Miscellaneous

English literature classes are being held in barricaded hall of Indore Central Jail where armed guards keep a watch. The prisoners are being taught Shakespeare by a fellow inmate who is the jail for forged documents. Read more on this in a TOI report.

Jharkhand has come out with a unique scheme to promote construction of toilets under the Swachh Bharat mission. Brothers have been asked to gift a toilet to their sisters on the occasion of Rakhi this year. The government plans to promote this in a very big way. Special camps will be organised in

Due to favourable agro-climatic conditions prevailing in the country, India produced 2.158 million tones of flowers during 2015-16. Flower crops are grown in almost all the States. The major flower growing States are Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Gujarat, Andhra

The duty and functions of National Dairy Development Board are to promote, plan and organize programmes for the purpose of development of dairy and other agriculture based and allied industries and biological on an intensive and nation-wide basis and to render assistance in the implementation of

The Government had launched ‘Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA)’ scheme to support for extension reforms in the State during 2005-06. Presently the Scheme is under implementation in 652 districts of 29 States and 3 UTs in the country. Under the scheme grants-in-aid is released to State

Country's first Hydro Engineering College will be opened in Bilaspur, in Himachal Pradesh. A MOU has been signed for this between the Himachal Pradesh government and the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). The opening of this college will

Various projects under the ambitious 'Namami Gange' programme, worth 400 crores, got approval on Monday. These include development of ghats and crematoria in the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The river stretch between Rudraprayag and Guptkashi in Uttarakhand

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has undertaken preparation of Detailed Project Report(DPR)for up-gradation to 2-lane with paved shoulder of National Highways to provide connectivity to Chardham from Rishikesh leading to Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath including Tanakpur

To meet the growing demand of trained drivers for commercial vehicles the Road Transport Ministry under the skill development programme will undertake this training with the help of private and state undertakings. The ministry will provide a stipend of 15000 Rupees per month for those undertaking

With the construction of 30 lakh toilets in three years Jharkhand will become 'Open Defecation Free' state. Addressing a meeting of the Jharkhand Corporate Social Responsibility Council, Chief Miinister Raghubar Das gave this information. He said this is the priority of the state government

The Gau-Vikash Prakastha of the BJP is ready to go all out to ensure Mudra Bank loans to cattle owners. The group is using this route to prevent cattle smuggling and cow slaughtering in Bengal. The move comes at a time when incidents of Gau-rakshaks attacking Dalits and Muslims are being reported

192 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 25th to 31st July 2016) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, 10 villages belong to Assam, 2 in Bihar, 24 in Jharkhand, 2 in Madhya Pradesh, 123 in Meghalaya, 3 in Nagaland