Odisha reports 381 new Covid cases, 1 death
Bhubaneswar, Aug 15 (PTI) Odisha’s COVID-19 tally rose to 13,23,052 on Monday as 381 more people, including 84 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 9,156 as a 55-year-old woman died in Rayagada. Fifty-three other patients have died due to comorbidities so far, the health department […]
People’s aspirations on rise, we can’t wait anymore to fulfill them: PM Modi
New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) Be it the Centre or states, governments will have to work to realise the aspirations of the people of the country as they can not wait anymore to see their dreams being fulfilled, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort […]
Schools, Colleges in Coimbatore to have anti-drug clubs
Chennai, Aug 13 (BPNS) The Coimbatore district administration has directed all schools and colleges in the district to open anti- drug clubs. This is following the rising menace of narcotic use among the students of the districts. The Coimbatore district collector, G.S. Sameeran in a statement said that NCC, NSS, and scout teams will assist […]
Shortage of medicines: TN government hospitals’ function affected
Chennai, Aug 13 (BPNS) The functioning of many government hospitals of Tamil Nadu is affected by an acute shortage of medicines. The government medical college hospitals are now functioning by making local purchases using Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS). Sources in the Tamil Nadu health department told BPNS that the Tamil Nadu Medical […]
TN government to commence production of Pongal sarees, dhotis soon
Chennai, Aug 13 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government’s announcement that it will commence the production of Pongal sarees and dhotis soon has brought relief to the weavers of Erode and other districts of the state where weavers depend mainly on the order from the state government. The Tamil Nadu Federation of Power Loom Association had […]
Drug proliferation in TN: AIADMK calls for CM to allow police to act independently
Chennai, Aug 13 (BPNS) The AIADMK interim general secretary and former Chief Minister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami called for the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to allow the state police to function independently to curb the drug proliferation in the state. In a statement on Saturday, the former Chief Minister said that he had raised […]
Jaleel withdraws remarks, but controversy refuses to die down
Thiruvananthapuram, August 13 (BPNS) The CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front government in the state has once again been put in a spot by Thavanur MLA KT Jaleel. In the latest, he stirred a hornet’s nest by making some controversial remarks on Jammu and Kashmir via a Facebook post. Though the former minister withdrew his comments, […]
CPM leader and former minister K.T. Jaleel draws flak over Kashmir remarks
Chennai, Aug 12 (BPNS) CPM leader ,KT Jaleel MLA who was a minister in the first Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet has drawn flak over serious anti- national remarks on Kashmir. The former minister in a facebook post stated that during partition Kashmir was divided into two and that the Kashmir part in Pakistan was Azad Kashmir […]
Rushdie stabbed in New York state at event on asylum for writers
New York, Aug 12 (IANS) Author Salman Rushdie, who has a multi-million-dollar bounty on his head, was stabbed on Friday while he was on stage readying to speak at an event in New York State on the US as the home of creative expression. State Police said Rushdie, who appeared to have been stabbed in […]
