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Odisha launches ₹500 crore scheme to transform riverfronts, urban water bodies

Odisha launches ₹500 crore scheme to transform riverfronts, urban water bodies

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The Odisha government on Tuesday launched a new waterfront development scheme with an outlay of ₹500 crore over five years to transform riverfronts and urban water bodies around several cities, including Kataka (formerly Cuttack), Sambalpur, Bhubaneswar and Raurkela (formerly Rourkela). The scheme will cover the Mahanadi riverfront in Kataka and Sambalpur town, the Daya-Gangua corridor and Kuakhai floodplain in Bhubaneswar, the Budhabalanga riverfront in Baripada town, the Baitarani riverfront in Chandbali, and the Ved Vyasa stretch of the Brahmani river in Raurkela. (X/manas_muduli) In a notification, the state’s housing and urban development department said the scheme will cover the Mahanadi riverfront in Kataka and Sambalpur town, the Daya-Gangua corridor and Kuakhai floodplain in Bhubaneswar, the Budhabalanga riverfront in Baripada town, the Baitarani riverfront in Chandbali, and the Ved Vyasa stretch of the Brahmani river in Raurkela. Other urban water bodies rejuvenated under programmes such as AMRUT may also be brought under the scheme at a later stage. The initiative aims to convert neglected and underutilised waterfront areas into environmentally sustainable, socially inclusive and economically vibrant …

Over 32,000 traffic E-Challan cases settled on day one of fine concession scheme

Over 32,000 traffic E-Challan cases settled on day one of fine concession scheme

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Over 32,000 traffic e-challan cases were settled on day one of Fine Concession scheme on Sunday. The Police Department collected ₹96.73 lakh through various prescribed modes of payment. The rebate of 50% was introduced by the State government for pending traffic e-challan cases registered by the police. The scheme came into effect on Sunday. The police said the initiative is intended to encourage motorists to clear long-pending traffic fines and improve compliance with traffic regulations. Published – June 22, 2026 12:08 am IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Over 32,000 traffic E-Challan cases settled on day one of fine concession scheme

Chintalapudi Lift Irrigation Scheme brooks no further delay, says CPI

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CPI State secretary G. Eswaraiah has urged Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to allocate adequate funds for completion of the long-pending Chintalapudi Lift Irrigation Scheme and ensure fair compensation to the farmers and families displaced by land acquisition for the project. In a letter addressed to the Chief Minister on Sunday, Mr. Eswaraiah said the irrigation scheme, designed to lift Godavari waters and provide irrigation and drinking water to the upland regions of the erstwhile West Godavari district and parts of Eluru and NTR districts, remained incomplete despite being launched nearly 17 years ago. He recalled that the project had been initiated in 2008 during the tenure of former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy with an estimated cost of ₹1,701 crore. After bifurcation of the State, the project was expanded in 2017 under the government led by Mr. Naidu to cover additional ayacut in the present-day NTR district. The revised project envisages lifting 53.5 tmc ft of Godavari water to irrigate about 4.8 lakh acres and provide drinking water to several villages, with the cost …

Kerala launches ‘Priyadarshini’ free bus travel scheme for women

Kerala launches ‘Priyadarshini’ free bus travel scheme for women

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The scheme will cover around 3,125 ordinary buses operated by the KSRTC, although not all of them are currently in service due to operational constraints. It is expected to have a far-reaching impact on women across the State. | Photo Credit: PTI Billed as a significant step towards women’s empowerment, the Kerala government on Monday (June 15, 2026) launched its ambitious flagship ‘Priyadarshini’ free travel scheme for all women and transgender persons on ordinary buses operated by the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC). Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan inaugurated the scheme at the Thampanoor Central Bus Station around 9.30 a.m. The inaugural journey carrying the Chief Minister and other dignitaries from the bus station to the Secretariat premises was operated entirely by women crew. Commuters boarding a KSRTC bus in Kochi on Monday (June 15, 2026) morning. The scheme will cover around 3,125 ordinary buses operated by the KSRTC in the current phase. | Photo Credit: H. Vibhu The scheme will cover around 3,125 ordinary buses operated by the KSRTC, although not all of them …

Come up with scheme for biogas generation in Tamil Nadu: Plea at Madras High Court

Come up with scheme for biogas generation in Tamil Nadu: Plea at Madras High Court

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A biogas plant in Tamil Nadu. Representational image. File | Photo Credit: G. Karthikeyan A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu government to come up with a comprehensive State-level scheme for decentralised biogas generation through local bodies and other welfare departments using biodegradable wet waste. The PIL has been listed for admission before the first Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan on Monday (June 15, 2026). S.P. Surendranath Karthik of Madipakkam in Chennai had filed the PIL petition highlighting the benefits of generating biogas. The petitioner said biogas could provide a clean, renewable and reliable source of power to meet the power demands and it could be produced easily using millions of tons of organic waste generated by individual households, hotels, factories and other commercial establishments. Highlighting the harm wet waste could cause to the environment and public health, through possible contamination of surface as well as groundwater, if it was not handled properly, …

Congress, RJD slam reduction in subsidised LPG cylinders under Ujjwala scheme

Congress, RJD slam reduction in subsidised LPG cylinders under Ujjwala scheme

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Opposition leaders on Tuesday criticised the Centre`s reported decision to reduce the number of subsidised LPG cylinder refills available under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) from nine per year to four, reported the IANS. Several leaders accused the government of weakening welfare support for low-income households and questioned its economic policies. Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit launched a sharp attack on the government, claiming that the reduction in subsidies reflected a decline in welfare measures. He remarked that the Ujjwala scheme should now be called the “Andhkaar Scheme”, arguing that successive reductions in subsidised refills had diluted the programme`s original purpose. Dikshit said previous governments had provided more extensive support and questioned why the number of subsidised cylinders had been reduced despite claims of economic progress. Concerns over rising cost of living The Congress leader also alleged that subsidies across several sectors had either been reduced or withdrawn over the years. According to him, support on petrol, diesel, fertilisers and irrigation had been curtailed, while citizens were facing increasing taxes and charges in various areas …

West Bengal joins Ayushman Bharat scheme

West Bengal joins Ayushman Bharat scheme

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Union Health Minister JP Nadda and West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari seen during MoU signing Ceremony between National Health Authority and Department of Health and Family Welfare of West Bengal of Ayushman Bharat PM Jay Scheme at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Monday, June 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma  West Bengal, on Monday (June 8, 2026), became the 36th State/Union Territory to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).  The National Health Authority (NHA), under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal, for the implementation of AB PM-JAY in the State. The ceremony was presided over by Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda and Chief Minister of West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari among others. Congratulating the Government of West Bengal on joining AB PM-JAY, the Union Health Minister stated that following the Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY launch in September 2018 it has now emerged as the world’s largest government-funded …

Puneeth Rajkumar Hrudaya Jyothi scheme saves nearly 16,000 cardiac patients in Karnataka

Puneeth Rajkumar Hrudaya Jyothi scheme saves nearly 16,000 cardiac patients in Karnataka

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Early diagnosis and timely intervention at taluk hospitals have helped save the lives of nearly 16,000 patients with serious cardiac complications under the Puneeth Rajkumar Hrudaya Jyoti scheme of the government of Karnataka. According to the Health Department, 11,78,504 people have been screened under the programme since its launch in March 2023. During this period, doctors identified 18,804 cases of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), a severe type of heart attack that requires urgent medical attention. Of these, 15,908 patients — accounting for 84.6% of the cases — were successfully treated. Beneficiaries of Puneeth Rajkumar Hrudaya Jyoti Yojane since March 2023 ECGs: 12,26,816 Patients diagnosed with STEMI:  18,804 Patients referred to cardiology superspeciality hub hospitals for further treatment: 15,908  Patients administered Tenecteplase injection since May 2024: 1,560 The State Government named Karnataka’s STEMI management project at the taluk level after actor Puneeth Rajkumar in 2023. The initiative was launched to minimise delays in diagnosing and treating heart attack patients in rural areas, and is being implemented through a hub-and-spoke model. AI technology Officials said Artificial Intelligence …

ICSSR launches ₹18-crore research scheme for undergraduates

ICSSR launches ₹18-crore research scheme for undergraduates

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The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) has launched a new research fellowship programme on the theme “Youth and Decolonisation”, offering grants of ₹3 lakh each for 600 projects over eight months to encourage an “Indian-centric approach” to knowledge and challenge “Eurocentric frameworks” across disciplines. ICSSR launches ₹18-crore research scheme for undergraduates The programme invites fourth year undergraduate students to undertake research on themes ranging from revisiting Indo-Aryan migration theories and “moving beyond Macaulay” in education to re-examining governance and political thought through thinkers such as Kautilya, Mahatma Gandhi and VD Savarkar. The programme, launched under the Yuva Shodh Pratibha Scheme (YSPS), is open to students in seventh and eighth semesters of the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) introduced under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. In a first, ICSSR will support 600 undergraduate research projects under eight sub-themes on decolonisation, with a total outlay of ₹18 crore. ICSSR, an autonomous body under the Union ministry of education, said the initiative aims to promote the “decolonisation of knowledge” and encourage theoretical and critical inquiry in …

Ranvir Shorey recalls encountering a pyramid scheme in his younger days

Ranvir Shorey recalls encountering a pyramid scheme in his younger days

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Actor Ranvir Shorey, who is receiving a lot of good response ot his recently released streaming show ‘The Pyramid Scheme’, once had an encounter with one such scheme in real life. The actor spoke with IANS during the promotions of the show along with Paramvir Cheema, Shreyansh Pandey and Shekhar Suman. When asked if he has seen or experienced the world of pyramid schemes, the actor told IANS, “Yes, I think in my younger days, when I used to sound before my TV career. There was a company in which I had sounded at an event. But that’s about it. Sometimes in such a scheme, not as a participant. But I have seen such schemes. At that time, it was not as known as it is now. It seemed like a legit thing where you can have it as a career option. But now, of course, people are wiser”. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and …