Inflow of Maldivian nationals to Kochi for medicare continues despite diplomatic row

Inflow of Maldivian nationals to Kochi for medicare continues despite diplomatic row

The diplomatic row between India and Maldives has not impacted the inflow of Maldivian nationals for medical treatment in private hospitals here. Of the monthly average of around 3,000 foreign nationals that seek treatment here, people from Maldives accounted for nearly 15-20%. Around 600 persons from Maldives avail treatment in a month at hospitals here … Read more

Qatar death row | Exhaust every resource to bring back Navy veterans: Adhir Chowdhury in Lok Sabha

Qatar death row | Exhaust every resource to bring back Navy veterans: Adhir Chowdhury in Lok Sabha

Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury speaks in the Lok Sabha on the first day of the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi on December 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday, December 4, demanded that the Union government “exhaust every resource” to bring back the eight former naval … Read more

TNPSC appointments row | Governor returns file, recommending ex-DGP as chairperson, again

TNPSC appointments row | Governor returns file, recommending ex-DGP as chairperson, again

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi has once again returned to the State government, the file recommending the name of former Director-General of Police C. Sylendra Babu for appointment as chairman, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC). Contending that the recommendations were inconsistent with Constitutional … Read more

The mutilated body of woman found in Malda triggers panic, and a political row

The mutilated body of woman found in Malda triggers panic, and a political row

  The body of an unidentified woman with multiple injuries in West Bengal’s Malda district not only triggered panic among the people but also sparked a political war of words between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The body, found in Harishchandrapur in Malda, had been disfigured with acid. It was … Read more

Have full faith that EC will make right decision, says NCP leader Jayant Patil on party name and symbol row

Have full faith that EC will make right decision, says NCP leader Jayant Patil on party name and symbol row

NCP leader Jayant Patil expressed confidence in the EC that it would make the right decision regarding the party’s name and symbol amidst an ongoing dispute with Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar. File | Photo Credit: Twitter/Jayant_R_Patil Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader (Sharad Pawar faction), Jayant Patil, on Saturday, expressed confidence in the Election Commission … Read more

Cauvery row | Bandh observed in Mandya in protest against release of water to Tamil Nadu

Cauvery row | Bandh observed in Mandya in protest against release of water to Tamil Nadu

Seer of Adichunchanagiri Mutt Sri Nirmalanandanatha Swamiji turned up at the site of protest by farmers’ outfits in Mandya to extend his support to the ongoing agitation against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu on September 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Several shops and business establishments remained closed in Mandya on September … Read more

Sanatana Dharma row | BJP raking up issue to divert attention from its failures and corruption: T.N. CM Stalin

Sanatana Dharma row | BJP raking up issue to divert attention from its failures and corruption: T.N. CM Stalin

T.N. CM M. K. Stalin | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M. K. Stalin on Wednesday, said the BJP was raking up the Sanatana Dharma issue to divert the attention of people from its failures, and its corruption. In a statement, Mr. Stalin endorsed Dravidar Kazhagam president K. Veeramani’s … Read more

DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s eradicate Sanatan Dharma remark sparks row; BJP calls it ‘genocidal’

DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s eradicate Sanatan Dharma remark sparks row; BJP calls it ‘genocidal’

DMK Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin. | Photo Credit: PTI Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK minister and son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on September 2 called for the “eradication’ of the Sanatan Dharma” and equated it with diseases like dengue and malaria, inviting sharp criticism from BJP leaders. BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya … Read more