Lucknow, May 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided to organise weekly ‘Chaupals’ at every development block level to resolve various public grievances. Issuing strict directives to officials regarding complaints received through the IGRS and CM Helpline, the Chief Minister emphasised that every complaint must be treated with the utmost seriousness. These Chaupals will facilitate the immediate resolution of issues affecting the common people such as revenue-related di…
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Prayagraj, May 22 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has expressed serious concern over widespread violations of arms licensing norms in Uttar Pradesh, observing that district administrations and police authorities in all 75 districts were not adhering to government orders and statutory provisions governing the grant and renewal of firearm licences. A single-judge Bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar, while hearing a writ petition filed by Jai Shankar alias Bairistar, directed the state government to fur…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan conducted a high-level review meeting on Tuesday to take stock of the preparations for the conduct of NEET (UG) re-examinations. The NEET re-examinations are slated for June 21 and will see more than 23 lakh candidates appearing again for the competitive test, as the May 3 examinations were cancelled after nationwide uproar over paper leaks.The high-level meeting by the Education Minister comes in the backdrop of the cancellati…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Fame India, an acclaimed rating magazine has listed 100 District Magistrates (DMs) in its survey findings, as the “outstanding and best-performing” administrative heads of the state and is set to feature the twenty-five most distinguished of them, in its upcoming 2026 edition. The extensive pan-India survey of District Magistrates, across 800 districts in the country, seeks to encourage outstanding leadership in public service, amidst challenging circumstances.As the…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) The West Bengal Backward Class Development Department had directed District Magistrates to re-verify all Backward Class certificates, including Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Class (OBC) documents issued in their respective districts in the last 15 years from 2011 to 2026, that is the three terms of the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in the state.Insiders from the current state secretariat of Nabanna said that cle…
Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) At least 89 people lost their lives, and 53 others were injured after a powerful thunderstorm, heavy rain, hailstorm and lightning strikes battered several districts of Uttar Pradesh, causing widespread destruction on Wednesday evening, officials said. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took cognisance of the widespread damage and directed officials to undertake immediate relief and rescue measures.Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed condolences to the families of the dec…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led West Bengal government has decided to decentralise the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC), which was marred by controversies over massive irregularities in the recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff in state-run schools during the previous Trinamool Congress regime, in an attempt to ensure greater efficiency and transparency in the recruitment process.As the first step, the old system of operating WBSSC through fi…
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) The West Bengal government has issued an order directing the immediate closure of all unapproved toll gates and drop gates throughout the state that were active during the previous Trinamool Congress regime in the state.“All toll gates, drop gates, barricaded structures and operational collection points, from which vehicular traffic is operating across the district of West Bengal, which have not been duly approved/authorised by the competent authority of the Government o…
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) The Education Department of West Bengal has issued communications to all District Magistrates, instructing them to compile lists of “identified tainted” candidates within their respective districts who obtained teaching and non-teaching positions in various state-run schools in exchange for cash.Sources in the department said that besides preparing the lists of such “identified tainted” candidates, the District Magistrates (DM) have also been asked by the department to…
Patna, May 11 (IANS) In a major governance initiative aimed at resolving public grievances efficiently, Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary on Monday launched the ‘Sahyog Portal’ and Helpline Number 1100. The Chief Minister inaugurated the system remotely from the ‘Samvad’ hall at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, located at 4 Deshratna Marg.The portal (sahyog.bihar.gov.in) features a real-time monitoring system designed to ensure transparency and accountability in grievance re…