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In a post on X, Ramesh said, “Social audits by the gram sabha are an essential part of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. They are meant to enforce accountability and enhance transparency – basically to stamp out corruption. Each state has an independent social audit that is funded directly by the Centre so as to preserve its autonomy. Of late this funding has been getting inordinately delayed.””As a result, social audits don’t get done on time, and the social audit process gets compromised, which is then used as an excuse by the Modi government to deny funds…

He will be in Chittorgarh on October 2 and in Jodhpur on October 5.PM Modi may make some big announcements during the rallies before the announcement of the model code of conduct in the state, said sources.On Wednesday a closed-door meeting of Union Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J.P. Nadda was held here with state party leaders.Sources said that Vasundhara Raje and Shah also had a separate closed-door meeting.Several ideas were discussed in the meeting and the next phase of meetings will be held on Saturday and Sunday in Delhi in which leaders like Vasundhara Raje, Rajendra Rathore,…

The trailer shows the events following the heavy deluge caused by incessant rains in the maximum city of Mumbai and how the medical infrastructure at Bombay General Hospital – a government hospital deals with it in the face of limited resources.The staff at Bombay General Hospital once again needs to put aside their personal issues; some of which threaten to destroy them, their relationships and their very futures, to help a city survive. They will have to come to terms with past demons and present circumstances to try and stay afloat and do what they do best – save lives.The…

The Indian team also shattered the world record, previously held by the United States, with 1769 points. China took silver and the Republic of Korea won bronze.Aishwary and Swapnil also made the 50m rifle three positions individual final with a joint-qualification Asian record score. However, Akhil despite finishing fifth with 587-30x score, missed out on the final due to the two players per nation rule.–IANSbc

“Today, violent clashes took place in the vicinity of the army’s Engineers Corps in Omdurman, while large areas of the Umbada neighbourhood of the city came under violent artillery shelling,” a witness from Omdurman, west of the Sudanese capital, told Xinhua news agency late Thursday.He said the artillery and air bombardment focused on western parts of the Umbada neighborhood and the army-controlled Karari military base in northern Omdurman.The Resistance Committee of Umbada neighborhood said in a statement on Thursday that “the neighbourhood experienced violent artillery bombardment, which left 13 civilians dead and 35 others wounded”.Also on Thursday, the independent Sudan…

According to police, the incident took place late on Thursday night when an argument between two brothers over parking of a two-wheeler snowballed into a major fight. In the heat of the moment, the accused took out his air gun and shot at his elder brother who died instantly.The two lived with their aged father near here. On Thursday morning, after a fight over the same issue, Paulson (48) – the elder brother – damaged his Thomas’s two-wheeler.Thomas, a clerk at the Kerala High Court, filed a police complaint on the incident.Things took an ugly turn late in the night…

Rio De Janeiro, Sep 29 (IANS) Atletico Mineiro left-back Guilherme Arana has been added to Brazil’s squad for FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Uruguay, the Brazilian football confederation said.The 26-year-old replaces Caio Henrique, who suffered ligament damage to his left knee while playing for Monaco in a 1-0 defeat to Nice last Friday, reports Xinhua.Arana, who has been capped four times for Brazil, has not represented the five-time World Cup winners for more than a year after suffering a serious knee injury that required surgery.”I had to overcome the frustration of missing the World Cup but I’ve come…

Rio De Janeiro, Sep 29 (IANS) Former Chile and Argentina manager Jorge Sampaoli has been sacked as head coach of Flamengo after a turbulent period in charge of the Brazilian Serie A club.The decision comes four days after a 2-1 aggregate loss to Sao Paulo in the Copa do Brasil final and follows a poor run of results in other competitions, reports Xinhua.”Jorge Sampaoli and his technical committee are no longer at the helm,” Flamengo said in a statement on Thursday. “We thank him and his staff and wish them all the best in the future.”Sampaoli, who replaced Vitor Pereira…

Hangzhou, Sep 29 (IANS) India finished without any medals in the opening events of the athletics competition in the 19th Asian Games with both Vikash Singh and Priyanka Goaswami finishing an identical fifth in the Men’s and Women’s 20km Race Walk events held at the Qiantang River Green Belt on Friday morning.In the men’s 20km Race Walk, Vikash Singh finished 5th with a timing of 1:27.33,Priyanka Goswami finishes fifth in the Women’s 20km Race Walk with a timing of 1:43.07.China’s World record-holder Yang Jiayu won the Women’s 20km Race Walk in 1:30:03. Ma Zhenxia of China (1:30:04) won silver as…

Hangzhou, Sep 29 (IANS) India won a silver medal in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol Team Shooting with Palak, Esha Singh and TS Divya finishing second with a score of 1731-50x at the Asian Games here on Friday.The Indian team of Palak, Esha Singh and TS Divya finished behind China, who took gold in 1736 points (66x) while Chinese Taipei won bronze with 1723-53x.More details awaited.–IANSbsk/cs