Articles for Other Districts

After decades of bloodshed, two Chhattisgarh districts to shed LWE tag
1 week, 2 days ago

After decades of bloodshed, two Chhattisgarh districts to shed LWE tag

Hindustan Times  

When Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai met Union home minister Amit Shah last week, he had more than an invitation for the closing ceremony of Bastar Olympics. Sai told the home minister, according to top government officials, that two out of the seven districts in the Maoist-infested Bastar division — the Bastar district that houses the district headquarters of …

Districts Naxals Maoists Maoist Shah Fir Centre
Ordinance Amending Time To Move No Confidence Motion Regarding Municipal Council Head's Tenure Is Retroactive: Madhya Pradesh High Court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ordinance Amending Time To Move No Confidence Motion Regarding Municipal Council Head's Tenure Is Retroactive: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed an order calling for a no confidence motion meeting in connection with the post of President, Municipal Council under the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, noting that the ordinance promulgated subsequently extending the tenure from 2 to 3 years before such a motion is passed would have retroactive application. A single judge bench of …

Court No Confidence Motion Council Right Statutory State High
U.P.: Traffic police drive in Lucknow yields ₹31 lakh fine in 28 days
3 months, 3 weeks ago

U.P.: Traffic police drive in Lucknow yields ₹31 lakh fine in 28 days

Hindustan Times  

The traffic police realised ₹31 lakh fine from as many as 312 heavy vehicles that entered the Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow from other districts without having necessary permits or registration in just 28 days last month. Ever since the move to prevent the entry of such vehicles to manage traffic came into force in early August, a total sum of …

Traffic Vehicles Lucknow Act Other Districts
Red Alert: Telangana Braces for More Rain
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Red Alert: Telangana Braces for More Rain

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: One person was killed as heavy rain engulfed most parts of the state, the result of a deep depression off the coast of Andhra Pradesh, on Saturday, prompting a statewide alert. The India Meteorological Department has issuing a red alert for almost half the state and an orange alert for rain in several other districts till September 3. The …

Rain Districts Rainfall Alert Telangana Red Heavy Rain
Calls home cost money, say Ludhiana meritorious school students
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Calls home cost money, say Ludhiana meritorious school students

Hindustan Times  

Students at the Senior Secondary School for Meritorious Students in Ludhiana alleged they aren’t receiving free telephone services, unlike students in other districts. Some students have parents with serious health issues and need to call home every two or three days, which costs them about ₹10 per call.” A female student from Class 11 mentioned in her application that there …

Students School Student Ludhiana Free Other Districts Free Telephone Services
Assam Floods: 16.5 Lakh People In 29 Districts Affected As Rivers Cross Danger Mark
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam Floods: 16.5 Lakh People In 29 Districts Affected As Rivers Cross Danger Mark

News 18  

Many people have been affected by the ongoing floods in Assam, including the Cachar district. Among these districts, Dhubri is the worst hit, with over 2.23 lakh people suffering. It is followed by Darrang with nearly 1.84 lakh people and Lakhimpur with more than 1.66 lakh people reeling under flood waters. According to an official bulletin by the Press Trust …

Districts Lakh Other Districts Kamrup Dhubri Flood Affected
Officials explain lack of EV charging stations outside Bengaluru
10 months ago

Officials explain lack of EV charging stations outside Bengaluru

The Hindu  

Karnataka recently took pride in the fact that it has the highest number of public Electric Vehicle charging stations in India. Private players not updating on EV Yatra portal Mr. Mathapathi said that with private companies being the major players in installation of charging stations, many of them often do not submit their data to the Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s …

Bengaluru Karnataka State Number Set Stations Bee
Deadline up, fishers from other districts told to leave Kodiyakarai
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Deadline up, fishers from other districts told to leave Kodiyakarai

New Indian Express  

NAGAPATTINAM: The fisheries department has directed vessels from districts other than Nagapattinam to vacate Kodiyakarai. The deadline was set after tension ran high on January 8, when a group of fishers from Pushpavanam in Vedaranyam taluk seized seven non-local boats, citing increased competition in fishing in the serene Palk Strait. "We have ordered all the boats from districts to move …

Districts Other Districts Kodiyakarai
Raising high stink: Tamil Nadu’s bulk waste disposal issues
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Raising high stink: Tamil Nadu’s bulk waste disposal issues

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu, despite all its industrial prowess, seems to be grappling with an issue that jeopardises its environmental well-being — the violation of waste disposal norms and “clandestine auction” of waste by the very same industries that are driving the State’s economic advancement. According to the SWM Rules, “BWGs must ensure segregation of waste at source, facilitate collection of segregated …

Waste Management Tamil Nadu Chennai Industrial Tamil Tiruchi Rules
Farmers concerned as unseasonal rainfall damages UP mango crop in UP
1 year, 8 months ago

Farmers concerned as unseasonal rainfall damages UP mango crop in UP

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Unseasonal rain and hailstorms at the time mango orchards were flowering may have damaged up to 25% of Uttar Pradesh’s production, according to the Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture in Lucknow. We found that the Mal-Malihabad region had suffered more damage, while other districts saw damage up to 20-25%.” “Unseasonal rain affect mango flowering in various ways, and fungal …

India Uttar Pradesh Damage Mango Other Districts Malihabad Unseasonal Rain
Drive against illegal houseboats continues in Alappuzha
2 years, 6 months ago

Drive against illegal houseboats continues in Alappuzha

The Hindu  

Kerala ports department, which launched a drive more than two months ago against houseboats flouting norms in Alappuzha, has so far impounded 36 vessels. According to the Ports department, as many as 1,588 mechanically propelled boats, including houseboats, shikhara boats, and speedboats, are registered with the Alappuzha Port Registry. Houseboats registered in other districts continue to operate in Alappuzha waters …

Ports Department Drive Other Districts Houseboats Alappuzha Vessels Registration
Controversy over hijab ban not new to Dakshina Kannada, Udupi districts
2 years, 10 months ago

Controversy over hijab ban not new to Dakshina Kannada, Udupi districts

Deccan Chronicle  

Udupi: Controversies over ban on wearing hijab is nothing new to coastal districts of Karnataka. “In the past, there were instances of several colleges banning the use of headscarves in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. A major reason for fuelling the controversy is the Karnataka assembly election slated for next year,” educationist and activist M G Hegde told Deccan Chronicle. …

Karnataka Districts College Udupi Bjp Issue Hijab
EXPLAINER: Why are schools revisiting gifted education?
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: Why are schools revisiting gifted education?

Associated Press  

New York City officials announced plans this month for its school system, the country’s largest, to phase out its program for gifted and talented students. “The debate is ‘Gifted at what?’” said Marcia Gentry, director of Purdue University’s Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute. Nationwide, only 56% of the nation’s schools teach students who have been identified as gifted and …

Education Students Test Black Districts New York Talented
Heavy rain lashes Hyderabad, other parts of Telangana
3 years, 2 months ago

Heavy rain lashes Hyderabad, other parts of Telangana

India TV News  

Several low-lying areas in Hyderabad were flooded as heavy rain lashed the city and various other parts of Telangana on Saturday. In the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, L B Nagar received 78.5 mm of rainfall followed by Bathukamma Kunta, official sources said. The India Meteorological Department here said heavy to very heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated …

Hyderabad Rain Heavy Rain District Other Districts Kumram Bheem
Deadly April and May dwarf Jharkhand’s official Covid-19 toll
3 years, 4 months ago

Deadly April and May dwarf Jharkhand’s official Covid-19 toll

Hindustan Times  

The total number of deaths registered in the months of April and May in 2021 in several districts of Jharkhand has witnessed a massive spike, as high as six times in some cases, compared to the corresponding period in 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic first hit the country, rasing questions over the actual coronavirus toll in the state. At least …

Death Deaths Data Districts Covid Number Registered
What changes under Ohio’s new Fair School Funding Plan?
3 years, 5 months ago

What changes under Ohio’s new Fair School Funding Plan?

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Advocates for Ohio’s new school funding plan say it should finally provide a level of fairness and reliability that past spending programs lacked. A look at components of the Fair School Funding Plan: ___ BASE COST In the past, lawmakers arrived at the per-pupil share the state was willing to pay — $6,020 in the current budget …

Local Money Districts Pay Ohio State Plan
COVID-19 deaths in Varanasi: Govt data says 227 died last month, but Manikarnika Ghat officials report 1,500 cremations in one April week alone
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 deaths in Varanasi: Govt data says 227 died last month, but Manikarnika Ghat officials report 1,500 cremations in one April week alone

Firstpost  

District officials in Modi’s constituency either blamed private hospitals of under-reporting deaths or claimed most of those brought to be cremated or interred in Varanasi were from some other part of Uttar Pradesh. A member of the ‘Dom Samaj’ family, who looks after setting up pyres, said, “The number of bodies at our ghat increased from 8 April and carried …

Deaths Districts Varanasi Covid Number District Ghat
COVID-19 deaths in Bareilly: Cemeteries, crematoria report daily stream of bodies, but district officials say only 185 died in 2021
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 deaths in Bareilly: Cemeteries, crematoria report daily stream of bodies, but district officials say only 185 died in 2021

Firstpost  

Uttar Pradesh: “There have been around 185 deaths here due to COVID-19,” said Bareilly chief medical officer Dr Sudhir Garg on Thursday, “While in the last three days, there have been three or four deaths.” This stands contrary to accounts from the the five burial grounds and crematoria, which have reported a steady stream of bodies, of those whom relatives …

Deaths Uttar Pradesh Districts City Number District Bareilly