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The state health department has taken this decision with the aim of encouraging maximum doctors to work and serve in rural areas. (Representational Image)

Extra perks for doctors in rural areas

The move has come after doctors are seen dodging rural duties.

18 Nov 2017 2:08 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Photo: PTI)

Computer Baba starts anti-BJP yagna

The religious leader who had shot into national limelight when he sought permission to land on the bank of river Ganga...

3 Oct 2018 12:40 AM IST

The Ministry of Culture really wants to take the fun out of these funerals. (Photo: Pixabay)

China's Ministry of Culture cracks down on bizarre culture of 'funeral...

Currently the provinces that are under attack are Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and Hebei.

21 Feb 2018 5:56 PM IST

More than half of the global rise over these 33 years was due to increases in BMI in rural areas. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Rural areas have more obesity cases than urban areas

Global obesity rising faster in rural areas than cities: Study.

10 May 2019 10:17 AM IST

Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

If you want good service, you pay: Gadkari on toll collection

Gadkari said money collected through toll from those areas which have capacity to pay are utilised for building roads in...

16 July 2019 1:27 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha on no-confidence motion during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. (Photo: PTI via AP)

Narendra Modi to launch India Post Payments Bank on August 21

IPPB will have at least one branch in every district and focus on financial services in rural areas.

5 Aug 2018 1:00 PM IST

Farm workers carry maize corn at a village on the outskirts. India permits resumption of some industries in rural areas from April 20. (PTI Photo)

Government permits resumption of some industries in rural areas from...

The government will also allow farm activities, construction of roads and buildings which has so far less affected by...

15 April 2020 12:12 PM IST

State power department has started installing smart meters for West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) consumers.

Rural areas to see load-shedding

Govt has no plans to buy power from co-generation units of co-operative sugar mills.

6 May 2017 3:03 AM IST

There are allegation that from November 15 to November 18, the bank manager had issued 149 demand drafts for amounts less than Rs 50,000 in favour of a Pune-based finance company in violation of RBI guidelines.

RBI asks banks to supply currency to rural areas

RBI issued circular to banks asking them to supply atleast 40 per cent of the bank notes.

3 Jan 2017 2:39 PM IST