In a significant achievement for the local administration in its efforts to take development to the areas affected by Naxalite violence, households in Elmagunda village in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh have got electricity. The feat of electrifying households in this remote Naxal v
He emphasized the roles these empowered women play, stating, “In villages today, one can find a Didi in the Bank, in the Anganwaadi and a Didi to provide medicines.”
Medical camps have also been established in the district, the DPRO said adding that more water will be released from Pong Dam on Tuesday night which will affect about 17 villages of the region.
Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 77th Independence Day on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that his government is working with Women’s Self Help Groups (SHGs) with the aim of creating two crore ‘Lakhpati Didis’ in villages.
On the 77th Independence Day, the Indian Army on Tuesday dedicated a bridge to locals of Danna, the last village on the Line of Control in Machhal Sector across Machhal Nala in Jammu and Kashmir, informed the Public Relations Officer, Defence, Srinagar.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday visited the disaster-hit village Jadon in Solan district that suffered heavy loss of life and property due to a cloudburst.
The complainant alleged that on August 11, the accused arrived at the village roundabout and started making objectionable comments, which, the complainant said, he could not repeat in the FIR because that would be considered blasphemy, the Dawn reported.
“Tribals in border villages have protected the country since ages along with preservation of their local traditions and culture. They are the true patriots of the country," the Tribal Affairs Minister said.
Israeli-Druze firefighter Sergeant Adnan Asad from the Druze village of Beit Jann, located in the north of Israel on Mt. Meron, was killed on Sunday while attempting to save the life of a man who fell in a pit.
Ahead of the 77th Independence Day, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti met Khadi & Village Industries Commission advisor and renowned designer Ritu Beri and discussed the importance of Khadi and its connection to India’s freedom movement.