Month: December 2018

Mumbai Police to examine contents of Bhide’s speech

Mumbai : The Mumbai Police Monday said they will examine the contents of a speech given by controversial Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide at a BMC school at Sewree in Central Mumbai. Bhide, who is accused of inciting caste violence near Koregaon-Bhima village in Pune district earlier this year, was […]

Four feat hole appears on Gurgaon flyover on NH 8

Gurgaon :  A four-feet wide hole appeared at the Rampura flyover on National Highway 8 in Gurgaon on Monday. The flyover between Kherki Daula toll plaza and IMT Manesar, was opened last year by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to ease traffic congestion on the strect leading […]

Mumbai hospital fire death toll rises to 8

Mumbai :  The death toll in the blaze at a Mumbai hospital Tuesday rose to eight, with two more persons succumbing to injuries overnight, civic officials said. A five-month-old baby girl was among the deceased at the fire at the government-run ESIC Kamgar hospital Monday. “Altogether 176 persons, including […]

Modi on Maha visit; to launch infra, housing projects

Mumbai/Pune : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is reaching here Tuesday on a day’s visit to Maharashtra in which he will launch infrastructure and housing projects worth about Rs 41,000 crore in the state, officials said. Soon after landing at Mumbai, Modi will attend an event organised by a TV […]

Man arrested for impersonating CBI officer

Muzaffarnagar :  A man was arrested for allegedly impersonating a CBI officer and cheating people in Shamli district, police said Tuesday. Shamli Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar told reporters that Naresh Kumar was arrested Monday. Two mobile phones, some cash and four passbooks of bank accounts were seized from […]

Govt says oppn disrupting House, want atmosphere to pass important bills

New Delhi : The government Monday criticised the opposition for disrupting Lok Sabha proceedings and appealed to it to create an atmosphere for smooth passage of important bills. Talking to reporters outside Parliament House, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said it was unfortunate that the opposition members were […]

Migration of Tribals

open view web desk As per the “Report of the Expert Committee on Tribal Health ‘Tribal Health in India’ Bridging the Gap and a Roadmap for the Future”, 104 million tribal people in India are largely concentrated in ten states and in the North-East. Almost 90% of the […]

Eklavya Model Residential Schools

open view web desk In the context of establishing quality residential schools for the promotion of education, Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) for ST students are set up in States / UTs with provisioning of funds through “Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution”.  The establishing of EMRSs […]

Centres of Excellence recognized by M/O Tribal Affairs

open view web desk Ministry of Tribal Affairs has identified and recognized the following Non-Governmental Organizations/ Institutions / Universities etc. as Centres of Excellence (CoE): Sl. No Name of the Centre of Excellence Located in the State 1 Bhasha Research & Publication Centre, Vadodara Gujarat 2 National Institute […]

Schools in Tribal Areas

open view web desk Ministry of Tribal Affairs provides support under ‘Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of  India’ to the State Governments for setting up of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) with the capacity of 480 students in each school.  Besides, residential Ashram schools have been […]

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