Patna, Dec 31 (IANS) Poorest of the poor Mahadalit families in Bihar will be given Rs.20,000 to purchase homestead land under a housing scheme, official sources said Thursday.
‘All Mahadalit families in the state will be provided money to purchase three decimals of homestead land on mutual consent,’ sources in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s office here [...]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 19 (IANS) Bowing to the demands of angry farmers, the Orissa government Monday decided to form a joint committee to assess the crop loss in those areas where farmer suicides have been reported.
‘We have decided to form a committee of divisional officers of the agriculture and revenue department to asses the crop loss. [...]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 19 (IANS) Farmers staged a 12-hour road blockade on a national highway in Orissa Monday to protest farmer suicides in Jharsuguda district, bringing vehicular traffic to a halt.
The agitation coincided with yet another farmer suicide in Pipilkani village in Lakhanpur block of Jharsuguda district where the farmer suicides had been reported on Oct [...]
Islamabad, Sep 17 (ANI): The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) has only punished 64 junior officers for their involvement in the power theft scandal involving former President Pervez Musharraf, Shaukat Aziz and others in the luxurious Chak Shahzad farmhouses.
The [...]
