Deputy director of the UP Fire Department, Ajay Kumar told ANI, "Efforts are still being made to extinguish the fire, for which hydraulic fire tenders are being taken from Lucknow along with army vehicles and tenders have also been sought from the surrounding districts of the city".
"Our operation is underway and hundreds of acres of land has been cleared of poppy in different districts," said Hayatullah Rouhani, head of the counter narcotics department of Herat, as quoted by TOLO News.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday predicted light to moderate rains over southern internal Karnataka districts till Thursday, adding that the weather is expected to remain dry over the remaining districts of the region
'Pathashree-Rastashree' is a flagship project of the West Bengal government to strengthen road infrastructure and enhance connectivity to villages by constructing 12,000 km of roads in 22 districts of the state.
Considering the low sex ratio in some districts of Punjab, state Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh on Saturday ordered strict compliance of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) act in the state.
Gilgit-Baltistan gets grants in aid like alms. Currently, the Developmental and Non-Developmental Grant in Aid is Rs.18.48 billion which is less than the budget allotted to some districts of the federation. The vernacular media further write that despite this, Gilgit -Baltistan are cursed an
An avalanche, of low-danger level, is likely to occur above 2,800 to 3,000 meters above sea level over several districts of Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu Kashmir Disaster Management Authority warned on Friday.
Lok Sabha MP asked for the details and reasons for the decision taken by the Assam Government to merge four districts just before the delimitation order.
"An alert has been issued in Dehradun, Haridwar, and Udhamsinghnagar districts of the state as a precaution in view of the possibility of pro-Khalisthan Amritpal Singh entering the state," the DGP told ANI.