The Tamil Maanila Congress Wednesday accused both the Central and Tamilnadu governments of neglecting the interests of farmers in Tamilnadu.
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Opposition DMK Wednesday lashed out at the ruling AIADMK over the transfusion of HIV infected blood to a pregnant woman, saying it showed how the state-run hospitals function under this “corrupt government.”
Tamilnadu Ministers Wednesday sought Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s intervention to get the Centre to release Rs 3,776.20 crore pending grants under the 14th Central Finance Commission ‘to carry out day to day affairs and provide basic amenities to citizens.’
The dossier on the Siddha medicine system, prepared by doctors and professors for exploiting its full potential, has been approved, Union Minister of State for Ayush Shripad Yesso Naik Wednesday said.
Thousands of people lit “Ayyappa Jyothies” (lamps) across Kerala from the northern Kasaragod district to the state capital down south Wednesday evening, vowing to protect the rituals and traditions of the famous hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala.
Unhappy with the Congress’ ‘big brother attitude’ in the ruling coalition in Karnataka, JD(S) workers and local leaders have asked the leadership to contest all 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the coming Lok Sabha polls, party sources said.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has said it was “very difficult” to predict the country’s next Prime Minister in view of the current political situation. Noting that he was “not focussed” on politics, the 53-year-old yoga guru said he would not support or oppose anyone in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The Centre is understood to have rejected Left-ruled Kerala’s float on Vaikom Satyagraha, a renaissance movement against untouchability and linked to temple access, for the Republic Day parade, according to state officials.
Senior Karnataka BJP MLA Umesh Katti Wednesday claimed he was in touch with 15 disgruntled legislators of ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition and his party would welcome them if they chose to join it.