New name exorcises Chandanpur of stigma | Surat News

The renaming of Chudel village was recently notified Surat: After years of embarrassment, broken marriage proposals and awkward introductions, residents of a small tribal village in Surat district are celebrating a long-awaited change in identity. The state govt has officially renamed the village from “Chudel” to “Chandanpur”, ending a decades-old stigma attached to its name.The…

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Civic panel approves Rs 8cr for conservancy staff facilities | Pune News

Sanitation workers are expected to get raincoats among other facilities Pune: The standing committee on Thursday approved a Rs 8-crore proposal to provide facilities to conservancy staff handling domestic waste. The funds will be utilised to provide 42 facilities, including raincoats to sweepers and waste collectors. The committee’s chairman Shrinath Bhimale said the funds will…

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‘Forced to do sit-ups’: Viral videos show TMC leader Sapan Samanta paraded with shoe garland; eggs, tomatoes hurled | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: Former Tarakeswar municipality chairman and senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sapan Samanta was allegedly humiliated by local residents in West Bengal’s Hooghly district over allegations of corruption.According to news agency ANI, an angry group of locals garlanded Samanta with shoes and forced him to perform sit-ups while holding his ears.The locals also pelted him…

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9 support centres to be set up for ST communities | Goa News

Panaji: The directorate of tribal welfare will soon set up Dharti Aaba Suvidha Kendras (DASKs) in nine tribal-dominated villages across Goa to provide localised support for the development of Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities through NGOs.The identified village panchayats are Morpirla, Cotigao, Gaondongrim, Netravalli, Cola, Molcornem, Shristhal, Poinguinnim, and Kirlapal-Dabhal.The directorate has invited applications from registered…

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City Digest | Ahmedabad News

DGTS–CII Seminar on Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) & MOOWR in cityThe Directorate General of Taxpayer Services (DGTS), in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Gujarat, organised a seminar on ‘Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) & Manufacture and Other Operations in Warehouse Regulations (MOOWR)’ in the city on Friday. The participants included Sumit Kumar, principal…

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‘Think before watching his films’: Maharashtra BJP minister Nitesh Rane questions Aamir Khan’s 3rd marriage; links it to ‘love jihad’ | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane questioned Bollywood actor Aamir Khan’s third marriage, asking whether it should be viewed as an example of “love jihad“.The BJP MLA also urged members of the Hindu community to think carefully before supporting such celebrities.“When celebrities take such decisions in their personal lives, Hindu society should think about it. It…

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