January 2019

TAMILNADU Pongal 2019: Tamil Nadu govt to give Rs 1,000 to each family The Tamil Nadu government announced Rs 1,000 for each family for celebrating Pongal. This is applicable to the whole state except Tiruvarur district, where the model code of conduct is in force in view of the bypolls scheduled for January 28.   The AIADMK government has … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan college girls set to get free sanitary pads   Rajasthan is set to become India’s first state to provide free sanitary napkins to college students. The department of higher education has decided to install free sanitary napkin vending machines in all 189 government colleges in the state from the next academic session starting July 2019.   … Read more

TAMILNADU Government lines up Rs 86 crore projects to supply water to Chennai   With northeast monsoon failing Chennai, the Tamil Nadu government has issued administrative sanction for more than Rs 86 crore to augment water supply to Chennai under the special initiative programme. The government has given its nod for the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and … Read more

RAJASTHAN Govt to bring new system to fix fees of private schools’   Education minister Govind Singh Dotasra has hinted to replace RajasthanS chools (Regulation of fees) Act 2017.   The existing fees Act which mandates to form a committee of parents and school management has not prevented schools to fleece parents. Several news reports have … Read more