Water sources polluted, segregation sheds turn dumpsites as Swachh Bharat Grameen fails in Jammu and Kashmir

Ishfaq Reshi | December 12, 2023 12:41 PM

Kunzer (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec 12 (IANS/101Reporters) Launched in 2020-21, the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) (SBM-G) Phase-II had instilled a new hope among the residents of 6,650 villages in Jammu and Kashmir. The drive had promised to provide interventions for the safe management of solid and liquid waste (SLW) in every gram panchayat of the Union Territory (UT).

Dalai Lama reaches Gangtok for day's teaching

IANS | December 11, 2023 7:00 PM

Gangtok, Dec 11 (IANS) Chants of "Long live, the Dalai Lama" filed the air as Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Monday reached here to give a one-day teaching.

AAP minister involved in illegal mining in Punjab: Akali Dal

IANS | December 11, 2023 6:47 PM

Chandigarh, Dec 11 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Majithia on Monday demanded a high court monitored inquiry or a CBI probe into the multi-hundred crore illegal mining allegedly being done in Ropar by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Harjot Bains in the name of desilting.