-The Times of India Chennai: Voicing concern about closures of government primary schools in Tamil Nadu, members of the Samakalvi Iyakkam, a child rights movement, urged the state government not to close or merge schools citing poor strength. They also demanded for the reopening the schools that were closed or merged in the last 10 years. Quoting RTI replies, members of the NGO, in a press meet here on Tuesday, said as...
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10 days of rain wipes out four years of drought in Marathwada. Now it's a deluge -Manoj More
-The Indian Express Beed District Collector Naval Kishore Ram said the district had received around 45 per cent of its average rainfall in the past four years. Beed: Celebrations are on in Marathwada. It’s been raining for nearly 10 days now, and the region till recently in the news for a Water train is marking the end of four years of drought with sweets, drums and photos next to overflowing dams. While...
More »Will raze 28,000 illegal buildings on nalas in Hyderabad: K Chandrasekhar Rao
-The Times of India HYDERABAD: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday said 28,000 buildings built illegally on city's storm Water drains "will be bulldozed to prevent flooding during heavy rains." The government, henceforth, will not allow even a single illegal construction to come up in the city, the CM said adding: "Flying squads for each of the 24 municipal circles, assisted by police, will be pressed into service to pull down...
More »India seeks BRICS help to meet shortfall in pulses, oilseeds
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: India has sought the cooperation of fellow BRICS members — Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa — to help meet the country’s production shortfall in pulses and oilseeds. Agriculture Ministers from BRICS countries have agreed to promote production of pulses in their respective countries and raise awareness about its nutritional aspects, according to the joint declaration adopted at the end of their meeting in New Delhi,...
More »Army deployed in rain-affected areas of Hyderabad -Rahul Devulapalli
-The Hindu With the met office forecasting more rains over next two days, the administration is on high alert The Army was pressed into service on Saturday in rescue and support operations in the rain-affected areas of the greater Hyderabad region. Army officials met senior Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC0 officers in the early of Saturday and procured maps and information related to the present ground situation in the city. Eight task force...
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