Vadodara/Bengaluru, May 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday distributed more than 51,000 appointment letters to newly recruited candidates across various government departments and organisations during the 19th edition of the Rozgar Mela held at 47 locations across the country. Newly appointed youths in Vadodara and Bengaluru on Saturday expressed happiness and gratitude after receiving their appointment letters. In Vadodara, the 19th Rozgar Mela was organised with Union Jal Shakt…
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Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal government has taken an in-principle decision to reinstate a nominee in the Damodar Valley Reservoir Regulation Committee, which was withdrawn by the previous Trinamool Congress-ruled and Mamata Banerjee-led state cabinet. In September 2024, Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, communicating her decision to withdraw representation from the Damodar Valley Reservoir Regulation Committee because the Damodar Valley Corporation had been releasing w…
Ujjain, May 15 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday said that the state government will run a large-scale water conservation campaign till June 30 to mark Ganga Dussehra, stressing that public participation will be key to conserving rivers, ponds, canals, wells and other traditional water sources. Yadav made the announcement during his visit to Ujjain, where he also reviewed ongoing development works for Simhastha-2028, including road widening and infrastructure projects at…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) The first BJP-ruled state government in West Bengal led by the state’s first BJP Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, will begin its journey after the oath ceremony on Saturday with a gift from the Union Jal Shakti ministry which had cleared an amount of Rs 2,700 crore under the central ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ project.A communication from the Union Ministry on this count reached the current state secretariat of Nabanna on Friday evening, where it was said that the amount of Rs …
Bengaluru, March 19 (IANS) Stating that legal counsels have confirmed there were no legal hurdles to increasing the height of the Alamatti Dam, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said he would convene an all‑party meeting in the state and take a decision to go ahead. Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have objected to the project.It can be noted that the Upper Krishna Project (UKP) Phase 3 is a major irrigation scheme in North Karnataka aiming to raise the Almatti Dam height from…
Bengaluru, Feb 13 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday inaugurated the International Conference on Dam Safety (ICDS), emphasising that the issue must be treated as a national security imperative amid climate change, ageing infrastructure, and emerging technological risks.The conference, being held at the J.N. Tata Auditorium of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), is jointly organised by the Union Jal Shakti Ministry and the state Water Resources Department, in association w…
Bengaluru, Feb 9 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said on Monday that he will meet senior Congress leaders and other Union ministers to discuss developmental projects for the state. “I am meeting Congress leaders who have called me to Delhi. During my Delhi visit, apart from political meetings, I will also be meeting Union Jal Shakti Ministry officials and legal experts,” he said.On March 10, Shivakumar will complete six years as the president of the Karnataka Congress….