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Rajasthan to bring policy for environmental protection

9:41 pm February 9, 2020

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said the state government will soon bring a new policy for environmental protection as he noted that global climate change is a serious challenge. Gehlot was addressing the annual media conclave on environment at Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute, Neemali in Alwar district. “Indiscriminate race for development […]

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Aparajita Rai made new Kolkata Police STF DC

10:23 pm February 4, 2020

Kolkata: In a minor reshuffle of West Bengal IPS cadre, the state government on Tuesday made Aparajita Rai the deputy commissioner of police (DC) of the Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) in place of Pradeep Kumar Yadav, a notification issued here said. Rai was DC (Cyber Crime) and her replacement is yet to be […]

Chhattisgarh yet to implement amended Motor Vehicles Act

7:28 pm September 7, 2019

Raipur: The Congress government in Chhattisgarh is yet to implement the new penalty provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu said on Saturday that the state government was studying the new amendments before they were implemented, so that people may not bear the brunt of the newly-introduced hefty fines. “We have been […]

19 more telephone exchanges restored in Kashmir Valley

2:52 pm September 5, 2019

Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir have restored 19 more telephone exchanges, a month after telephone services were snapped following abrogation of provisions of Article 370, officials said on Thursday. Landline telephone connections started working in commercial hub of Lal Chowk and press colony in the early hours of Thursday, the officials said. They said 19 telephone […]

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Soon Cabinet meetings in Uttarakhand to be paperless

8:40 pm August 28, 2019

Dehradun: The e-cabinet system will become fully operational in two months in Uttarakhand and no paper will be used during Cabinet meetings after that, state government spokesman and minister Madan Kausik said on Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the state Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat here on Wednesday, […]