Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Thursday announced the decision to strip the political heads of urban civic bodies such as municipal corporations and municipalities, and rural civic bodies like panchayats, of the authority to issue birth and death certificates. Announcing this at a press conference, Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal said henceforth only government officials will be authorised to issue birth and death certificates.“The state Health Department will distri…
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Kathmandu, June 30 (IANS) The Indian Embassy in Nepal organised the second edition of the Indian Ambassador’s Cricket Tournament from June 26-28 in Kathmandu, bringing together diplomats, government officials, media professionals, former cricketers, corporate representatives, and members of the Indian diaspora in the country, the Embassy said on Tuesday. The three-day tournament featured eight teams representing the Indian Embassy in Nepal, Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the diplomatic com…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday submitted a comprehensive recommendatory report on the rights of Muslim women in India to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Women and Child Development, and Ministry of Minority Affairs, urging concrete legal and institutional reforms to strengthen access to justice and socio-economic empowerment.The report follows an extensive national-level consultation organised by the Commission in New Delhi on August 1 las…
Chennai, May 25 (IANS) Police security has been strengthened across ministers’ offices at the Tamil Nadu Secretariat in Fort St George following a sharp rise in the number of visitors meeting members of the newly formed government, officials said on Monday. With ministers beginning full-fledged administrative work after assuming office, the Secretariat has been witnessing an unusually high influx of people from early morning until late evening, prompting authorities to deploy additional police…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Petrol and diesel prices were increased once again across India on Saturday, marking the third revision in retail fuel rates in just 10 days. Petrol became costlier by Rs 0.87 per litre, while diesel prices were raised by Rs 0.91 per litre by state-owned oil marketing companies. The latest hike comes amid sustained pressure from rising global crude oil prices and ongoing geopolitical tensions in West Asia, which continue to impact international energy markets.In the nati…
Patna, Dec 29 (IANS) Vigilance operations are continuing across Bihar, with corrupt officials being caught on a regular basis despite repeated action by the vigilance department.In yet another case, a peon of the Sales Tax Department in Saharsa was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe, triggering concern within government offices.The arrested peon has been identified as Shankar Kumar, who was apprehended while accepting Rs 75,000 as bribe money.The vigilance team carried out the operation n…