Jaipur, July 16 (BPNS) Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Saturday said that from hasty indiscriminate arrests, to difficulty in obtaining bail, the process leading to the prolonged incarceration of undertrials needs urgent attention. He added that prisons are “black boxes” and prisoners are “often unseen, unheard citizens”. Delivering an address at the 18th […]
Bhubaneswar, July 16 (BPNS) Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Saturday asked his party MPs to extend full support to NDA presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu. “The daughter of Odisha Draupadi Murmu has been nominated to the highest office of our country. It is indeed a matter of honour and […]
Chandigarh, July 16 (BPNS) In a major relief to residents, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday announced that as per the government’s promise to provide 600 units of free power per billing cycle, 51 lakh households will get zero electricity bill from September. The Chief Minister said for fulfilling its major promise, the government […]
Mumbai, July 16 (BPNS) The Congress’ Maharashtra unit on Saturday slammed the BJP for targeting its late leader Ahmed Patel, terming it as a desperate attempt to “wash” the party’s image tarnished in the 2002 Gujarat riots. “The allegations against Patel are cheap and baseless. It is only intended to cover up the sins of […]
New Delhi, July 16 (BPNS) West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will be the NDA candidate for Vice Presidential polls. BJP chief J.P. Nadda announced the name of Dhankhar as the NDA candidate after the Parliamentary Board meeting at party headquarters here. “After detailed discussion and considering all the names, the BJP Parliamentary Board has decided […]
Chennai, July 16 (BPNS) After a Kerala native was diagnosed with monkeypox disease and undergoing treatment at Thiruvananthapuram government medical college, the Tamil Nadu government has intensified surveillance in the borders adjoining Kerala. Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian while speaking to BPNS said, “ We have intensified patrolling across the borders sharing with Kerala […]
Chennai, July 16 (BPNS) The newly anointed general secretary of the AIADMK, Edappadi K. Palaniswami will soon be undertaking a statewide yatra against the ‘misrule’ of the DMK government. While the announcement has not come in the open, sources in the opposition party told IANS that the EPS has decided to undertake the yatra from […]
Chennai, July 16 (BPNS) After a policeman attached to the Coimbatore armed city force committed suicide, his friends and relatives blamed the online rummy game to which he was addicted to being the reason. Kalimuthu, 29, had borrowed more than Rs 20 lakh from his known persons including relatives and friends and had been playing […]
Chennai, July 16 (BPNS) The Water resources officials of Tamil Nadu are expecting the Kerala side to allow the Siruvani dam touch the Full Reservoir Level (FRL) which is 50 feet. Incessant rains at the catchment area of the dam which is situated in deep forests in Palakkad district of Kerala have led to increase […]
Dileep V Kumar, July 16, Thiruvananthapuram Recurring instances of zoonotic diseases in the state have finally persuaded the government to constitute zoonosis committees at the state and district levels. According to the health department, the constitution of such committees will help in inter-sectoral coordination and achieve the ‘One Health’ approach for controlling zoonotic diseases in […]
