Deputy Commissioner Fouzia Taranum has urged both government and private healthcare providers to join forces in transforming Kalaburagi into a leading healthcare hub. Addressing an indoor gathering at United Hospital here on Wednesday, after inaugurating a free mega health check-up camp to mark the 13th anniversary of the hospital, she emphasised the need for enhanced […]
Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) should be paid just wages in recognition of the long and hard labour they have been doing at the grassroots to hold up the health system, Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan said on Wednesday (February 19, 2025). He was addressing ASHAs, who have been agitating for the past 10 […]
Three college students from Tamil Nadu were killed and 24 others injured after a tourist bus carrying them overturned at Echo Point, near Mattupetty, in Munnar on Wednesday. According to the police, the incident occurred around 2.30 p.m. The deceased have been identified as Tamil Nadu Nagercoil Kanakappapuran residents Aathika Ramu (19), Venika Ramesh (19), […]
The overall revenue receipts of the State in the current financial year is well below the expectations while the government continues to depend heavily on open market borrowings for meeting its commitments. The State’s overall revenue receipts at the end of January stood at ₹1.23 lakh crore, 55.96% of the ₹2.21 lakh crore projected in […]
The Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) in Secunderabad said that they have busted an inter-State ganja smuggling racket by arresting a suspect in possession of 3.86 kilogram of dry cannabis worth ₹96,475. The accused was transporting the contraband from Kendrapara, Odisha, to Secunderabad. The accused has been identified as Lambodar Jena, […]
The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Cherthala, on Wednesday sent two Taiwanese men in police custody for eight days in connection with an online fraud that led to a doctor couple from Cherthala in Alappuzha losing ₹7.65 crore last year (2024). The duo—Wang Chun-Wei, alias Sumoka, (26) and Shen Wei-Haw, alias Krish, (35) both belonging […]
As the temperature keeps rising in many parts of the district, Collector N. Devidas has issued instructions to take necessary measures for preventing possible disasters during the summer season. Speaking at a meeting of the District Disaster Management Authority here on Wednesday, he said that caution should be maintained to avoid sunstroke and summer diseases. […]
An inter-State drug peddler was arrested during his delivery trip to Hyderabad on Tuesday by the South West Zone of Commissioner’s Hyderabad-Narcotics Enforcement Wing and Tappachabutra police. The police said 3.5 kilograms of the contraband was seized from him. The accused was identified as Pallapati Narendra, also known as Nani, a 21-year-old farmer from Bapatla […]
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran has defended Shashi Tharoor, Thiruvananthapuram MP, over the controversy related to his recent newspaper article on the reported growth of start-ups and the improvement in ease of doing business in the State. Mr. Sudhakaran told the media here on Wednesday that there was nothing wrong in what […]
The Health department has intensified its surveillance and preventive measures following a fresh outbreak of mumps among students at two schools in Ambalappuzha and Punnapra. Officials said here on Wednesday that only a few students had tested positive for the disease. “There is no need to panic. We are closely monitoring the situation and precautionary […]
