UP govt orders probe after TMC-like mattresses distributed at mass weddingMattresses bearing prints resembling the TMC flag were distributed at a mass wedding. Authorities initiated an inquiry and suspended an off...
27 Jul, 2026, 10.11 AM IST
Electoral roll: Door-to-door SIR exercise starts in KarnatakaKarnataka has launched a door-to-door house enumeration for electoral roll purification, aiming for a flawless voter list. The state govern...
30 Jun, 2026, 11.19 AM IST
'Knot suitable': Digital checks save Rs 427 crore in UP's mass marriage schemeUttar Pradesh's mass marriage scheme is using technology to prevent fraud. Online applications and digital verification are identifying ine...
14 Jun, 2026, 12.33 PM IST
Exclusion of married daughter from definition of 'family' manifestly arbitrary: SCThe Supreme Court has ruled that married daughters are eligible for compassionate appointments. The court found excluding them from the def...
02 Jun, 2026, 07.56 PM IST
CM Yogi Adityanath: Ensure every needy person receives benefits of welfare schemesUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed officials to ensure all eligible citizens receive government welfare benefits. ...
02 Jun, 2026, 02.52 PM IST
Assam's war on child marriage enters decisive phase: CM starts process of disbursing monthly financial assistance under Nijut Moina SchemeChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the Nijut Moina scheme, offering monthly financial aid to girl students in Assam to combat chil...
06 Oct, 2024, 08.02 PM IST
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launches 'Nijut Moina Scheme' to boost girls' education and combat child marriageChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched Assam's 'Nijut Moina Scheme' to provide monthly financial aid for girl students from higher sec...
08 Aug, 2024, 10.22 PM IST
Assam government introduces monthly monetary support for girl students to combat child marriageThe scheme aims to increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio beyond matriculation, disburse benefits via DBT, and provide financial grants under t...
12 Jun, 2024, 07.23 PM IST
Assam government will give financial assistance under an inter-caste marriage schemeThe beneficiary may undertake a business or income generation venture. Under the inter-caste marriage scheme, Rs 10,000 to Rs 5 lakh would ...
26 Nov, 2021, 09.22 PM IST
Assam government provides Rs 40,000 to newly married couples for purchasing goldThe beneficiaries are required to register their marriages under Special Marriage Act, 1954 before a competent authority apart from fulfill...
24 Sep, 2020, 08.39 PM IST
To study or to marry: Bengal bounty frees girls to pick and chooseRiding on her hugely successful Kanyashree scheme for education among girls, Mamata Banerjee has unveiled yet another bounty to assist impo...
01 Feb, 2018, 08.50 AM IST
No plans to give incentives for inter-religious marriages: Government"As of now, there is no plan to extend the scheme (Dr Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration) to inter-religion marriages," Vijay Sampla sa...
02 Jan, 2018, 02.14 PM IST
Govt allots Rs 204 crore for 'Thaaliku Thangam' schemeAIADMK had proposed providing gold free of cost to beneficiaries during the 2011 elections where Jayalalithaa promised 4 gm of the precious...
22 Sep, 2016, 03.03 PM IST
Among 500, only 19 couples across India got monetary assistance under inter-caste marriages schemeSince 2013, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has funded the Dr. Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration through Inter-caste Ma...
19 Dec, 2015, 05.44 AM IST
Jammu and Kashmir decides to give Rs 25,000, cost of 5gm gold to BPL girls for marriageThe Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to provide marriage assistance fund to women from families below poverty line.
04 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Tamil Nadu government gives away Rs 2,465.10 crore marriage assistance in 4 yearsThe AIADMK Government has disbursed Rs 2,465.10 crore and 2,196.92 kgs of gold to beneficiaries under different marriage assistance schemes...
22 Nov, 2015, 02.14 PM IST
Goa scheme for girls faces closure"There is a similar scheme introduced by Department of social welfare due to which we have stopped getting the applications (for this schem...
23 Jun, 2015, 12.12 PM IST