Health minister defends timeline on dealing with winter pressures

Health minister defends timeline on dealing with winter pressures

Lyndsey TelfordBBC News NI BBC Health minister Mike Nesbitt said he was determined to get the plan out ahead of last years plan, which was published in November. The health minister has defended his department’s timeline for initiating a plan to deal with winter pressures on the health service. Mike Nesbitt said a plan has … Read more

Mandya MLA defends Shivakumar’s warning to Kannada film fraternity

Mandya MLA defends Shivakumar’s warning to Kannada film fraternity

MLA for Mandya Ravi Kumar Ganiga on Sunday defended Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s warning to the Kannada film fraternity for their failure to turn up for the 16th edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes). Speaking to reporters in Mysuru, Mr. Ganiga said there was nothing wrong with Mr. Shivakumar’s statement that the “nuts … Read more

CPI(M) Kerala secretary M.V. Govindan defends transfer of ADGP Ajith Kumar amid controversy

CPI(M) Kerala secretary M.V. Govindan defends transfer of ADGP Ajith Kumar amid controversy

M.V. Govindan, CPI(M) Kerala State secretary (file) | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] Kerala State secretary M.V. Govindan has defended the transfer of Kerala ADGP M.R. Ajith Kumar from Law and Order duties, describing it as “a timely decision.” Responding to questions from the media in Kannur on Monday (October 7, … Read more

We can’t deny entry pass if there is a demand from voters, Ramesh Jigajinagi says and defends Pratap Simmha

We can’t deny entry pass if there is a demand from voters, Ramesh Jigajinagi says and defends Pratap Simmha

Ramesh Jigajinagi is the Vijayapura MP. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Member of Parliament Ramesh Jigajinagi has batted in favour of Mysuru and Kodagu MP Pratap Simmha stating that the “colour bomb incident inside Parliament has been a big lapse. I was present on the spot. However, it is not correct to say that it … Read more

Patanjali defends its medicines, claims they are clinically proven

Patanjali defends its medicines, claims they are clinically proven

Patanjali said in a press release that its products have helped thousands of people free from several diseases like blood pressure, sugar, thyroid, asthma, arthritis, obesity, liver and kidney failures, and cancer. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters A day after the Supreme Court warned Baba Ramdev-owned Patanjali Ayurved of imposing hefty fines if they do not … Read more

Tamilisai defends actions in Telangana, Puducherry; maintains she is not interfering in governance

Tamilisai defends actions in Telangana, Puducherry; maintains she is not interfering in governance

She says former Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy was allergic to Lieutenant Governors She says former Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy was allergic to Lieutenant Governors Defending her actions in Telangana and the Union Territory of Puducherry, Telangana Governor and Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday maintained that she was “not interfering” in the … Read more