India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government of India has approved the National Forensic Infrastructure Enhancement Scheme in the year 2024 with a total financial outlay of Rs.2254.43 crore to be implemented from financial year 2024-25 to 2028-29. Establishment of 08 new Central Forensic Science Laboratories has been approved in the year 2023 and 2024. Filling up of vacancies is an on-going exercise. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs has undertaken review o...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes the statistical data on crimes in its publication "Crime in India". The latest published report is for the year 2023. As per the data published by the NCRB, State/UT wise details of cases registered under cyber crimes (involving communication devices as medium/target) during the period from 2021 to 2023 are at the Annexure-I. The state of the art 'National Cyber Forens...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Government in Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has issued guidelines for regular safety audit of all National Highways (NHs) at design, construction, pre-opening stage of NH projects as well as on existing NHs for ensuring road safety. Government has notified National Road Safety Board Rules, 2025 vide GSR 795(E) dated 27.10.2025. Corridor Length (km) State(s) Status Bengaluru - Mysuru (Augmentation) 117 Karnataka Comp...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office, Dr. Jitendra Singh today said that India's nuclear programme has achieved a historic vindication of Dr. Homi Bhabha's pledge and declaration to the world that India's Nuclear Programme is dedicated to peaceful purposeshas found its vindication under PM Modi. He added that this commitment has found its strongest realisation under the leadership of the Prime Minister, as India's nuc...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, holds the National Symposium on NAKSHA - (National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban Habitations) and LandStack here today. In his inaugural address, the Secretary, Department of Land Resources Shri Manoj Joshi emphasized the urgent need to transition revenue departments away from outdated, tape-based measurements and rough ha...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: For decades, the people of Sahibganj (Jharkhand) and the surrounding districts have lived between two realities, one on their side of the Ganga, and the other just across it. The distance may be short in kilometres, but the struggle has been long: costly boat rides, missed appointments, families unable to reach hospitals on time, and traders paying extra because supplies arrived late. Now, as the new bridge linking NH-133B in Jharkh...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: As per latest Research & Development Statistics, the Gross Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) in the country has been consistently increasing over the years and has more than doubled from Rs. 60,196.75 crore in 2010-11 to Rs. 1,27,380.96 crore in 2020-21. The key sectors and institutions contributing to this increase include: government R&D labs/institutions, public & private sector industries and higher education insti...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal highlighted the importance of innovation, quality, design, sustainability and efficiency as key drivers of India's manufacturing competitiveness while addressing the IndiaEdge event organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi today. Shri Goyal said that the Government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, is working with a c...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government in its endeavor for a drug free India has taken various initiatives for speedy disposal of seized narcotics, some of which are as under: - certified under section 52A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 and submit it to the Chairman of the concerned Drug Disposal Committee (DDC) for early destruction of the seized properties. The officer in-charge/ custodian of storage facility carry ou...
India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal virtually flagged off the steel-cutting ceremony for India's first all-electric green tug, marking a major milestone in the country's shift toward sustainable and energy-efficient maritime operations. The tug, designed for Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) in Kandla, is being developed under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways' Green Tug Transiti...