Month: May 2022

South Delhi civic body starts grassroot football academy in its schools

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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has set up a ‘Grassroot Football Academy’ to improve the sports infrastructure for the students in the schools under SDMC. It will help in finding footballers at school levels. Taking inspiration from the ‘Khelo India’ initiative, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has set up a ‘Grassroot Football Academy’ at Dr Sahib Singh Verma Stadium, Kakrola in Najafgarh Zone, Delhi. The main objective of launching this academy is to provide excellent sports infrastructure for the children of rural areas so that their ‘hidden’ talent for…

Excise licences of Delhi hotels, clubs, restaurants extended till July 31 | Details

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In view of a delay in grant of approval to the city’s excise policy for 2022-23 by the Delhi lieutenant governor, excise licences of hotels, clubs and restaurants in the national capital have been extended till July 31. Excise licences of hotels, clubs and restaurants in Delhi have been extended till July 31 in view of a delay in grant of approval to the city’s excise policy for 2022-23 by the Delhi lieutenant governor, officials said on Friday. In an order issued on Monday, the excise department of the Delhi government…

After UP CM Yogi’s order, officials visit Yamuna Expressway to review road safety measures

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A team of officials of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), and Jaypee Infratech visited the Yamuna Expressway on Friday to review the road safety measures.  After Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gave orders to review the upcoming road safety measures, a team of government officials visited the Yamuna Expressway on Friday The officers of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), CEO Arun Vir Singh, additional ACEO Monika Rani, ACEO Ravinder Singh along with senior officials of Jaypee Infratech visited the expressway. They inspected the works recommended…

Karnataka Legislative Council polls: 7 candidates elected unopposed, BJP gains majority

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All the seven candidates for the biennial poll to the Karnataka Legislative Council were elected unopposed on Friday.The candidates elected include Laxman Savadi, Hemalatha Nayak, S Keshavaprasad and C Narayanaswamy of the BJP; M Nagaraju Yadav and K Abdul Jabbar of Congress and TA Saravana of Janata Dal (S). The election was necessitated as the term of seven members of the Legislative Council ends next month. The retiring MLCs include Laxman Savadi and Lahar Singh Siroya of BJP; HM Ramesha Gowda and Narayana Swamy KV of JDS and Ramappa Timmapur,…

Here’s all you need to know about PM Modi, Amit Shah’s Gujarat visit

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PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah are all set to begin their Gujarat tour on Saturday. Read on to find out the importance of their visit and their itinerary. head of the assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah are all set to begin their Gujarat tour. While PM Modi will visit the poll-bound state for a day, Shah will stay there for two days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a mega event in Patidar-dominated Saurashtra to woo the Patel voters.Patidar…

Keshav Maurya and Akhilesh Yadav’s heated exchange may affect UP’s OBC politics, here’s how

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The heated war of words between dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya and Akhilesh Yadav could ignite OBC politics in the state and may even affect SP’s future plans to form political allies. Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Leader of the Opposition Akhilesh Yadav got into  May 25, during an Assembly session. The matter escalated and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had to intervene. The incident grabbed the attention of leaders from both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP). The incident in the Assembly will…

CM Jagan has turned AP into ‘mafia raj’, alleges TDP

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The Telugu Desam Party, the opposition in Andhra Pradesh, has said that CM Jagan’s rule has turned the state into a “mafia raj” and that Andhra could meet the same fate as Sri Lanka. Andhra Pradesh has turned into a “mafia raj” under the three-year rule of Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy even as the state went back 30 years in terms of development and faced the threat of meeting the same fate as Sri Lanka, the opposition Telugu Desam Party said on Friday. With a debt of…

Vodafone Idea Foundation expands its SmartAgri project to four more states

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Vodafone Idea Foundation, the CSR arm of Vi, is expanding its transformational ‘SmartAgri’ project in the agri-heartlands of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam and Telangana. Launched in 2020, Vi CSR’s SmartAgri project brings together advanced technology interventions to help farmers improve their livelihood and adopt sustainable farming methods. With the use of the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and real-time technology solutions, SmartAgri provides farmers with information on critical elements to farming – like soil and air quality, wind, presence of insects and pests, and crop growth. Farmers also receive real-time and localised…

IAS officer, wife who used stadium to walk their dog transferred to Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh

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Delhi Principal Secretary (Revenue) Sanjeev Khirwar was transferred to Ladakh “with immediate effect”, hours after a report came out in The Indian Express that athletes training at the Delhi government-run Thyagraj Stadium were being asked to leave early every day so that the IAS officer can walk his dog on the tracks. Khirwar’s wife Rinku Dugga, who is an IAS officer, too, in Delhi, has been transferred to Arunachal Pradesh, according to an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) late Thursday. In The Indian Express report, a photograph of Khirwar and Dugga, and a video…

PM inaugurates India’s biggest Drone Festival – Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s biggest Drone Festival – Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022 today. He also interacted with Kisan drone pilots, witnessed open-air drone demonstrations and interacted with startups in the drone exhibition centre. Union Ministers Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Shri Giriraj Singh, Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Shri Bhupendra Yadav, many Ministers of State and leaders and entrepreneurs of drone industry were among those present on the occasion. The Prime Minister also gave away 150 drone pilot certificates. Addressing the gathering, the Prime…