Category: STATES

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Four weeks long Girl Empowerment Mission (GEM) program at NTPC Koldam Hydro Power Station , which was started on 03rd July 2019 has concluded on 30th July 2019. Total 45 girl students from neighboring 08 Government Schools had participated in this program. Since it was a residential program, NTPC Koldam had taken care of the day to day requirements of the participants like boarding, lodging, clothing, stationery etc. On the day of departure there was a mixed feeling of emotions of parents and children…

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: A society could be measured by the way it treats its prisoners. A prison or jail is a place in which people are physically confined and usually deprived of a range of personal freedom. The system of prison administration in India is age old. Dagshai Jail was constructed by British Empire at Solan district of Himachal Pradesh in 1849 having 54 cells, out of which 16 were for solitary confinement. It is now transformed into Dagshai Jail Museum for the tourists. Generally the offenders…

By: Sapna Tayem, Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh ITANAGAR: In a move to improve its services, the Arunachal Pradesh State Transport Service (APSTS) on Monday added 30 Mahindra Xylo taxis into service. Chief Minister Pema Khandu along with Transport Minister Nakap Nalo flagged off the seven-seater Xylos, in the presence of Home Minister Bamang Felix and Transport Secretary Dani Salu, at the civil secretariat here. The keys to the cars were handed over to the CM by Mahindra’s regional sales manager Ashes Mishra and area sales manager Niket Malik. The 30 Xylos…

By: Cherrila Wangchuk Bhutia, Bureau Chief-ICN Sikkim GANGTOK: Self Help Groups have been making their mark across the nation and Sikkim has been no exception towards the movement that has created thousands of jobs for women, giving them the opportunity to earn their living and ultimately gaining independence both in the domestic and professional front.Studies done in sikkim has found that after getting enrolled into the SHG’s, women have found emotional, social, and psychological contention within themselves. They have found a place in society and no longer depend on the men to…

By: Sajid Yousuf Shah, Bureau Chief-ICN J & K A son recounts the night when his family members were killed by militants when he was just 8. 17 years 7 orphans 7 seconds. SRINAGAR: 17 years ago, on 22 October 2002, I was an 8-year-old and excited to visit my native village – Sogam Lolab in north kashmir’s Kupwara from Srinagar after a long time.My mother went to my uncle’s house to stay there for a night she insisted me to stay with her but I didn’t pay any heed towards…

GUWAHATI: The IMD said the North Eastern states are likely to experience enhanced rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy rain in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during July 9-12.A monsoon flood in Assam has inundated at least 17 districts in the north-east state and affected over 4 lakh people, officials said.The Brahmaputra river is flowing above the danger level at Neematighat in Jorhat.The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said 145 villages are under water and 3,435 hectares of crop areas have been damaged.Chief Minister…