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Setting the theme of ‘Swachh Maha Kumbh, Swasth Maha Kumbh‘, he Prayagraj Mela Authority has made an elaborate plan to provide healthcare and latest medical facilities to the devotees under one roof with a Central Hospital.Apart from a 100-bed central hospital, two hospitals dedicated to the management of infectious diseases are being created, ensuring the…
The Prayagraj Mela Authority has hired nearly 10,000 sanitation workers to ensure a clean Maha Kumbh. Through the Swachh Kumbh Fund, the government provides them with free accommodation, food and education for their children. Eco-friendly equipment is used that operates without fuel or electricity, which helps reduce environmental impact. Being operated manually, the equipment does…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed goods and services tax (GST) proceedings against 49 online gaming companies over the retrospective demand notices issued to them, a decision that drove up the share price of some of the listed entities.A bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan passed the interim order and adjourned…
Efforts are underway to rescue workers trapped inside a coal mine in Dima Hasao district of Assam. (PTI) GUWAHATI: Leader of the workers who are currently trapped at the bottom of the flooded coal mine in Assam. Dima Hasao The district was arrested on Thursday night, even as Navy and Army rescuers made little progress…
Representative Image/Agencies NEW DELHI: Giving women significant autonomy to choose whether to return to their estranged husbands, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a wife is entitled to receive maintenance from her husband even if she refuses to comply with a court decree in favor of the man by restitution of conjugal rights.A bench…
Police personnel are conducting an investigation after at least five members of a family were found dead at their residence in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. (PTI Photo) MEERUT: A family of five (a man working as a bricklayer, his wife and three daughters aged 8, 4 and 1) were wiped out in a chilling mass murder…
KAZIRANGA: Facing opposition from anti-mega dam activists, Arunachal Pradesh water transport minister Ojing Appraisal On Friday he defended the state’s decision to build an 11,000 MW hydroelectric project on the Siang River. Tasing said this dam, the largest in northeast India, could serve as a buffer if China releases excess water from its planned 60,000…
NEW DELHI: Taking advantage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark that he is “human, not God”, the Congress said the BJP mascot is trying to do damage control as just eight months ago he had proclaimed his “non-biological status “. The opposition party continued to mock the prime minister, saying that his “humane” management has…
BJP headquarters in New Delhi. (File photo) NEW DELHI: Two major national political parties have continued to occupy government bungalows in Lutyens’ Delhi for their party offices, even years after building their own headquarters or getting land for the purpose, flouting norms.Although the policy specifies that three years after obtaining office land or completing construction,…
A record 2.35 crores functional connections for household faucets (FHTC) have so far been provided in Uttar Pradesh under the Jal Jeevan Missionsaid state Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh after inaugurating the Mission’Swachh Sujal Gaon‘ stall at Maha Kumbh which is spread over 40000 square feet and is packed with several novel features.More than…
