Today, when we rarely find people talking in Sanskrit, in village Mattur in the Shimoga district of Karnataka all the residents talk in fluent Sanskrit. Reports say that once a child attains the age of 10 he starts getting lessons in Vedas.It is also reported that in every family an IT professional
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Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu today launched ‘Swachh Suvekshan-2017’ to assess and rank 500 cities and towns based on levels of sanitation and efforts made by respective urban local bodies and also to capture progress towards achieving ‘Open Defecation Free’ status. The
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016. The important provisions include increase in compensation for Hit & Run cases from Rs. 25000 to Rs. 2 lakhs. It also has provision for payment of compensation upto Rs 10 lakh in road accidents fatalities. In the area
Many prominent religious heads came together at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai to talk on encouraging their followers to become organ donors. Mostly refusal are based on the perception that their religions do not sanction such an act. However, it was pointed out that while accepting
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
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