A view of the Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani The Madras High Court on Thursday (November 28, 2024) summoned the Tamil Nadu Public Department Secretary, irked that no counsel turned up to represent the State government in a batch of five writ petitions filed by it in 2023, which challenged the … Read more
Getty Images Kennedy (left) with Trump at an election rally in Arizona this summer Donald Trump has picked vaccine sceptic and former independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr as his health secretary, as the president-elect continues to build his new administration. Kennedy, commonly known by his initials RFK Jr, has a history of spreading … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Supreme Court has directed the Maharashtra home secretary to apprise why video conferencing facilities are not being used for the production of the accused in court to record evidence. A Bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and R Mahadevan asked the secretary to file an affidavit in this … Read more
Health Secretary Wes Streeting will vote against changing the law on assisted dying, the BBC has confirmed. Backbench Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has put forward a bill proposing that terminally ill adults nearing the end of their lives get the right to choose to shorten their deaths if they wish. But in a meeting of … Read more
Civic groups have said it is appalling to see the sheer number of stores selling non-green crackers. | Photo Credit: File photo Drawing the attention of the Chief Minister, Chief Secretary, Pollution Control Board, and other allied departments to the online sale of non-green crackers in Karnataka, like-minded civic groups have recommended a blanket ban … Read more
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
Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam has directed officials to deploy teams of the State disaster response force to areas vulnerable to flooding before the onset of the northeast monsoon. The Chief Secretary, who chaired a meeting on Saturday to prepare the State machinery for the monsoon, stressed the need to issue area-wise weather reports. “Equipment, water … Read more
An independent review of NHS performance in England has been ordered by the new health secretary. Wes Streeting said he wants the investigation to tell the “hard truths” about what he has called a broken service. Writing in the Sun newspaper, he said it will help inform his forthcoming 10-year plan for the NHS. Mr … Read more
Victoria Atkins was challenged to name some health trusts meeting their targets to cut waiting lists. But the health secretary said she was wanted to be “even handed” and declined to name any individual trusts hitting the expected standard for treating 80% of people in casualty within four hours. BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty pressed her … Read more
AICC Secretary and former MLA Sampath Kumar accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of playing with the sentiments of the Madiga community and the categorisation of reservations. He said the reservation issue is failing due to the conspiracy of some leaders during the election season and it was not fair for MRPS leader Manda Krishna … Read more