Tamil Nadu Chief M. K. Stalin | Photo Credit: RAGU R Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Monday, June 24, 2024, wrote to Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar seeking to secure the immediate release of all the fishermen and their fishing boats apprehended by Sri Lanka. “I write this letter to you … Read more
Some qualified GPs cannot find enough work even at a time of high patient demand for appointments, according to a doctors’ union. The British Medical Association (BMA) says it has heard from locum doctors in England who are struggling to get shifts at practices. Locums are used by practices to cover sickness or other absence … Read more
JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy taking oath as Minister at the swearing-in ceremony of new Union government, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: PTI As many as five Members of Parliament, including Janata Dal (Secular) State president and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and the former Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, … Read more
Getty Images Patients are sometimes cared for in corridors because of a lack of hospital beds Caring for patients in hospital corridors has become “normal”, despite being unsafe and unacceptable for patients, says a report from the Royal College of Nursing. At its annual conference starting on Monday, RCN boss Prof Nicola Ranger will say … Read more
The TSRTC Employees’ Union, affiliated to the AITUC, has given a call for ‘Chalo Bus Bhavan’ on May 21 to press for its charter of demands, including speedy completion of the process for merger of the TSRTC with the government. The other demands of the TSRTC Employees’ Union include revival of trade unions in the … Read more
Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi constituency Smriti Irani offers prayers at the Ram Mandir, in Ayodhya. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday visited the Ram temple and Hanumangarhi temple in Ayodhya. Speaking to reporters, the minister said that she prayed for the good health of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, progress of the nation … Read more
Dilip Ray. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former Union Minister and hotelier Dilip Ray, whose conviction in coal scam case was stayed by Delhi High Court on Monday, is likely to contest Assembly election from Rourkela on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. Former Union Minister for Tribal Affairs and Sundargarh BJP Lok Sabha candidate Jual … Read more
Reacting to Zomato’s plans of rolling out a ‘pure veg fleet’, the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU), a body that works for the welfare of gig workers, sought to know whether the food delivery app would also filter out delivery workers who are vegetarian. TGPWU president Shaik Salauddin, in a statement, said: “If … Read more
Members of the CITU-affiliated Power-loom Workers’ Union on Friday staged a 24-hour hunger strike in Sircilla demanding urgent steps by the government to place fresh orders for production of Bathukamma saris and other fabric to mitigate the financial woes of the power-loom workers in the textile town. Addressing the demonstrators, the union leaders said thousands … Read more
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Six Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs who voted against party nominee Abhishek Manu Singhvi in the Rajya Sabha elections, along with three Independent lawmakers, have shifted to a hotel in BJP-ruled Uttarakhand amid an ongoing rebellion against Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. Two BJP … Read more