Bhopal, July 22 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to open at least one farm machinery rental shop in every Assembly constituency to improve farmers’ access to modern agricultural equipment, particularly for small and marginal landholders. The initiative is being taken on the directions of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav as part of the state’s focus on farm mechanisation during the “Year of Farmers’ Welfare”.According to the state government, 5,260 farm machinery rental centres are alre…
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Chennai, July 12 (IANS) Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay is set to hold the TVK flagship Education Awards programme, with the party preparing to honour district toppers in the Class 10 and Class 12 State Board examinations at a grand function expected to be held in Chennai later this month or in the first week of August.The event will mark the first edition of the Education Awards after Vijay assumed office as Chief Minister, giving added significance to an initiative that began years before his f…
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) The portfolio allocation of the new West Bengal Cabinet under the leadership of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, which was supposed to be finalised and announced on Wednesday, has been postponed by a couple of days.Sources aware of the development said that the matter will be finalised and the portfolio allocation of the expanded Cabinet will, in all probability, be announced on June 5.Initially, it was decided that the portfolio allocation would be finalised at an importa…
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) A state-wide door-to-door verification of nearly 9.86 crore electors will be carried out in Maharashtra from June 30 under a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise aimed at cleaning up electoral rolls. The exercise will be carried out through 1,00,253 Booth Level Officers (BLOs).Speaking to the media, the state Chief Electoral Officer S. Chockalingam on Friday said that to ensure complete fairness and eliminate bias, political parties have been requested to deploy Booth …
Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 (IANS) A controversy has erupted after R. Sreelekha, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Vattiyoorkavu, made sharp remarks on Friday on women’s safety in Kerala, directly targeting the state government. Speaking at a “Brunch with Sreelekha” event in Sasthamangalam, she alleged that the Kerala government has “turned a blind eye” even to issues like “love jihad”, and claimed that this has resulted in a lack of safety for women in the state.Drawing from per…