South Delhi constituency, 26-year-old Raja Singh has been reaching out to voters with the slogan "Toilet to Parliament".The election issue of Singh, the only third gender candidate in the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, is the lack of basic facilities like...
New Delhi [India], The National Human Rights Commission has recently re-issued an advisory regarding unnatural deaths of prisoners due to suicide. In a social media post on May 7, the commission found that most of the unnatural deaths of prisoners are due to suicide. The advisory not only...
Thane, Maharashtra: Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) was defrauded of over Rs 5 lakh with the help of forged documents, an official said on Wednesday.The civic body had given the work of construction of toilets to a contractor and took a security deposit of Rs 5.10 lakh from him.However...
Chandigarh: In view of the possibility of scorching heat on the election day in Punjab, the state's Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C has asked senior officials to make necessary arrangements for the polling staff.Voting for 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab will be held on June 1.In an advisory...
New Delhi: Attacking the BJP over its Army recruitment promise in Morena, the Congress on Thursday alleged that through the Agneepath scheme, the Modi government has damaged the integrity of the armed forces and the future of thousands of youth from Madhya Pradesh's Bhind. Morena.Before Prime...
New Delhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that the BJP-led Center wants to prove the Railways as "incompetent" so that it has an excuse to sell it to its "friends", and demanded the removal of the Modi government to save it from the people. requested. Transportation of the common...
New Delhi [India], Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lok Sabha constituency, the only parliamentary seat covering the entire union territory, will go to polls in the general election in a single phase on April 19. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress, who currently represent the seat, are going...
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar) [India], Local residents consider roads, water, electricity and transport facilities as the main issues in the Andaman and Nicobar Lok Sabha constituency. To address these issues, he will have to choose between BJP's Bishnu Pad Ray and Congress's Kuldeep Ra...