May 06, 2019 6:58 am
From the far-flung areas of north Kashmir to the violence-hit south, women are opening their own ventures with one simple goal: become self-dependent.
April 22, 2019 4:30 am
The seven-storey 271-unit complex has 3 rooms, 24-hr security, health sub-centre in compound and is free of cost. From daily wage workers to the homeless, over 170 families have moved in so far, and the rest are expected to follow in the coming weeks
February 04, 2019 6:59 am
Transactions of over Rs 42 crore since micro-ATM scheme for financial inclusion was launched in district in 2017.
January 14, 2019 6:45 am
In the rural districts of the state, where at times there is only one police station to serve as many as 50 villages, it is the Police Patils — civilian police representatives — who serve as vital sources of on-ground intelligence and help keep the peace.
October 08, 2018 1:19 pm
His life has come a full circle, Sukumaran says, since that day in 2007 when he attacked his uncle over what he describes as a “trivial matter”. “The moment my uncle Vasu’s blood fell on me, I felt guilty. I called the police and waited till they came,” he says.
August 27, 2018 6:45 am
The project, anchored by the state’s Directorate of Medical Education, initially took off at two health care centres - at Jalgaon and Mumbai - set up by the Niramayseva Foundation in 2004.
August 06, 2018 6:48 am
From Rs 100 to Rs 5,000, factory workers and daily wage labourers chip in to build a library.
July 02, 2018 6:43 am
According to Forest Department officials, there are an estimated 4,00,000 trees within Shimla municipal limits. And until March 15, records show, they had tagged 2,81,780. If the project sticks to schedule, officials say all the trees will be GPS-tagged by October.
June 11, 2018 7:21 am
Doctors and cardiologists from the tertiary centres are connected through WhatsApp groups. And doctors posted at government health facilities in remote areas are advised on the line of treatment round the clock.
June 04, 2018 7:05 am
For remote Ghes, tucked in the Garhwal hills, where electricity is still an aspiration and the mobile network is patchy at best, the new WiFi system that runs on solar power is “nothing less than a dream”, say residents.