-Hindustan Times The amendments to the law will ensure that ministers, Members of Parliament and bureaucrats, don’t overstay in government bungalows. New delhi: The Centre’s push to rid its limited living spaces of squatters got a fillip on Wednesday with the Union cabinet clearing amendments to the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971. The amendments to the law will ensure that ministers, Members of Parliament and bureaucrats, don’t overstay in government...
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Visakhapatnam railway station cleanest, Darbhanga dirtiest, says survey
-PTI The New delhi station was ranked at 39 among the busiest stations. New delhi: The Visakhapatnam railway station is the cleanest, followed by Secunderabad, among the 75 busiest stations in the country. According to a survey, the report of which was released by railway minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday, the Jammu railway station occupied the third spot, while the New delhi station was ranked at 39 among the busiest stations. The survey was...
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-PTI Pregnant women and lactating mothers are eligible to receive a cash benefit of Rs. 5,000 in three instalments. New delhi: The Modi government on Wednesday virtually halved the number of beneficiaries under its Maternity Benefit Programme (MBP) by restricting the scheme to firstborns instead of 'first two live births' as applicable earlier. PTI had earlier reported that reduced allocation of funds of Rs. 2700 crore for the scheme in the Union...
More »Deepak Pental, innovator of the transgenic mustard variety, interviewed by Sayantan Bera (Livemint.com)
-Livemint.com All our solutions in agriculture, besides management issues, are going to come from science and technology, says Deepak Pental, innovator of GM mustard Last week, the environment ministry’s regulator, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), cleared the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) mustard, leaving it to the government to take a final call. If approved, it will be India’s first food crop developed using transgenic technology, 15 years after Bt...
More »Haryana govt bows to girl power -Ashok Kumar
-The Hindu School in Gothra Tappa Dahina village in Rewari to be upgraded to senior secondary level GURUGRAM: The Haryana government on Wednesday acceded to the demand of girl students in Gothra Tappa Dahina village, Rewari, to upgrade their school to the senior secondary level. Many of the girls had been on a hunger strike for the last eight days. The students had alleged that on their way to the larger school in...
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