Day: December 25, 2021

‘Good governance needs good legislatures’, says Vice President

VP expresses concern about poor oversight function of legislatures due to disruptions ‘MPs or MLAs not discharging their functions lose their moral right to question the executive at various levels’ VP stresses need for bridging governance deficit in service delivery in states and local bodies Calls for increased […]

PM addresses Gurpurab celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Gurudwara Lakhpat Sahib, Gujarat

“By the grace of great Guru Sahib’s the government got to be in a position to celebrate auspicious occasions like 350 years of Guru Gobind Singh Ji and 550 years of Prakash Purab of Guru Nanak Dev ji and 400 years of Prakash Utsav of Guru Teg Bahadur […]

National Book Trust announces of 75 Selected Authors under the PM- YUVA Mentorship Scheme

DELHI, DECEMBER 25: National Book Trust, India, under Ministry of Education, today announced the results of the All-India Contest organized on the Theme ‘National Movement of India’ under the PM-YUVA Mentorship Scheme as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav programmes. As per the Scheme, 75 Authors were to […]

Baby-trafficking ring busted in Delhi, six women held

New Delhi, Dec 25: The Delhi Police has arrested six women members of a gang for allegedly trafficking in infants, officials said on Saturday. The gang, involved in trafficking of over 50 infants, used to procure them from the parents belonging to poor financial background by offering them […]

Sudan forces fire tear gas to disperse protesters, internet cut in Khartoum

KHARTOUM, Dec 25 – Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital Khartoum on Saturday as the opponents of military rule marched towards the presidential palace, a Reuters witness said, while internet services in the city were also cut. It is the 10th day […]

Div Com conducts annual administrative inspection of DC office Jammu

Directs revenue officers to further streamline working for convenience of public JAMMU, DECEMBER 24: Divisional Commissioner, Jammu Dr Raghav Langer conducted administrative inspection of the Office of Deputy Commissioner Jammu and took stock of the functioning of various sections there. During the visit, the Div Com took a […]

Good Governance Index 2021 launched on Good Governance Day

20 States have improved their composite GGI scores in 2021 Gujarat tops the composite ranking in the 58 indicator index followed by Maharashtra and Goa Uttar Pradesh registers 8.9 percent improvement in GGI indicators in the period 2019 to 2021 Jammu and Kashmir registers 3.7 percent improvement in […]

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