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PWD issues SOPs for road maintenance vans

India, Dec. 23 -- The Public Works Department (PWD) has issued a set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to standardise the operation of road maintenance vans across the Capital. The SOPs aim to ... Read More


MCD toll plazas add to congestion, emissions

New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- At the Kalindi Kunj border, where a bridge spans the Yamuna connecting Delhi and Noida, vehicles crawl forward in a queue that stretches nearly half a kilometre. This scene of ne... Read More


Plan to expand mechanical road sweepers marred by delays

New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- Plans to significantly expand Delhi's fleet of mechanical road-sweeping vehicles have been delayed by bureaucratic logjams, pushing the deployment of new machines to at least Jul... Read More


Could internal pressures push Umno to team up with Perikatan? Analysts say unlikely

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 23 -- Despite growing unease within Barisan Nasional (BN) over its cooperation with Pakatan Harapan (PH) and renewed grassroots pressure from component party MIC, political analysts... Read More


Reading by touch, learning for life: Malaysia's push to revive Braille literacy among children

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 23 -- 'Reading is the bridge to knowledge' is a familiar mantra in campaigns promoting a reading culture nationwide, underscoring the role of books as gateways to learning. Yet, be... Read More


Man held for killing wife, staging death as suicide

India, Dec. 23 -- Nearly a week after a 30-year-old woman was found dead at her house in Mohan Garden, Delhi Police said on Monday that they have arrested her husband for killing her and staging it as... Read More


Attempt to snatch poor's right to work: Alka Lamba

Dharamshala, Dec. 23 -- President of All India Mahila Congress, Alka Lamba, on Monday targeted the central government over VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, stating the Modi government has "murdered" the world's... Read More


BJP diluting MGNREGA: Khaira

Shimla, Dec. 23 -- In a scathing attack on the BJP, All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Monday said, "By removing Mahatma Gandhi's name, the BJP has insulted the F... Read More


HP govt playing politics in name of MGNREGA: Jai Ram

Shimla, Dec. 23 -- Former chief minister and leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur has hit out at Congress alleging that Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government is merely playing politics in the name of M... Read More


Constable pulls on-fire cylinder out of building, saves residents

India, Dec. 23 -- A Delhi Police constable saved the lives of at least 16 families and averted a major tragedy after he single-handedly pulled a burning gas cylinder out of a four-storey residential b... Read More