Siliguri, April 3: A Raiganj-based NGO has decided to intensify its movement to protect the girl child in the region.

After getting tremendous response across the cities and villages of Punjab, Nanhi Chhaan, an initiative to save girl child and trees, was launched in the Capital.

The Delhi chapter of the initiative that started from auspicious corridor of Golden Temple in Amritsar, was inaugurated here today in the sacred premises of Sacred Heart Cathedral.

New Delhi: Corporates and NGOs have decided to come together to work on, and connect, two burning causes: the girl child and trees. Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna on Sunday inaugurated

Girls in / Madhya Pradesh have a valid reason to smile - and so does the government

Ladli Laxmi Yojana, the brainchild of the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, launched for the empowerment of girl child in Madhya Pradesh, has after Delhi now been emulated by Uttar Pradesh.

The Assam government today set on the roll a special scheme for the girl child in the family with an objective to wipe out discrimination especially in respect of higher education under the Assam Bikash Yojana.

Encouraged by the response to Nanhi Chhaan, a project to check female foeticide and to promote green cover in Punjab, the Punjab government has agreed to support the initiative.

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CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced on Monday that

Pioneer News Service | Lucknow

The two-day national seminar on 'Challenges and issues before NREGA in Uttar Pradesh' was inaugurated by Agricultural Production Commissioner (APC) Anis Ansari. The seminar was organised by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Lucknow University, in collaboration with the department of Rural Development.

PALANPUR (GUJARAT): The

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