Bhopal, Sep 24 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla said on Tuesday that the BJP-led state government has consistently implemented various steps to enhance health services and the results of such measures would be visible in the state in the coming years. He added that a significant component of this strategy includes establishing new medical institutions under centrally sponsored schemes and under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects, which aims to address the he…

Bengaluru, Sep 24 (IANS) BJP Rajya Sabha MP Lahar Singh Siroya, commenting on the Socio-Economic and Academic Survey, commonly referred to as the caste census, has slammed Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for commencing the survey in a tearing hurry. He further ridiculed that the only person happy with the caste survey is Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.Lahar Singh, who is also a Member of the Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology and a …

Madrid, Sep 23 (IANS) FC Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal remains patient in his pursuit of the coveted Ballon d’Or, as suggested by his recent social media post. The Barcelona and Spain player, who recently celebrated his 18th birthday, was named second behind Paris Saint-Germain’s Ousmane Dembele in Monday’s star-studded presentation in Paris.Despite his impressive performance in leading Barca to both a League and Cup double in Spain and reaching the Champions League semifinals last season, Yama…

London, Sep 23 (IANS) England have announced their squads for the much-anticipated five-Test Ashes series against Australia and the preceding white-ball tour of New Zealand. Ben Stokes will lead the team in Ashes while continuing his recovery from a shoulder injury that ruled him out of the fifth Test against India earlier this summer.The Ashes squad is packed with experience and firepower, including the returns of spinner Shoaib Bashir, sidelined mid-India series with a finger injury, and pacer…

Jaipur, Sep 23 (IANS) Jaipur Pink Panthers clinched a nail-biting contest against U Mumba, registering a 6-4 win in the tie-break after the two sides were tied at 38-38 at the end of regulation time in their Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 12 clash at the SMS Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday.Nitin Kumar registered a Super 10, while Reza Mirbagheri and Vinay contributed with four tackles and six raids, respectively. For U Mumba, Sandeep’s Super 10 went in vain.Jaipur Pink Panthers hit the ground …

New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Ignored by the selectors for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series and put in charge of the India A team, middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer has reportedly requested a break from red-ball cricket, ruling himself out of the upcoming two-match home Test series against the West Indies.The decision came shortly after Iyer stepped down as India A captain and left the Lucknow camp midway through the ongoing series against Australia A.According to an IE report, Iyer informed the B…

United Nations, Sep 23 (IANS) Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto started and ended his speech by including Sanskrit greetings while calling for harmony of all religions. Starting his speech at the General Assembly on Tuesday, he included, in greeting the world leaders, “Om Swastiastu”, which is used in his country’s Hindu-majority island of Bali and is translated as “May you be blessed and protected”.And ended his speech by including, “Om Shanti Shanti, Shanti Om”, along with i…

Patna, Sep 23 (IANS) The stage is set for the historic meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) at Sadaqat Ashram in Patna on Wednesday, where the party’s top leadership will converge to chart its course ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections and political challenges. On the eve of the meeting, Congress National General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal issued a statement on the social media platform X, calling the occasion ‘historic’ and highlighting Bihar’s pivotal role in…

Hyderabad, Sep 23 (IANS) Actress and BJP leader Khushbu Sundar participated in Bathukamma celebrations at Bhagyalakshmi Temple abutting historic Charminar on Tuesday.Khushbu, who is the Vice President of the BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit, played Bathukamma along with women leaders of the Telangana BJP.Hyderabad Police had refused permission for the programme, citing law and order concerns. However, on a petition by a BJP leader, the Telangana High Court allowed the event subject to certain conditions….

Ahmedabad, Sep 23 (IANS) Since the launch of ‘Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan’, the scheme is witnessing overwhelming participation of women, who are enrolling themselves to get benefits of the special health check-up camps, being organised under the campaign. In Gujarat’s Valsad, the District Health Department on Tuesday held many special health camps for conducting routine check-ups of women, lactating mothers as well as children.Special health camps were organised at all community healt…