Ranchi Municipal Corporation, under its Swachh Bharat mission, has painted a number of city walls with beautiful paintings. These paintings with a theme of local art are such a treat to the eyes. The two paintings shown are on the walls of Ranchi railway station. Other cities should also take such
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According to a study by Mumbai University's School of Economics team many categories of people who were in the clutches of poverty have found their place in the middle class with their income increasing. As per the study pani puriwalas, dosa sellers, carpenters, welders etc. have pulled themselves
174 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 18th to 24th July 2016) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, 12 villages are in Arunachal Pradesh , 82 in Meghalaya, 15 in Assam, 12 in Uttar Pradesh, 3 in Mizoram, 18 in
Minister of Urban Development Sri M Venkaiah Naidu, through Twitter has informed that 90 housing projects from 7 states costing Rs.5307.12 Cr have been approved. From the states of Bihar, Odisha, Tripura, Chhattisgarh,Tamilnadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat proposals of 1.25 lakh houses are accepted
The 114 km long Rameshwaram to Manamadurai railway line has become country's first green rail corridor. On this stretch there will be zero toilet discharge with trains of the section now equipped with bio-toilets. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated this corridor through video-conferencing on
10 lakh jawans of paramilitary forces are to be equipped with high-tech, bulletproof, combat helmets. Home minister Rajnath Singh has given approval to procure "light-weight bullet resistant helmets" to protect the jawans from gun shots, injuries from stone pelting and neck injuries. This will also
Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned 25 projects under the Swadesh Darshan scheme worth Rs. 2048 Crore so far to 21 States and Union Territories since its launch of in January 2015. These States and UTs include Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerala, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh
‘Simple Living and High Thinking’ is what we have been taught since our childhood days. My parents also told me this and so did my teachers. And I have actually tried to follow this dictum throughout my life. Or I can put it this way too that being from a middle class family, there was no other
14 students of Braj Kishore Netraheen Vidyalaya, a Ranchi-based non-profit school for visually impaired girls, are set to create history by becoming the first batch of visually challenged students in Eastern India and only the second in India after Pune, to be employed by a mobile operator company
Ministry of Tourism has approved project worth Rs. 275 Crore for development of Krishna and Heritage circuit of State of Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme. The Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) for the Swadesh Darshan Scheme met under the Chairmanship
Government is making all efforts to boost the Housing Finance Sector to ensure that the goal of Affordable Housing for all by 2022 is met. This was stated by Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu at the National Summit on “Finance for Housing for All by 2022”