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After the cloudburst in the Dharali village of Harshali valley, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the affected area. His visit was due to the the damage caused by the disaster and reviewed the ongoing rescue operations, in Uttarkashi on August 6, 2025.
August 5 marks the sixth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, which led to Jammu and Kashmir losing its statehood and being divided into three Union Territories.
The Maharashtra government has rolled back seven major decisions in the past six months, mostly related to education. These U-turns, many coming after strong public criticism, have raised questions about the government’s planning and decision-making.
The Calcutta High Court has MGNREGA scheme in West Bengal from the 1st of August, finally ending the three year suspension.
Prompted by a series of devastating fire incidents, Minister of State Fire and Emergency services, Sujit Bose announced plans of expanding and modernising the state’s fire stations. Defending his department’s response to the Khidderpore fire that destroyed over 1,300 shops, Bose unveiled the initiative.
The Calcutta High Court sought clarification from the West Bengal government over the controversial retaliatory transfers of Dr. Debasish Haldar, Dr. Aniket Mahato and Dr. Asfaqullah Naiya from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
A delegation of 10 MLAs from the NDA, comprising 8 from the BJP, 1 from the NPP, and 1 Independent, met Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on May 28 to stake their claim to form a new government in the state. Led by BJP MLA Thokchom Radheshyam Singh, the group submitted a proposal to end the President’s Rule, imposed after the resignation of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh following 20 months of ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki Zo communities.
Three senior resident doctors, who led the protests following the heinous rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August of last year have accused the government of politically inclined retaliatory last minute postings to remote districts with no prior vacancies. Dr. Debashis Haldar, Dr. Aniket Mahata, and Dr. Asfaqullah Naya claim their reassignments to hospitals in Malda, Raiganj and Purulia respectively were abrupt, punitive, violating transparent counseling norms
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that a notification for fresh teacher recruitment will be issued by the 31st of May following the Supreme Court’s directive to address the fallout from the West Bengal School Service Commission or the WBSSC recruitment scam. The recruitment, announced during a press conference at the state secretariat will potentially aim to fill 24,203 vacant teaching positions while offering relief measures to educators affected by the court’s previous ruling that invalidated over 25 thousand irregular appointments.
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