-The Telegraph New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report about the problems being faced by patients because of the shortage of doctors in government hospitals in Tamil Nadu. Around 80 per cent of the state's seven crore people are dependant on government hospitals. The commission noted that according to Medical Council of India regulations and recommendations of the World Health Organisation, one lakh doctors...
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Chouhan to fast & hold talks with farmers -Rasheed Kidwai
-The Telegraph Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today invited the leaders of the agitating farmers for talks tomorrow, while arson attacks continued at many places in Madhya Pradesh and another death was reported from protest hub Mandsaur. Ghanashyam Dhakad, a 26-year-old farmer, was said to be on his way to a temple last night when some policemen allegedly thrashed him with sticks. He was declared dead this morning at...
More »5 killed as shots fired at MP farmers' protest, CM accuses Cong of instigating violence
-The Times of India INDORE: At least five persons were killed and over a dozen injured when shots were fired during a protest by farmers in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. Curfew has been clamped in Mandsaur and Pipliamandi and internet connectivity has been severed. The death toll, it is feared, may rise. The farmers were demanding that the government grant them a loan waiver and set a minimum...
More »Drought-led migration is making girls prey to trafficking in Andhra Pradesh's Kadiri, pushing town towards HIV/AIDS -TS Sudhir
-Firstpost.com Dr Mano Ranjan has been working at the Institute of Infectious Diseases situated on the Anantapur-Kadiri Road in Andhra Pradesh since 2009. This is the premier institute for the entire Rayalaseema region (southern Andhra Pradesh) for those suffering from HIV/AIDS. Dr Ranjan gets 25 new HIV/AIDS patients every day. "It is a ticking time bomb," he says. Thirty percent of the cases are from hamlets in and around Kadiri, unarguably the...
More »Haryana govt bows to girl power -Ashok Kumar
-The Hindu School in Gothra Tappa Dahina village in Rewari to be upgraded to senior secondary level GURUGRAM: The Haryana government on Wednesday acceded to the demand of girl students in Gothra Tappa Dahina village, Rewari, to upgrade their school to the senior secondary level. Many of the girls had been on a hunger strike for the last eight days. The students had alleged that on their way to the larger school in...
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