OPS erects hoarding with PM Modi and Amit Shah, speculation rife over joining BJP
Chennai, July 28 (BPNS) Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam (OPS ), has created a flutter after his camp erected huge hoardings with OPS with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home minister, Amit Shah. It is to be noted that OPS was expelled from the AIADMK on July 11 during the party general […]
Sports diplomats have major role in forging India- US ties, US Consul General, Chennai
Chennai, July 28 (BPNS) The Consul General of the United States of America in Chennai, Judith Ravin said that deep ties between India and the United States are built on the people-to-people connections forged by sports diplomats. She was speaking to a group of US Chess Grandmasters (GM), International Masters (IM), and Women Grand Masters […]
Asia Cup 2022 officially shifted from Sri Lanka to UAE
Dubai, July 27 (BPNS) The 2022 edition of the Asia Cup was on Wednesday officially shifted from Sri Lanka to the UAE. However, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will remain the hosts of the marquee multi-nation tournament, which will be played in middle-east Asia between August 27 and September 11. The decision to move the tournament […]
Lalu Prasad family facing uneasy situation after Bhola Yadav’s arrest
Patna, July 27 (BPNS) The Lalu Prasad Yadav family is facing an uneasy situation after CBI arrested the RJD chief’s close aide Bhola Yadav in Delhi on Wednesday. Considered “Hanuman” of Lalu Prasad, he has been associated with Lalu Prasad for more than three decades, and believed to be privy to his secrets, while the investigatingb […]
At UNSC, India raises killing of BSF personnel UN operation in DR Congo
United News, July 27 (IANS) India has raised at the Security Council the killing of Border Security Force Head Constables Sanwala Ram Vishnoi and Shishupal Singh in mob violence against UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). India’s Charge d’Affaires R. Ravindra expressed concern over the situation in DRC and the lack of […]
Jharkhand illegal mining case: ED seizes inland vessel worth Rs 30 crore
New Delhi, July 27 (BPNS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized an inland vessel namely M.V. Infralink-III in connection with the case pertaining to illegal mining and extortion in Jharkhand, an official said on Wednesday. The vessel, worth around Rs 30 crore, was allegedly being used by Pankaj Mishra, a close aide of Jharkhand Chief Minister […]
US Justice Department closing in on Trump over Jan 6
Washington, July 27 (BPNS) The US Department of Justice could be closing in on former President Donald Trump for his lies about the 2020 election that he lost to President Joe Biden and his efforts to overturn the outcome culminating in the historic insurrection at the US Capitol, home to American Congress, on January 6, 2021. […]
Intervention among sex workers to prevent local transmission of monkeypox
Dileep V Kumar, Thiruvananthapuram, July 27 The fight against monkeypox virus (MPV) transmission in the state has been raised to the next level as the state health department joins hands with the Kerala State AIDS Control Society (KSACS). According to health officials, intervention programmes will be conducted among men who have sex with men (MSM) […]
30 plus age group highly prone to get lifestyle diseases, finds health dept
Thiruvananthapuram, July 27 (BPNS) An ongoing health screening programme among people who are above 30 years old in the state has come out with some disturbing facts. It turned out that of the five-lakh people screened for lifestyle diseases so far, a majority are prone to get any of the chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), like […]
