A five-member committee has been formed by the Maharashtra state's Woman and Child Development Department to scrutinise whether the Juvenile Justice Board (JJ Board) members appointed by the state adhered to proper judicial procedures in granting bail to the involved teenager in the May 19 Pune car accident case where two motorcycle-borne persons were killed in Pune city.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 1 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Women & Child Development Dept., Govt. of Odisha has signed an MoU with the American India Foundation (AIF) to implement an Integrated Program for Children to collaboratively alleviate undernutrition, promote early childhood education (ECE), and improve the mental health of 10,000 children in the preschool age group and 12,000 children in the 11-15 years age range in the Thakurmunda & Gopabandhu Nagar Blocks of Mayurbhanj District. The MoU was signed in the august presence of Basanti Hembram, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Department of Women and Child Development, Lok Seva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, and Shubha Sarma (IAS), Commissioner cum Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Odisha at the W& C.D. Conference Hall, Bhubaneshwar. The signatories also included Nityananda Barik, Additional Secretary W & C.D. Department, and Mathew Joseph, Country Director, The American Indi
The deceased has been identified as Haribabu Prajapati, 62, a resident of Shipra Vihar in Nagjhiri area. He was posted in the grid office located in Valmiki Nagar.