T.N. Health Department takes cancer screening to women at their workplace

T.N. Health Department takes cancer screening to women at their workplace

The Health Department had rolled out the community-based cancer screening programmes in four districts of Erode, Ranipet, Kanniyakumari and Tirupattur in November 2023. File photograph | Photo Credit: GOVARTHAN M At a time when Tamil Nadu is taking ahead its community-based organised cancer screening programme, the Directorate of Public Health (DPH) and Preventive Medicine is … Read more

Karnataka Health Department to collaborate with NIMHANS to chalk out effective suicide prevention programme

Karnataka Health Department to collaborate with NIMHANS to chalk out effective suicide prevention programme

Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao at the launch of N-SPRITE Centre at NIMHANS in Bengaluru on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: special arrangement The Karnataka Health Department will collaborate with NIMHANS to chalk out an effective suicide prevention programme by involving various government departments, said Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao. Speaking after launching N-SPRITE Centre (NIMHANS … Read more

No deduction from salary for CMDRF without consent, says Finance department

No deduction from salary for CMDRF without consent, says Finance department

The State government will not make deductions from the salaries of government employees who have not given their consent for contributions to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund, Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) A. Jayathilak said on Saturday. The government had urged employees to contribute five days’ salary to the CMDRF in connection with a salary … Read more

Group ‘A’ posts in Department of Medical Education to be filled through exam

Group ‘A’ posts in Department of Medical Education to be filled through exam

Dr. Sharanprakash Patil, Minister of Medical Education and Skill Development of Karnataka. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K Following allegations of corruption in recruitment, Minister for Medical Education Sharan Prakash Patil on Wednesday (August 7, 2024) directed department officials to fill group ‘A’ vacancies through a competitive exam conducted by the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA). … Read more

Forest Department, Railways jointly inspect tracks near Coimbatore to improve safety of wild elephants

Forest Department, Railways jointly inspect tracks near Coimbatore to improve safety of wild elephants

Officials from the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway inspected railway lines passing through the Madukkarai forest range in Coimbatore district | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Officials from the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway inspected railway lines passing through the Madukkarai forest range in … Read more

Come up with SOP for conducting weddings inside temples, Madras HC tells HR&CE Department

Come up with SOP for conducting weddings inside temples, Madras HC tells HR&CE Department

A mass wedding being conducted by HR&CE department at the Sri Abirami Amman Temple in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. File photo for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Madras High Court on Thursday, March 14, 2024, wanted to know whether the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department will come up with a … Read more

Kerala Motor Vehicles department set to suspend driving licence of actor Suraj Venjaramoodu in accident case

Kerala Motor Vehicles department set to suspend driving licence of actor Suraj Venjaramoodu in accident case

Suraj Venjaramoodu (file) | Photo Credit: PTI Actor Suraj Venjaramoodu is in danger of losing his eligibility to drive for three months with the Kerala Motor Vehicles department (MVD) going ahead with a decision to suspend his driving licence after the actor allegedly failed to respond to three notices issued to him in connection with … Read more

Endowments Department should take care of all Ram temples in Andhra Pradesh: Swami Srinivasananda

Endowments Department should take care of all Ram temples in Andhra Pradesh: Swami Srinivasananda

Andhra Pradesh Sadhu Parishad State President Swami Srinivasananda has requested the State government to maintain Ram temples across the State. File AP Sadhu Parishad’s State President Swami Srinivasananda asked officials to protect temple lands to make temples financially ‘self-reliant’ SRIKAKULAM: Andhra Pradesh Sadhu Parishad’s State President Swami Srinivasananda on January 20 urged both the Endowments … Read more

Forest department to install hanging solar fences in two Idukki panchayats

Forest department to install hanging solar fences in two Idukki panchayats

A model of the hanging solar fencing at Marayur forest division in Idukki. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Forest department has decided to install hanging solar fences at Marayur and Kanthaloor panchayats in Idukki to tackle man-animal conflict. According to officials, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has allotted a total … Read more