During the video conferencing with district collectors and commissioners on Saturday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan instructed them to ensure benefit of 'Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana' being started to provide reasonable prices to the farmers. Farmers should not face problems while selling their produces and in payment. Payment upto Rs 50,000 in cash should be ensured to the farmers. He gave directives in...

In view of the increasing traffic congestion in Bhubaneswar, the Commissionerate police have decided to bring changes in the existing traffic signal system like in New Delhi by installing anticlockwise signals at the traffic posts soon. Initially, the new system has been installed in three major traffic posts, Kalpana, AG Square and 120 Battalion Square, as a pilot project. Other traffic...

Despite issuing several warning and incurring hefty fine amount upon the private firm, GNOSTIC Solutions, managing the parking services at the busiest MG Marg, continues to extort people over the parking tokens issue often creating ruckus. Roped in with the motto to streamline the traffic snarl frequently created in the wake of slapdash parking at the Capital City’s major square,...

The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government to put on hold the proposed amendment in the Indian electricity bill, till it is discussed in detail with all the states and other stake holders including power engineers and power workers and their concerns are addressed. AIPEF Chairman Shailendra Dubey in a letter to...

Punjab’s Education Department has decided to merge government Primary Schools having less than 20 students with those Government Primary Schools which are situated within 1 KM radius. Officials said this is aimed at ensuring conducive academic environment and availing the services of current staff at the needy places. A spokesperson of the Education Department said the decision of the department would...

Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat made a slew of announcements meant to ensure better policing and welfare of the policemen after paying tributes to the Police martyrs on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day in Dehradun on Saturday. The day is observed in remembrance of 10 policemen of Central Reserve Police Forces who were martyred on October 21, 1959,...

The District Project Livelihood College Society in Dantewada district is inviting proposals for setting up IT and ITeS businesses in the insurgency infested district, officials informed. The prime objective of the project is to promote setting up of Start-ups in Dantewada district. The State Government feels the move will create a new segment of job opportunities for the people in the region...