Jaipur, July 16 (IANS) Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma has directed all departments to remain on high alert during the monsoon season, warning that any negligence in preparedness or response will not be tolerated. Stressing that public safety is the government’s top priority, he instructed officials to ensure citizens do not face inconvenience due to heavy rainfall, waterlogging, or damaged infrastructure.Chairing a high‑level review meeting on Thursday to assess monsoon preparedness and pos…
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Shimla, July 11 (IANS) A massive landslide struck the Bothwell area near Sanjauli College in Himachal Pradesh’s capital, Shimla, in the early hours of Saturday, triggering panic among local residents and placing several houses at risk. The incident occurred at around 4:00 a.m. while most residents were asleep. Although no casualties have been reported, the landslide has raised serious concerns about the safety of families living in the affected area.According to officials and local residents, th…
Gandhinagar, July 7 (IANS) With heavy rainfall and red alerts issued for several parts of Gujarat, the state government has placed the health department on alert and reviewed emergency preparedness to ensure uninterrupted medical services and adequate supplies of essential medicines across vulnerable districts. A high-level review meeting was chaired on Tuesday by state Health Minister Praful Pansheriya, who met senior Health Department officials to assess the situation in all districts, includi…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers ($3 billion) in June while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net buyers ($9 billion) in the Indian equity market, a report showed on Monday.Over the last 12 months, Indian primary markets recorded FII net inflows of $8.1 billion while secondary markets suffered FII net outflows of $49.3 billion, said the report by JM Financial Institutional.In June, BFSI, Capital Goods, Pharma, Auto and Oil and Gas were t…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided that no road-cutting permissions will be granted from July 1 to September 30 in view of the upcoming monsoon season and to avoid public inconvenience and ensure smooth traffic movement, an official said on Tuesday. The NDMC has decided that in exceptional cases involving urgent public utility services or emergency works, permissions may be considered on a case-to-case basis with the prior approval of Chairman Keshav Cha…
Agartala/Aizawl, June 2 (IANS) The Army, Assam Rifles and other agencies have conducted joint flood relief and disaster response exercises across Tripura, Mizoram and other Northeastern states to strengthen inter-agency coordination, operational preparedness and emergency response capabilities ahead of the monsoon season, officials said on Tuesday. A defence spokesman in Agartala said that in a demonstration of seamless inter-agency coordination and preparedness for disaster response, the Indian…
Bengaluru, May 18 (IANS) Karnataka Agriculture Ministry said Monday that compared to previous years, the opening stock of urea fertiliser is significantly lower this year. It said that the opening stock stood at 3.91 lakh metric tonnes in 2023, 5.41 lakh metric tonnes in 2024, and 3.46 lakh metric tonnes in 2025. However, in the current year, only 2.80 lakh metric tonnes are available.Further, Minister for Agriculture c stated on Monday, “At the global level, instability has emerged in the imp…
Guwahati, April 22 (IANS) The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has undertaken a comprehensive review of its ongoing safety drive and infrastructural preparedness, particularly in anticipation of the four-month-long monsoon season from June to September, officials said on Wednesday. NFR Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma stated that NFR General Manager Chetan Kumar Shrivastava conducted an extensive inspection of the Bairabi (along the Assam-Mizoram border)–Badarpu…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A new government assuming office in Bangladesh after the February 12 general election will have to deal not only with deteriorating law-and-order and overall economy concerns, but also what some reports state as “fragile state” of the healthcare sector. “Overall, abrupt policy decisions, weak administrative capacity, and neglect of reform have left the sector in a fragile state, depriving many of much-needed care,” observed an editorial in Bangladesh’s The Daily…