Patnaik backs Murmu, appeals to all Odisha MLAs to support her

Bhubaneswar, June 22 (BPNS)  Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday appealed to all MLAs in the state to support Draupadi Murmu, who has been named as the NDA candidate in the presidential election. Patnaik, who is in Rome now, made this appeal on Twitter. “Appeal all the members of Odisha Legislative […]

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi likely to be new J&K Lt Governor

Srinagar, June 22 (BPNS) Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is likely to replace Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha as the Election Commission is preparing to hold Assembly elections in the Union Territory before the year end, top sources said. “Naqvi finally emerged as the top choice for the Lt Governor’s post in […]

Three arrested in attack on hospital, staff at Kollam, Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, June 22 (BPNS)  In Kerala, a hospital got vandalized and its staff was assaulted for questioning a bystander for not wearing a facemask. The attack was reported at Government Taluk Hospital in Neendakara at Kollam on Tuesday night.  According to hospital authorities, the miscreants shattered glass panels of the casualty’s pharmacy and destroyed medicines. […]

Multiple organs harvested from brain-dead youth in Coimbatore

Chennai, June 22 (BPNS) Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) in a statement on Wednesday said that multiple organs were harvested from a brain-dead youth on Tuesday. The medical centre said that a youth, Dhineesh (22) hailing from Narosothipatty near Alagapuram in Salem district of Tamil Nadu met with an accident on June 18 and […]