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The state government has allocated a budget of Rs 25 lakhs for this activity.

The Culture Department has been tasked with the responsibility to reach out to people through social media platforms.

Mukesh Meshram, principal secretary, tourism and culture, said: “Influencers with a significant presence on major social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, X, and YouTube have already been approached for collaboration.”

Apart from this, documentary films on events related with Ramayana are also being produced, added Meshram.

The series of events also include release of books authored by various writers focusing on the life and philosophy of Lord Ram.

Additionally, an album centred on Ramayana, featuring devotional singers from both India and abroad, is slated for release, with a budget allocation of Rs 1 crore, said Meshram.

Various events related with Ramayana will be projected through the water, sky, and land.

Ram Katha will unfold through projection mapping on the banks of the Saryu River, a drone show in the sky, and narration of diverse stories through a laser show on water screens in river Saryu.

As Ayodhya has also been associated with Jainism and Buddhism, a budget of Rs 10 crore has been allocated to project this history.

Work on facades of shops on Rampath, Janmabhoomi Path and Bhakti Path in Ayodhya has also begun.

Commercial establishments will feature symbols such as conch, trident, bow and arrow, mace, chakra, swastika, and the saffron flag to enhance the aesthetic appeal with their vibrant colours.

These artworks will be painted white and saffron on a dark maroon background.

According to Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) secretary Satyendra Singh, the facade design work is being undertaken by the development authority.

A separate budget of Rs 42 crore has been set aside for facades along these routes.

The ADA official said that widening of the 13-km Rampath is being carried out with a budget of Rs 798 crore.

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The 742-metre Bhaktipath is being widened with a budget of Rs 62 crore.

Additionally, beautification of the two-kilometre-long Dharampath is in progress at a cost of Rs 65 crore and the 566-metre-long Janmabhoomi Path with a budget of Rs 39 crore.

(IANS)

The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act provides for reservation in appointment in state government posts, and admission to professional institutions, for certain reserved categories. The Bill provides for reservation in professional institutions for economically weaker sections.

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 provides for the reorganisation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The Bill increases the total number of seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from 83 to 90. It also reserves seven seats for Scheduled Castes and nine seats for Scheduled Tribes.

Moreover, on Tuesday, Krishan Pal for Ministry of Heavy Industries, Sanjeev Kumar Balyan for Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Nityananad Rai for Ministry of Home Affairs, Sushri Shobha Karandlaje for Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Kailash Choudhary for Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Ajay Kumar for Ministry of Home Affairs will lay papers on the table.

The Secretary General will report a message from Rajya Sabha regarding the Post Office Bill, 2023.
Nisith Pramanik will be making a statement correcting a reply given on August 8 to an Unstarred question asked by MP Sushil Kumar Singh on Vibrant Village Programme. He will also give reasons for delay in correcting the reply.

On Monday, the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament saw two bills being passed. The Standing committee reports on 'The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023', 'The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023', and 'The Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023' were tabled in the two Houses. The reports were submitted to the Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on November 10 by Brij Lal, MP and Chairman of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.

The report of Ethics Committee, which looked into cash-for-query allegations Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, was not tabled in the Lok Sabha though it was in the listed agenda.

Rajya Sabha passed the Bill to repeal the Indian Post Office Act, 1898 and to consolidate and amend the law relating to the post offices in India. The opposition members raised questions over some provisions of the bill and asked if the government wanted to create a "surveillance state". The government rejected the apprehensions of the members.

The bill was passed by a voice vote after a reply by the Minister for Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw. The bill provides that Post Office shall provide such services as the Central Government may by rules prescribe and the Director General of Postal Services shall make regulations in respect of activities necessary to provide those services and fix the charges for such services. The bill provides India Post will not incur any liability with regards to its services, except any liability prescribed through rules.

Lok Sabha passed the Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023 which is in line with the government's policy of repealing all obsolete laws or pre-independence Acts which have lost their utility. The Government in consultation with the Bar Council of India has decided to repeal the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879.

It has decided to amend the Advocates Act, 1961 by incorporating the provisions of section 36 of the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 in the Advocates Act, 1961 so as to reduce the number of superfluous enactments in the statute book

The government has 21 Bills on its agenda for the session, including the bills to replace the IPC, the Indian Evidence Act and the CrPC.

(ANI)

The incident came to light when the neighbours informed their parents.

The mother of the deceased has filed a case of dowry death against six people, including the husband.

She alleged that her daughter was murdered when the demand for a car and a house as dowry was not met.

The postmortem report has also confirmed murder by strangulation.

The accused husband was arrested on Monday.

The woman Maryam ,21, was married to auto driver Farhan, 25, one and a half years ago. They also have a four-month-old child.

According to Maryam’s maternal uncle, they were informed by the neighbours of their niece’s in-laws house that she had died.

When they reached the house, no one was found there and Maryam was lying dead in the courtyard. They took her to the hospital where doctors declared her dead.

After investigation, Gomti Nagar police sent the body for post-mortem.

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Her mother Mehar Jahan filed a case of dowry death at the Gomti Nagar police station against son-in-law Farhan, his father Ayaz Ahmed, mother-in-law, sister-in-law Reshma, Fiza and an aunt-in-law.

She alleged that after marriage, her husband and in-laws used to harass her daughter over a four-wheeler and house.

When their demand was not met, they killed the daughter, the police said.

(IANS)