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The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved a new scheme for promotion of Rural Housing in the country. The Government would provide interest subsidy under the scheme. Interest subsidy would be available to every rural household who is not covered under the

This is the story of how with help from the district administration in providing skills training, tribal youth of Simdega district in Jharkhand have been able to secure well-paying jobs. And the jobs that they have got are in renowned organisations spread across the country. A skill development

गरीब और बेसहारा लोगों के लिए मुक्तांगना ‘‘द वॉल ऑफ होप ’’ द्वितीय वॉल का शुभारंभ गरीब और बेसहारा लोगों को कपड़े व अन्य सामाग्री निःशुल्क उपलब्ध कराने के लिए जयपुर में मुक्तांगना ‘‘द वॉल ऑफ होप’’ का शुभारंभ चिकित्सा एवं स्वास्थ्य मंत्री श्री कालीचरण सराफ ने शुक्रवार को सांयकाल 05ः30 बजे हरीमार्ग जेडीए

Aamir Khan starrer "Dangal" is making records in box-office collection. On the other side this movie has motivated residents of village Kamod, in Charkhi Dadri district of Haryana, to put name plates bearing names of their daughter outside their houses. This village is just 15 km from Balali village

सोलर लाईटाें के लिए बॉम्बे आई.आई.टी. का लिया जायेगा सहयोग राजस्थान के ग्रामीण विकास एवं पंचायती राज मंत्री श्री राजेन्द्र राठौड़ ने कहा कि स्मार्ट सिटी की तर्ज पर राज्य में स्मार्ट विलेज बनाये जायेंगे जिसमें पार्क, स्ट्रीट लाईट, गंदे पानी की सही निकासी, नियमित सफाई व्यवस्था व अन्य मूलभूत सुविधायें

Twenty five children which include 12 girls and 13 boys have been selected for the National Bravery Awards – 2016. Four of the Awards have been given posthumously. The coveted Bharat Award has been conferred on 8 year old Late Km. Tarh Peeju of Arunachal Pradesh, who sacrificed her life in an

This must be a first in the country. Read news of cash less villages and other such stories, but reading of this story in Hindustan Times was so interesting. Dedicating his initiative to PM Narendra Modi's drive on cashless transactions, Subhash Nayak, a mason, opted for a wedding which was

When security forces visit a village in search of maoists in Bastar villages, the locals dread not knowing what's going to happen. Now, the presence of the first CRPF woman officer has changed all this. Usha Kiran,27, is CRPF’s first woman officer to be posted in the Maoist-infested part of the

This is a very inspiring story of a mother and a daughter who have become champion power lifters. The mother, Jyotika Patekar, 47, is an impoverished sandwich seller. She inspired her daughter, Vaibhavi, 17, to become a state-level power lifter. And, she herself, after a gap of 26 years, became a

World's largest LED based Street Lighting National Programme (SNLP) wad dedicated to the nation by Union Minister of Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal. This is running in the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) which is being implemented by the Energy Efficiency

'Ganda' (dirty) was the name of a village under Ratia block in Haryana’s Fatehabad district. Looks funny but this was the name of the village till now. However, a teenager girl, Harpreet, from the village could not take this. She was often teased by her cousins because of this name. Harpreet Kaur

Ekal Movement has set up Eight Gramothan Resource Centres (GRCs) in different remote places in Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, U.P, Tamilnadu and Maharashtra. These GRCs serve as resource centres for about 100 villages surrounding the centre. The main aim of these GRCs is to make village community