Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched a number of schemes for the welfare of the State’s urban population on the occasion of local self-government day on Saturday. Addressing the officials and people gathered at Bhubaneswar, Puri and Berhampur through video-conferencing from the Lok Seva Bhavan here, Mr. Patnaik said that his government was taking all […]
Forty-seven differently abled and underprivileged couples tied the nuptial knot at a mass wedding ceremony and took a pledge against the dowry system in Udaipur. Narayan Seva Sansthan, a philanthropic institution, organised the ceremony on Sunday for persons it has helped out through corrective surgery. Thirty of the married couples were skilled through the Sansthan’s […]
The Jammu and Kashmir government’s ban on civilian traffic along the 253-kilometre Udhampur-Baramulla section of National Highway 44 on Sundays and Wednesdays has fuelled public anger in the Valley. Although political leaders and candidates are allowed to travel on obtaining permits from specially appointed magistrates, the move is likely to discourage voters from attending election […]
