Acting on the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, 16 development projects under this scheme have already been completed, with 18 more currently under construction and another 26 in the planning stages.
Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Saturday questioned Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's claim that 99 per cent of Punjab's villages were drug-free, calling the assertion unrealistic and misleading.
J-K Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary visited LoC villages in Nowshera, Rajouri, and interacted with residents. He praised their courage during shelling and highlighted that border communities bear the real cost of conflict, not distant political voices.
Following Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday inaugurating the supply of PNG (Piped Natural Gas) to 111 villages in the national capital, Delhi Minister Ashish Sood said that a new chapter has been started with 111 villages.
"In the first phase, 130 villages got pipeline connections, and today, in the second phase, 111 villages are getting pipeline connections. Now 116 villages are left, and I promise you that by the end of this year, they will also receive pipeline connections," Gupta said.
The Indian Army's Bomb Disposal Squad has been actively engaged in defusing unexploded shells in the residential areas near the Line of Control (LoC) villages in the Noushera sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, ensuring the safety of local residents in the region.
The administration is making efforts to avoid further casualties in the illicit liquor case. The incident happened in five villages under the Majitha block in Amritsar, police said on Tuesday.
The live shells were found after Pakistan resorted to shelling across the LoC. However, the army successfully defused them for the safety of the locals in the border villages.
The local residents of a border village in Samba district of Jammu say that they heard the blasts occurring last night, and splinters hit one of the houses. The roof and kitchen of the affected house have also been damaged after shelling by Pakistan.
Amidst the ongoing standoff between India and Pakistan following their cessation of hostilities agreement, the Baramulla police have been informed about the presence of 20 unexploded ordnances (UXOs) in 17 villages across the district, according to a statement.
Speaking to ANI, Bhupinder Singh, who is bringing his relatives' belongings to safer locations from border areas, stated that the situation near the border is tense and that around 12-14 villages are evacuating.
As a precautionary measure amid Pakistan escalating tensions with India, a blackout has been imposed in the villages of bordering Santalpur taluka in Patan district of Gujarat.