NEW DELHI: Law ministry has invited comments on draft legislation Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Bill, 2024, to replace the existing law of 1959 on office of profit. The bill proposes that holders of certain offices of profit will be exempted from being disqualified from becoming, or being, members of Parliament (MPs).The bill has incorporated certain…
Women marched from Lendra to Jagdalpur for 25km to meet collector RAIPUR: Some 25 women from a panchayat in Bastar – mostly ‘bahus’ who have married into the villages – walked over 25km to the Jagdalpur district headquarters on Wednesday to demand toilets, saying they are embarrassed to have to go out to relieve themselves.The…
NEW DELHI: Stating that women had to suffer the maximum pain due to open defecation, PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that lack of toilets was an “insult to the poor” and was against “human dignity” and his govt made it a national issue.“Filth and lack of toilets were never considered as a national issue….
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in a cleanliness drive at a school on October 2, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Swachhata campaign. Engaging with schoolchildren, he urged citizens to join the initiative and strengthen the spirit of ‘Swachh Bharat.’Coinciding with the 155th Gandhi Jayanti, PM Modi will also attend the Swachh Bharat…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his ‘Mann ki Baat‘ address on Sunday thanked the listeners as his monthly radio programme completed 10 years.PM Modi’s radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ started on October 3, 2014, on the day of Vijayadashmi. “It is such a holy coincidence that this year on 3rd October, when ‘Mann…
New Delhi: After getting the cleanest city tag seven consecutive times, Indore and some other traditionally high performing cities such as Surat and Navi Mumbai, won’t be allowed to compete with other cities in the annual Swachhta (cleanliness) ranking. Such cities will be put in a new category named “Golden Cities Club” and they will…
