Thousands of patients suffer as doctors strike work in TN
Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) For the second day in succession, thousands of patients in government hospitals in Tamil Nadu continue to suffer as around 17,000 doctors are on a strike since Friday, demanding pay parity.
NDRF, SDRF teams to rescue boy trapped in TN borewell
Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have now taken over the rescue operation to save a two-year old boy who fell into an abandoned borewell in a village in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli district.
P.S.Sreedharan Pillai out, search on for new Kerala BJP chief
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 26 (IANS) With Kerala BJP president P.S.Sreedharan Pillai appointed as the new Mizoram Governor, search has started to find his replacement with senior leaders K.Surendran, M.T.Ramesh, Sobha Surendran and Kummanem Rajasekheran among the front-runners.
RBI officer who killed self was depressed: Odisha Police
Bhubaneswar, Oct 26 (IANS) The General Manager of RBI’s Guwahati branch, who allegedly committed suicide in Odisha’s Jajpur, was depressed after failing to get a job transfer from Assam to his native state of Odisha, the police said on Saturday.
Manish Tewari for Bharat Ratna to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Congress leader Manish Tewari on Saturday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to award Bharat Ratna to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev posthumously.
Stunned by rout in bypolls, BSP struggles to save core voters
By Vivek Tripathi
Lucknow, Oct 26 (IANS) The Bahujan Samaj Party, which won 10 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh May this year, has been handed a washout by the voters in the Assembly bypolls. Of its 11 candidates, five candidates could not even open their accounts in the bypolls, and six lost their deposits.
Kamlesh Tiwari’s wife Kiran to be new Hindu Samaj Party chief
Lucknow, Oct 26 (IANS) Kiran Tiwari, wife of slain Hindu Samaj Party (HSP) chief, will take charge as the new president of the party here on Saturday.
Credit culture needs to change (Comment)
By K. Yatish Rajawat
The fraud at Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank shows that there is a rot in the system and not the bank. If unchecked, it can cause irreparable damage to the system. The complicity of bank officials with the Wadhawan family and its companies shows that there is a systemic flaw in the credit system. The extent of it may vary from one bank to another, but its existence is now undeniable.

What green crackers, ask Sivasaki’s firecracker industry employees
By Tejas Dayanand Sagar
Sivakasi (Tamil Nadu), Oct 26 (101Reporters/IANS) After a blanket ban on firecrackers by the Supreme Court in October 2018, workers and firecracker manufacturers were fearing for their livelihood and business.
Dushyant’s security beefed up in Haryana
Chandigarh, Oct 26 (IANS) JJP chief Dushyant Chautala’s security was intensified on Saturday after his party entered into a post-poll alliance with the BJP to claim formation of the government for a second consecutive term in Haryana.
India’s family planning profile is unique: US Professor
By Archana Sharma
Jaipur, Oct 26 (IANS) India’s family planning profile is unique among many nations for different reasons, feels Professor Amy O. Tsui from the US based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Institute.
Rescue efforts continue to save boy from TN borewell
Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) Rescue efforts continued on Saturday to save a two-year-old boy who fell into a 30-ft abandoned borewell in a village in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli district.
Deepotsav in Ayodhya on Saturday, 5.51 lakh diyas to be lit
Lucknow, Oct 26 (IANS) The Yogi Adiyanath government of Uttar Pradesh will celebrate the annual Diwali event ‘Deepotsav’ on Saturday with the illumination of 5.51 lakh diyas or earthen lamps. The government will also launch schemes worth Rs 226 crore on the occasion.
Former J&K interlocutor named Lakshwadeep Administrator
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Former Intelligence Bureau Director and Centre’s interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, was on Friday appointed the Administrator of the Union Territory of Lakshwadeep, an official statement said.