Bommai urges Congress to release evidence to prove voter fraud charges

Bommai urges Congress to release evidence to prove voter fraud charges

Arguing that it is not proper for the Congress to defame constitutional institutions like the Election Commission of India for political motives, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday urged the Congress to release evidence to prove their charges that voters’ theft had taken place in the previous Lok Sabha elections.  “The evidence is an … Read more

Doctors’ association urges government to act on paraquat poisoning

Doctors’ association urges government to act on paraquat poisoning

Members of Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association (HRDA) at a meeting with Karimnagar District Collector Pamela Satpathy on Thursday. In order to address the growing concern over paraquat poisoning, the Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association (HRDA) has urged the Telangana government to take action against the use of the toxic herbicide. A meeting on the issue was … Read more

Assisted dying: Esther Rantzen urges Lords not to block bill

Assisted dying: Esther Rantzen urges Lords not to block bill

Maia Davies & Johanna Chisholm BBC News Getty Images Dame Esther Rantzen told the BBC in 2023 that she had joined assisted dying clinic Dignitas Dame Esther Rantzen has appealed to the House of Lords not to block a bill giving terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to an assisted death, after … Read more

Streeting urges doctors to vote no in strike ballot

Streeting urges doctors to vote no in strike ballot

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has urged doctors in England to “vote no” in a ballot on industrial action which gets under way on Tuesday. In a BBC interview, he urged resident doctors, the new name for junior doctors, to “work with the government” and warned strikes risked hampering the progress being made in the NHS. … Read more

Air India, Indigo to operate additional flights from Srinagar; Government urges airlines to avoid surge pricing

Air India, Indigo to operate additional flights from Srinagar; Government urges airlines to avoid surge pricing

Air India and IndiGo will operate a total of four additional flights from Srinagar to the national capital and Mumbai on Wednesday (April 23, 2025). File | Photo Credit: G.P. Sampath Kumar The Civil Aviation Ministry has asked airlines to ensure there is no surge in airfares on the Srinagar route, and airlines will be … Read more

‘They want to divide us’: Mamata attacks BJP, RSS, urges people to maintain peace

‘They want to divide us’: Mamata attacks BJP, RSS, urges people to maintain peace

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. | Photo Credit: PTI Alleging that the BJP and the RSS initiated a “vicious false campaign” in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday (April 19, 2025) urged the people to maintain peace, and stated that the majority and the minority communities must take care of each other. Referring … Read more

Street hawkers’ body urges Centre to issue national guidelines to protect vendors from heatwaves

Street hawkers’ body urges Centre to issue national guidelines to protect vendors from heatwaves

The National Hawkers Federation (NHF) on Friday (April 11, 2025) urged the Centre to issue national-level guidelines to protect street vendors from the rising threat of heatwaves. The increasing temperatures are putting the lives and livelihoods of over two crore vendors at risk, it said. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union … Read more

Doctors didn’t warn women of ‘risky sex’ drug urges

Doctors didn’t warn women of ‘risky sex’ drug urges

Noel Titheradge BBC News Investigations correspondent Curtis Lancaster BBC South Investigations BBC Claire says she began to feel unprecedented sexual urges after taking the drugs Patients prescribed drugs for movement disorders – including restless leg syndrome (RLS) – say doctors did not warn them about serious side effects that led them to seek out risky … Read more