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Jun 30, 2019
Keonjhar (Odisha), June 30 (ANI): Padma Shri awardee Daitari Naik, who claims he is struggling to make his ends meet, denied returning the prestigious award on Saturday. Naik was conferred with a Padma Shri for single-handedly carving a three-kilometre-long canal from a mountain stream in Odisha. The clarification from Naik, popularly known as 'Canal Man of Odisha', came after reports surfaced of him planning to return the honour as he has not got any aid from the government. While speaking to ANI, Daitari Naik said,"Though I am facing difficulty in day to day life, there is no question of returning the award. The government must make efforts to reconstruct the canal so that all the villagers can be benefitted.""Padma Shri was given to me for my hard work and it is a matter of pride for me and my family. Why will I return it?," he asked. Naik also denied eating ant's eggs for survival."I never ate ant's eggs because I am not a fish. All this is false and fabricated news." However, Collector and District Magistrate of Keonjhar Ashish Thakare has denied the reports of Naik reeling under poverty."He and his wife are getting old age pension under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana. He had already been assisted under the Rural Housing scheme in the year 2013-14. His two sons have also been allotted two houses under Rural Housing in the year 2017-18 He has been covered under State governments Farmers Assistance Scheme-KALIA and has received the financial assistance. I...
CM Yogi denies report of Hindu families migrating from UP’s Meerut
Saharanpur (UP), June 30 (ANI): Reacting on the reports of more than 100 Hindu families migrating from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, “Nobody...
I pray to God 'ki vo dobara ballebazi karne ka avsar na de': Akash Vijayvargiya
Indore (Madhya Pradesh), June 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Kailash Vijayvargiya's son Akash Vijayvargiya got released from jail in...
BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya released from jail in MP's Indore
Indore (Madhya Pradesh), June 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Kailash Vijayvargiyaa's son Akash Vijayvargiya got released from jail in...
Amarnath Yatra: 1st batch of pilgrims flagged off from Jammu base camp
Jammu, June 30 (ANI): Advisor to the Governor Satya Pal Malik in Jammu and Kashmir, KK Sharma flagged off the first batch of devotees for the...
Congress will forge coalition with NCP for Maha Assembly polls, says Ashok Chavan
Jun 29, 2019
New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): Maharashtra Congress Chief and former chief minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday said the party will forge a coalition with the Nationalist...
LGBTQ community celebrates ‘20 years of friendship’ in Kolkata
Kolkata, Jun 30 (ANI): LGBTQ community celebrated ‘20 years of their friendship’ with pride walk in Kolkata. The walk was meant for uniting their community together...
Chargesheet against Pehlu Khan shows 'double face' of Congress: Owaisi
Hyderabad (Telangana), Jun 29 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said the charge sheet filed by Rajasthan Police against Pehlu Khan,...
Workshop launched to start rejuvenation project for Indus River basin
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), Jun 29 (ANI): Himalayan Forest Research Institute started rejuvenation project for Indus River basin. A workshop was launched to start a detailed project...
Article 370 has to go lock, stock and barrel, says Ram Madhav
New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): BJP’s National General Secretary Ram Madhav has said that the Article 370 has to go ‘lock, stock and barrel’ ads were...
Congress, JKNC have sowed the seeds of terrorism in Kashmir: Ram Madhav
New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) national general secretary accused the Congress and Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) of sowing the seeds...
JP Nadda, Manoj Tiwari inaugurate BJP’s State Working Committee
New Delhi, Jun 29 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) working president JP Nadda and Union Minister Vijay Goel inaugurated the State Working Committee (SWC) on Saturday....
Several development projects initiated under Clean Ganga Fund
Haridwar (Uttarakhand)/ New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): Since the launch of Namami Gange programme in mid 2015, several initiatives have been taken for effective abatement of...
