The stroke unit at the Department of Neurology, Government General Hospital, Guntur, has achieved the rare honour of being included in nationwide Stroke Services Network, an initiative of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Christian Medical College (CMC), Ludhiana. The Stroke Unit at Guntur will be part of the Indian Stroke Trial Network (INSTRUcT) to carry out stroke […]
» Read morePinarayi Vijayan being sworn in as Chief Minister of Kerala by Governor P. Sathasivam at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. The Cabinet of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government comprises 19 members.
» Read moreAIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa on Wednesday nominated four party leaders, including a former Minister, for the June 11 Rajya Sabha elections. Ms. Jayalalithaa announced the candidature of R. Vaithilingam, Housing Minister in the previous AIADMK Cabinet, former Rajya Sabha member A. Navaneethakrishnan, advocate A. Vijayakumar and S.R.Balasubramanian for the biennial elections. Mr. Vaithilingam lost the May 16 Assembly elections from Orathanadu, […]
» Read moreInternational Cricket Council (ICC) president Zaheer Abbas has said that he would ask the BCCI to consider including Pakistani players in the IPL when he comes to India to watch the summit clash of the league in Bangalore on Sunday. Mr. Abbas told the media in Lahore that if Pakistani players were included in the IPL, “it would raise the […]
» Read moreS.M. Seenivel (65), the MLA-elect of Tiruparankundram constituency belonging to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) passed away at a private hospital here on Wednesday morning. Mr. Seenivel, who defeated the rival Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate M. Manimaran by a margin of 22,992 votes, was hospitalized last Wednesday, a day before the results of the recently-concluded Assembly election […]
» Read moreThe IPL 2016 Qualifier 1 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions was how can the Suresh Raina-led Gujarat overcome the unstoppable Virat Kohli ?? After managing to post 158 on an uncharacteristically tricky M Chinnaswamy stadium, Bangalore, Gujarat found the answer in Dhawal Kulkarni, when the bowler got rid of Kohli for a second-ball duck – his first in […]
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