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Before the rural election, Bengal govt. has launched eight public service portal

Before the rural election, Bengal govt. has launched eight public service portal

Ahead of panchayat elections next year, the West Bengal government has launched eight public service portals for the benefit of people living in rural areas. Becharam Manna, Minister for State, Panchayat and Rural Development Department, said while launching the portals on Thursday that the aim of the government is to bring transparency and speed to the services of the department. The department revamped its website and introduced a 24/7 Panchayat Public Grievance Redressal System, an online building plan approval portal, and online booking of guest houses in rural areas to encourage tourism.It has also launched a single-window portal to get…
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India-Bhutan border gates are reopening after a long time

India-Bhutan border gates are reopening after a long time

The Assam border along the India-Bhutan border gates at Samdrup Dzhongkhar and Gelphu will be reopened for tourists on September 23 for the first time since the Covid-19 outbreak. After a gap of two and a half years, a Bhutanese delegation led by Tashi Penjor, Himalayan State Director (Law and Order) of the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs held a meeting with Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) officials here on Wednesday and announced that the gates would be reopened. Panjore said, As the Covid-19 situation improves, the Bhutanese government has announced from September 23, the reopening of its borders for…
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In India, active Covid cases are increasing

In India, active Covid cases are increasing

India added 6,422 new coronavirus infections taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 4,45,16,479, while active cases rose to 46,389, according to Union Health Ministry data on Thursday. The death toll reached 28,250 with 34 deaths, including 20 deaths matched by Kerala, data updated at 8 am said. Active cases accounted for 2.04% of total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate rose to 98.71%, the ministry said. in a span of 24 hours increase of 640 active covid cases was recorded. According to the report of the ministry, the daily positivity rate was 2.04% and the weekly positivity…
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Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati passes away at 99

Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati passes away at 99

Dwarkapeeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati breathed his last at the age of 99 in Madhya Pradesh`s Narsinghpur on Sunday. He died of a minor coronary heart attack at 3:50 in the ashram. Shankaracharyaji’s last rites will be completed on Monday. Swami Swarupananda, who was Shankaracharya of Dwarka, Sharda, and Jyotish Peetha, was not retaining well for more than a year, he said. Shankaracharya was born in 1924 in Dighori village in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh as Pathiram Upadhyay. At the age of 9 e left his home in pursuit of God. He was imprisoned during the freedom struggle. He…
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19 dead in Maharashtra during immersion of Lord Ganesha idols

19 dead in Maharashtra during immersion of Lord Ganesha idols

At least 19 people lost their life, 14 of them due to drowning, in the extraordinary incidents that took place during the immersion of Ganesh idols in different parts of Maharashtra, police said on September 10. He said two men and a woman drowned in the pond while burying idols in the Yavatmal district. In Ahmednagar district, two people died in separate incidents of drowning in Supa and Belvandi, he said, while two others died in north Maharashtra's Jalgaon district.He also said One person each died in rural areas of Pune, Dhule, Satara and Solapur cities. Four men and women…
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Those who feed street dogs could be held liable if canines attack people, says Supreme Court

Those who feed street dogs could be held liable if canines attack people, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has found that those who feed stray dogs could be held in charge if the canines attack people. The apex court docket also stated that such human beings should be made accountable for the vaccination of stray dogs. The court similarly stated that the stray dog feeders ought to additionally be dependable to endure the fee for the therapy if strays bite people. The court docket additionally emphasised a want to find a solution to the stray dogs' menace. The court's remark comes whilst hearing a petition related to stray puppies threat in Kerala. The rely is…
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Netaji statue to stand tall without any damage for a century

Netaji statue to stand tall without any damage for a century

Prime Minister Modi is all set to unveil a 28-foot statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose near Delhi's India Gate on Thursday. The jet black granite statue is carved from a single block of granite weighing 280 metric tons. The statue will be mounted at the identical location the place a ‘hologram statue’ of Netaji has unveiled formerly this yr on Parakram Diwas (January 23) via the PM to mark the hundred and twenty-fifth birth anniversary of Bose. Granite Studio India MD Rajat Mehta said the statue weighing 65 metric tonnes will stand tall for the next 100 years without…
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Two Nihang Sikhs kill man for chewing tobacco near Amritsar’s Golden Temple

Two Nihang Sikhs kill man for chewing tobacco near Amritsar’s Golden Temple

A young person was allegedly murdered by using two Nihang Sikhs guys in Amritsar. The crime was once committed in a market vicinity near Harmandir Sahib on Wednesday and the visuals of the incident have been captured by using cameras mounted in the vicinity. Sources said that an person used to be passing down the street when two Nihang Sikhs attacked him with their swords. As per the murdered victim's family, the man or woman was crossing the road near Jallianwala Bagh when both guys attacked him and fled from the crime scene. They said that the individual used to…
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Andhra Pradesh: Man slits 14-year-old girl’s throat, pours acid on her face in Nellore

Andhra Pradesh: Man slits 14-year-old girl’s throat, pours acid on her face in Nellore

A man from Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district was taken into custody for allegedly slitting the throat of a fourteen-yr-old girl and pouring acid on her face. It was once alleged that the assailant was a close relative of the girl’s family. The incident came about in Venkatachalam village’s Chemudgunta colony on Monday afternoon. The woman got admitted to a government medical institution and later shifted to Apollo Hospital for comprehensive treatment. Doctors said that the victim used to be in critical circumstances as her face was burnt in the acid attack. Venkatachalam police, investigating the case, said the attacker, who…
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Bengaluru woman’s death after slipping on flooded road sparks outrage

Bengaluru woman’s death after slipping on flooded road sparks outrage

A 23-yr-old woman's loss of life due to electrocution after slipping on a waterlogged street in rain-hit Bengaluru has brought on outrage, with many questioning the Karnataka authorities for mismanagement and negligence. The deceased, identified as Akhila, by chance got here in contact with a live electric pole close to the Whitefield place in the city, when she was returning home on her scooty on Monday night. Akhila got off her scooty near Mayura Bakery where a stretch of the road was once waterlogged. While towing the two-wheeler via the knee-deep water, she lost her balance. She tried to right…
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