MG Sreekumar, famous Malayalam singer, fined Rs 25,000 for dumping waste into Kochi backwatersM G Sreekumar, a renowned playback singer, has been fined Rs 25,000 by Mulavukad Grama Panchayat for allegedly dumping waste into Kochi bac...
03 Apr, 2025, 12.38 PM IST
Lokayukta sleuths raid seven officers in disproportionate assets caseOn Friday, Lokayukta sleuths raided multiple locations in Bengaluru, Belagavi, Chitradurga, Raichur, and Bagalkote as part of a disproporti...
31 Jan, 2025, 10.08 AM IST
Bird flu outbreak reported in Kerala's AlappuzhaAlappuzha, Kerala, faces bird flu outbreak in two locations. Ducks tested positive for avian influenza (H5N1). Culling domestic birds plann...
18 Apr, 2024, 09.16 AM IST
Nipah in Kerala: Restrictions relaxed in containment zones in KozhikodeThe Disaster Management Department in Kerala's Kozhikode has relaxed the restrictions in the district as no new cases of Nipah virus infect...
19 Sep, 2023, 01.47 PM IST
In Kerala, a glut of empty NRI mansions as whole families settle abroadAround 100 NRI houses, most of them palatial, are up for sale at Kaippuzha village in Kerala’s Kottayam district. The village has all the a...
07 May, 2023, 03.12 PM IST
- E-governance: Karnataka’s GramaOne logs one-crore plus citizen services in 9 months of launch
E-governance secretary V Ponnuraj said they have approached the GramaOne programme in a such way which makes the centres viable as they off...
17 Oct, 2022, 09.33 PM IST
CM kicks off Grama Digi Vikasana to digitize gram panchayat libraries in KarnatakaUnder Grama Digi Vikasana each library will be equipped with four mobile devices, an android TV, and an internet connection. In addition to...
22 Mar, 2022, 04.16 PM IST
CM Bommai sets February end deadline for 'Grama One' implementation across KarnatakaThe Chief Minister has written to officials of e-governance, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR), Revenue department and the deputy ...
29 Jan, 2022, 07.05 PM IST
LDF pitchforks young leaders into leadership roles in Kerala civic bodiesWith the CPI(M) on Sunday officially declaring that Arya Rajendran will be its choice for the civic body chief's post in Thiruvananthapuram...
28 Dec, 2020, 02.34 PM IST
Kerala Local Body Elections 2020: Left wins big in panchayats, corporations; Congress-led UDF in municipalitiesA total of 21,893 wards in 1,200 local self-governing bodies including 6 corporations, 941 village panchayats, 14 district panchayats and 8...
16 Dec, 2020, 08.32 PM IST
Country's first digitalised Panchayat ward in KeralaThis small panchayat ward in Kerala has become the first one to go digital in the country, taking a very important step in fulfilling Prime...
29 Apr, 2017, 02.17 PM IST
Tiny islands in Kerala 'sinking' due to sea erosionPanchayat officials said the shrinking tiny islands, ranging from one acre to over one hectare, were inhabited by humans.
17 Jul, 2016, 06.21 PM IST
Mega rural development scheme 'Grama Jyothi' launched in TelanganaTouted as a "game-changer" in rural development, a mega programme which aims at comprehensive development of villages was today launched in...
24 Aug, 2015, 11.03 AM IST
Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu to adopt a village in Telangana's MahabubnagarMahesh Babu, who had earlier announced to adopt Burripalem village, in Andhra Pradesh, has said he would adopt a village in the backward Ma...
24 Aug, 2015, 10.59 AM IST
12 panchayats all set to make a difference in KozhikodePeople in 12 grama panchayats here are set to adopt a participatory waste management scheme, which would make it zero- waste generating are...
13 Apr, 2015, 12.02 PM IST
Wi-Fi hotspots in grama panchayats soon to be realityThis would be achieved soon after the project, which aims to establish a network for high speed broadband internet in 2.5 lakh grama pancha...
12 Jan, 2015, 12.59 PM IST
- Tribal villages oppose tiger reserve in Sathyamangalam
The Tamil Nadu forest department’s push to get Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary declared a tiger reserve suffered a setback on Wednesday w...
03 May, 2012, 04.15 AM IST