As per the Election Commission of India (ECI), the voting for Assembly Elections 2023 in Tripura will take place on February 16 and in Nagaland and Manipur, the elections will be held on February 27.
Under the joint direction of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and Civil Defense team on Wednesday, pre-rescue exercises were conducted on Fatehsagar Lake in view of the security of those visiting the heartbeat of Udaipur.
Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Sukhbir Singh Sandhu has urged the directors and scientists of various technical institutes working in Joshimath to study the affected area on an immediate basis and make the study report available at the earliest.
Amid fears around the sinking of the Joshimath town of Uttarakhand, Disaster Management Secretary Dr Ranjit Kumar Sinha on Tuesday said a deadline has been given to various central technical institutions to compile a study report of the area affected by subsidence.
Taking a dig at former party member and Union minister Ghuam Nabi Azad after several founding members of his fledgeling Democratic Azad Party (DAP) returned to the Congress on Tuesday, the party's general secretary in charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, calling the outfit the 'Disappear
Addressing a press conference in Dehradun on Tuesday, Sinha said, "Four wards in Joshimath have been declared as completely unsafe. The rest of the wards have been found to be partially affected (by subsidence)."
Justice Prathiba M Singh directed the film producer to prepare an audio description, close captioning, and subtitles within two weeks and submit it to the Central Board of Film Certification for a decision on re-certification by February 20.
The Uttarakhand government has distributed an amount of Rs 2.85 crore to 190 families affected by land subsidence as advance for displacement, said Disaster Management Secretary Ranjit Kumar Sinha on Monday.
CM Sukhu held a meeting with disaster management officers and DCs of all the districts at the secretariat regarding the possibilities of such incidents in Himachal Pradesh.
The apex court was hearing a plea seeking immediate intervention by the top court to direct the Centre to assist in reparation work and providing of urgent relief to people of Joshimath in Uttarakhand, who are living in fear in the wake of a landslide and subsidence.
The people of Gwadar remain deprived of clean drinking water and other basic facilities. Gwadar being the centre of economic development, did not change the fate of its people, writes Abdel.