Kerala students protest against fee hike; several injured duri...

Thiruvananthapuram:Kerala Health minister K K Shailaja today stressed the need to launch a determined fight against tobacco, which causes a host of terminal illnesses, including cancers. She also exhorted all to take pledge against tobacco use which is a ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Health Minister K K Shailaja has said thatthe government will conduct inspection at all daycare centres in the state. Responding to a question in the Assembly, Shailaja said that a special committee will be appointed to examine the present ...

Nitish Kumar met Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Wednesday night to stake claim to form government with the support of the BJP, hours after he dramatically resigned as the chief minister.    BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi also met the governor and submitted a letter with the support of 132 JD-U and BJP MLAs,  Bihar BJP vice-president Ram Narayan Mandal told Rediff.com.    Kumar will take oath as the chief minister of a new government with Sushil Modi as his ...

The Kerala government is planning to set up a 'One-Day Home' to provide safe accommodation for women visiting the city for various purposes as part of making the state capital women-friendly. Women who come from other places to cities for various purposes ...

Kozhikode: Joining hands with the state government's cleanliness drive, Mathrubhumi on Thursdaylaunched its Clean Calicut initiave with the aim to clean-up Kozhikode city. The programme began around 8.30 am on Thursday. Altogether, 23 centres werecleaned as ...

Vice President M. Hamid Ansari has said that the differently abled children can be the best ambassadors for this innovative and ambitious campaign 'Anuyatra' or walking together campaign - for the persons with special needs. He was addressing an event to ...

Women conductors of BMTC's Volvo depot at Kempegowda bus station staged a flash protest, disrupting AC bus services for more than two hours on Thursday. Women conductors Nagamani, Deepa, Suvarna, Surekha and others sat on a dharna alleging that depot manager ...

In a first, three bureaucrats including former coal secretary HC Gupta have been sentenced to two years in jail for their involvement in the coal scam. However, all three convicted coal ministry officials – including Gupta, Meghalaya chief secretary KS ...

Thiruvananthapuram: In a shocker, empty liquor and beer bottles were found at the lightning inspection conducted byHealth Minister K K Shailajaat the Thiruvananthapuram General Hospital on Thursday. The minister publicly admonished the hospital employees for ...