Ministers Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar and Adluri Lakshman Kumar at a video conference with the district collectors on Tuesday | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Telangana district collectors were directed to stay at residential schools for at least a day in a week to check the maintenance of the amenities. They were asked to complete … Read more
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed district in-charge Ministers and district in-charge Secretaries to immediately visit areas affected by heavy rain and floods across the State and oversee the relief efforts. The Chief Minister has informed Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh to convene a meeting of all the Deputy Commissioners, chief executive officers of zilla panchayats, and district … Read more
Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images Richard Meddings, a former banker, is the chair of NHS England The chair of NHS England has said he does not disagree with the abolishing of the organisation – although he warns that the buck will now stop with ministers. “There will no longer be a separate vehicle that can … Read more
Minister for Health C. Damodar Raja Narasimha and Health Secretary Christina Z. Chongthu along with members of the Telangana Aarogyasri Network Hospitals Association during a meeting on January 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Telangana Aarogyasri Network Hospitals Association (TANHA) has ended its 10-day strike, which saw the suspension of Aarogyasri admissions in … Read more
Getty Images Proposals on the long-term funding of adult social care in England are unlikely to be delivered before 2028 at the earliest, the government has confirmed. Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting is promising “to finally grasp the nettle on social care reform”, with an independent commission due to begin work in April. … Read more
Getty Images Ministers are considering tighter restrictions on smoking outdoors as part of a drive to phase out tobacco. As first reported by the Sun, smoking could be banned in pub gardens, outdoor restaurants, outside hospitals and sports grounds. The measures are being proposed as part of a toughened-up version of the last government’s Tobacco … Read more
Confident PM will declare Wayanad landslides national disaster once he sees devastation: Rahul Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said it was a good decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit landslides-hit Wayanad and expressed confidence that once he sees the extent of the devastation firsthand, the prime minister … Read more
President Droupadi Murmu hosted a dinner in honour of the Union Council of Ministers, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday | Photo Credit: ANI Tamil Nadu is the only major State that does not have an MP in the Union Ministry in the present term. The State … Read more
A.P. Endowments Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, Nellore MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy and MA&UD Minister Ponguru Narayana addressing media at Sri Ranganatha Swamy temple in Nellore on Monday. Andhra Pradesh Endowments Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, along with Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Minister Ponguru Narayana and Nellore MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy, visited Sri Thalpagiri Ranganatha … Read more
Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new Council of Ministers reflects continuity from the previous government, a few ministers’ portfolios have been changed. Jyotiraditya Scindia is a key figure among the Union Ministers whose portfolio has been reallocated. Scindia, the former Civil Aviation Minister, has been given the charge of the Ministry of Communications and the … Read more