Mechanisation gives Odisha’s sanitation workers a safer future
What was once considered an unavoidable occupational hazard for sanitation workers in Odisha is gradually becoming a thing of the past.
What was once considered an unavoidable occupational hazard for sanitation workers in Odisha is gradually becoming a thing of the past.
India on Friday made it clear that the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) will remain in abeyance until Pakistan stops its support to cross-border terrorism.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued a red warning for four districts of Odisha, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy showers over the next 24 hours under the influence of a low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal.
With six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs and several MLAs and corporators recently jumping ship to join the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the buzz that attempts to “poach” are continuing in Maharashtra, the chatter now is that Nationalist Congress Party (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar is contemplating safer options for his party and daughter Supriya Sule.
Uttar Pradesh BJP is set to extend a rousing welcome to the party's national president, Nitin Nabin, here on his first visit to the city on Saturday. He will be on a two-day organizational visit to Lucknow on July 4 and 5.
Calling for a united resistance to the alleged “onslaught on ourpolitical and social rights”, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sundaytargeted Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for “shying” away from taking afirm stand on Articles 370 and 35A.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, on a visit to Aligarh on Saturday, held a review meeting of four districts.
Punjab State Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhuri has informed that 191 contesting candidates are left in the fray after the last date of withdrawal of nominations for the General Elections to the Municipal Councils of Tarn Taran (District Tarn Taran), Dera Baba Nanak (District Gurdaspur) and Talwara (District Hohiarpur).
While the Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Abdul Rahim Rather asked the members to desist from the “breach of privilege” by giving unwarranted publicity to matters connected with business of the House, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday hit back accusing Rather of imposing a form of “martial law” while occupying a constitutional position.
Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi departed on an official visit to France from February 24-27, as part of efforts to bolster India-France defence cooperation.
