India, March 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The two-day National Workshop on Mine Closure & Repurposing was successfully conducted on 23rd and 24th February 2026 at Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, under the aegis of the Ministry of Coal and NLC India Limited. Inaugurated by Shri G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Coal and Mines, the workshop marked India's first national-level initiative focused exclusively on structured mine closure planning and sustainable post-mining land repurposin...
India, March 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the proposed combination inter alia involving acquisition of certain stake by Bagmane Prime Office REIT of Bagmane Developers Private Limited and others (directly/ indirectly). The Proposed Combination envisages: (i) direct acquisition of Bagmane Developers Private Limited (BDPL) [including its wholly owned subsidiary, Bagmane Green Power LLP (BGPL)] by Bagmane Prime Office RE...
India, March 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Change of Guard Ceremony, which takes place every Saturday at the Forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, will shift to a new timing, i.e., from 0800 a.m. to 0900 a.m. from this Saturday (March 7, 2026). More details athttps://visit.rashtrapatibhavan.gov.in/ Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
India, March 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri C. R. Patil, along with Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Mohan Yadav, and Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, Cabinet Minister for Panchayat and Rural Development and Labour, Government of Madhya Pradesh, chaired a comprehensive review meeting on Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari (JSJB) 2.0 with all District Collectors and Divisional Commissioners of the State. The meeting was organised by the National Water ...
India, March 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Shri Vivek Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, has launched Version 2.0 of the Indian Culture Portal (ICP),- (www.indianculture.gov.in) a major technological upgrade of the national digital platform that provides access to India's vast and diverse cultural heritage. The Indian Culture Portal was originally launched in December 2019 with the objective of democratizing access to knowledge about India's rich cultural traditions...
India, March 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah soft-launched four digital tools and formally unveiled the mascots - "Pragati" (female) and "Vikas" (male) for Census-2027 in New Delhi. The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has developed advanced digital platforms to facilitate enumeration operations across the country. Several senior officials, including the Union Home Secretary and the Registrar G...
India, March 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a time when water scarcity is emerging as one of the most pressing climate challenges, Korea district of Chhattisgarh has demonstrated that the most powerful solutions do not begin with large dams or heavy machinery; they begin with people. Through the spirit of Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari, the district transformed a vulnerable landscape into a model of resilience by asking a simple yet revolutionary question: What if every farm...
India, March 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Eighth Central Pay Commission has provided an online structured format for inviting Memorandum/Representations from Associations/Unions of serving employees/pensioners, organizations/institutions as well as from employees, pensioners and interested individuals on its website(8cpc.gov.in). Submissions would be received upto 30th April, 2026. The structured format for submitting memorandum is also available at the MyGov.in porta...
India, March 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved acquisition of certain shareholding in Balaji Wafers Private Limited by General Atlantic Singapore BWP Pte. Ltd. General Atlantic Singapore BWP Pte. Ltd. (GASBWP) is acquiring certain shareholding of Balaji Wafers Private Limited (Balaji Wafers) on a fully diluted basis from the existing shareholders of Balaji Wafers (Proposed Combination). GASBWP is an investment holding com...
India, March 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that on 2nd March 2026, two sanitation workers died in a sewer chamber in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. They were workers of the Indore Municipal Corporation. The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of the human rights of the victims. Therefore, it has issued notices to ...