The leaders of Kula Vyatireka Porata Sangham (KVPS) have given a call for a protest on November 26 against what they called the Centre’s ‘anti-farmer, anti-worker and anti-people policies’. In a statement, KVPS State president O. Nallappa and general secretary Andhra Malyadri said the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha had announced their decision … Read more
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to change the alignment of package 3 of the East Coast Road (ECR) from Marakkanam. Of the total length of 46 km, 30.8 km from Koonimedu to Aliyur will be a greenfield access-controlled stretch that allows motorists to clock up to 100 kmph. The road runs 15.2 … Read more
The Tamil Nadu government is planning to create a Hyde Park-like low-maintenance urban park in the portion of land that was recently recovered by it in Guindy, and handed over to the horticulture department. It had recently regained possession of 160.86 acres of urban land, which were earlier being used by the Madras Race Club, … Read more
The Kozhikode Corporation, in association with the Kerala Health department, is planning to conduct a water testing camp in Kommeri where around 28 people have been diagnosed with jaundice. This was decided at a meeting held on Thursday in which the local councillors, corporation health staff and members of the standing committee on health were … Read more
Getty Images Even as Covid hit, the government and its health officials were bullish in their confidence about their ability to cope. Dr Jenny Harries, then the deputy chief medical officer for England, hailed the UK as an “international exemplar” in its preparedness at one of the early TV press conferences. She was not the … Read more
More than 40% of public-service spending was already on health, IFS research economist Max Warner said. And to keep increasing the budget, other areas of government spending would have to be cut. “Whichever party takes office after the next election, budgets for the next fiscal year and the choice of how much to give to … Read more
The State Chairman for the Minority Department of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC), J. Aslam Basha, on Wednesday, filed an online complaint against BJP Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai’s ‘En Mann, En Makkal’ padayatra in Vaniyambadi and Ambur towns scheduled on February 2 (Friday) in Tirupattur district. Police said that the online complaint was registered … Read more
Condemning the ‘anti-people policies’ of the BJP-led government at the Centre, members of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS) and All India Agricultural Workers Union (AIAWU) will stage a night-long protest with the slogan, “Save Democracy and Save Constitution”, in Kalaburagi on August 14. Activist M.B. Sajjan and Gauramma … Read more
The site where some youths carried out a trial blast in Shivamogga district of Karnataka in September 2022. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed its first supplementary chargesheet on June 30 against nine persons in the Islamic State (IS) conspiracy case of Shivamogga district in Karnataka. The accused had carried … Read more
Rayalaseema Saaguneeti Sadhana Samithi president Bojja Dasaratharami Reddy addressing the protesters at Mandlem village in Nandyal district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement There is a groundswell of support from all the villages in Rayalaseema districts for the Siddheswaram Jala Jagarana Deekha proposed on May 31. Many villagers residing closer to the Srisailam Reservoir … Read more