July 31, 2025 8:57 am
In a post on X Wednesday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that honorarium of ASHA, or Accredited Social Health Activists, workers was being tripled to Rs 3,000 crore and that of Mamta workers was going to be doubled to Rs 600 for every child they help deliver.
March 17, 2025 12:24 pm
One of the protesting ASHA workers, who came from neighbouring Kollam district, said they won't end the ongoing agitation untill the state government accepts their demands.
July 26, 2022 8:43 am
Vikram Patel writes writes: India’s ingenuity in leveraging community resources to address her complex problems presents a unique opportunity to make her a country which offers a hopeful future for both her elderly and her young people
October 10, 2021 2:16 am
As many as 58 ASHA personnel and 281 antenatal (ANC) and postnatal (PNC) women participated in the study to assess the knowledge in supply-side (ASHA) and demand-side (ANC/PNC women).
July 03, 2020 10:11 pm
ASHA workers in Karnataka are working for the past five months combating COVID-19 in the state but said they were still waiting for safety equipment and the honorarium of Rs.1,000 that has been promised to them by the government.
April 23, 2020 1:16 am
Police said the incident took place at Ashiyana Apartment in Sector 62, and identified the accused as Ird Khan, Hafiz, Shekhawat, Nafis, and Jalalu, all residents. An FIR has been registered under various IPC sections.
October 25, 2018 4:27 am
ASHAs, or accredited social health activists, are community health activists who are the first port of call for any health-related demands of the deprived sections of the population, especially uin rural areas.
July 06, 2017 6:04 pm
The state along with Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam and Jharkhand contribute to 28 per cent of the country's total population.
October 14, 2015 1:03 am
In a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Akhilesh also claimed that his state had better health infrastructure.
September 07, 2015 4:21 am
The ASHA workers will be taught to grade the farmer’s mental state under ‘mild’, ‘moderate’ or ‘severe’ categories.



