home for 1K widows in UP to be inaugurated
New Delhi: A home for around 1,000 widows, said to be the largest facility created by a Government organisation, will be inaugurated at Vrindavan on Friday by Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. ‘Krishna Kutir' has been developed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development under the 'Swadhar Greh' scheme. It has been constructed on 1.4 hectares of land through the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC), at a cost of nearly `57 crore to accommodate 1,000 women, a statement said.
fortification of staple cereals opposed
New Delhi: The RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagaran Manch on Thursday said mandatory fortification of staple cereals should not to be introduced and people should be entitled to financial compensation if any harm is caused by it.
decongesting police stations in Delhi
New Delhi: Courts are told that rats eat away drugs seized by the police when narcotics cases come up for hearing, said the Supreme Court on Thursday as it delved into issues relating to decongesting of police stations in Delhi. It also asked why impounded or seized vehicles, which continue to lie at police stations, are not sold in cases where nobody comes forward to claim their ownership even after several years.
