Miscellaneous

Jharkhand police have plans to recruit surrendered Maoists in their force. As per plans 32 extremists, who have surrendered in 2016, may be hired soon. The appointment process will soon begin for those who have been acquitted of all cases pending against them. Read this report by Alok KN Mishra in

The Centre has decided to fix the minimum wage for unskilled agricultural labour in C-class towns in central sphere at 350 Rupees per day to be effective from Tuesday. Presently, these workers are paid as per the rates prescribed under the national floor level minimum wage of 160 Rupees. This was

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dr.Jitendra Singh launched the Employees Online (EO) App on Friday. EO App is a mobile application of the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Speaking on the occasion, Dr.Jitendra Singh said

Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation has approved construction of 84,460 more affordable houses for urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(Urban) in five States with a total investment of Rs.3,073 cr for which central assistance of Rs.1,256 cr has been approved. To be built under the

A Khadi Training Camp has been set up for inmates of the Aadharshila Observation Home, Kingsway Camp, New Delhi. The Training Centre was inaugurated by Supreme Court Judge, Justice Madan B. Lokur on Wednesday. The Khadi Training Centre has been established by National Commission for Protection of

From ages in India people have been doing philanthropy. Innumerable educational institutions, places of stay (dharamshalas), medical aid centres etc. have been made by contributions from the society. Even today, there are so many voluntary organisations engaged in such activities to help the needy

The Government has issued Notification on 21st October, 2016 amending rule 23 of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 enabling service voters, including armed forces personnel, to cast their vote in elections through e-postal ballot. Under this system a blank postal ballot paper would be transmitted

Some time back news had come how a District Collector in Chhattisgarh had used the social media to attract the attention of medical doctors to work in Maoist affected area. And the response he got was very encouraging. Today a report in Hindustan Times by Sanchita Sharma gives the insight of this

Ashama is one of the nine women who have come to Delhi from different places in UP to take part in a training programme called the Udaan Project. They will learn skills and, when the three-week training ends on Sunday, will be assigned to work at Sheroes Hangout — a chain of cafes in Lucknow, Agra

(Read this news in English also - scroll down) एकल ग्रामोत्थान योजना को मिला डिजिटल ट्रेलब्लेजर्स अवार्ड एकल अभियान की सहयोगी संस्थान ग्रामोत्थान योजना को एच.पी., के.पी.एम.जी. एवं इण्डिया टुडे ग्रुप द्वारा डिजिटल ट्रेलब्लेजर्स अवार्डस् से पुरस्कृत किया गया। दिनांक २१ अक्टुबर को राँची रेडिसन ब्लू

सार्वजनिक वितरण प्रणाली के इतिहास में नया सवेरा आदर्श अन्नपूर्णा भंडार, पड़ांगा अजमेर जिले की भिनाय तहसील में पड़ांगा ग्राम सेवा सहकारी समिति द्वारा संचालित आदर्श अन्नपूर्णा भंडार ने अन्य अन्नपूर्णा भंडारों के लिए एक मिसाल कायम की है। इस आदर्श अन्नपूर्णा भंडार से “एक पंथ-दो काज“ की बजाय “एक पंथ-पांच

This is a story of how farmers came together to rebuild a dam which was damaged in 1990. They waited for so long for the government to do this. And when this was not done decided to do on their own. They collected 70,000 Rupees from among themselves. Some farmers even helped in kind. Such stories of