New Delhi, Mar 28: The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) nominees in the Union Cabinet, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and Minister of State for Railways R Velu, will resign today from their ministerial posts.
According to PMK sources, Ramadoss and Velu will hand over their resignations to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh this evening.
The move comes two days after the party surprised all and decided to switch-over to AIADMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu for the Lok Sabha polls.
The newest edition of the "Tobacco Atlas" released on Monday paints a grim picture of Tobacco usage, which is likely to take lives of around six million people throughout the world by 2010.
The report also disclosed that it drain approximately $500 billion from the global economy, on a yearly basis, as the industry has shifted its focus to poor nations, which have less effective public health plans.
World Lung foundation jointly with American Cancer society (ACS) prepared the Atlas.
The Union minister for health and family welfare, Anbumani Ramadoss said that social stigma attached to mental illness can be removed only in long run.
Mr. Ramadoss also expressed unhappiness with the running of the National Mental Health Programme (NMHP).
The health minister talked about the situation of mental illness treatment facilities at the silver jubilee celebration of Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) on Sunday.
Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss will have to answer the Supreme Court for his decision to close three public sector units manufacturing many life-saving vaccines. On January 15, 2008, the production licenses of Pasteur Institute of India (Coonor), BCG Vaccine Laboratory (Chennai) and Central Research Institute (Kasauli) were cancelled.
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Union Health Minister A. Ramadoss over the closure of three public sector undertakings (PSUs) manufacturing vaccines like DPT, measles, polio and BCG.
The three PSUs are Central Research Institute of Himachal Pradesh, Coonoors Pasteur Institute of India and BCG Vaccine Lab in Chennai.
New Delhi, Feb 4 : Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has expressed concern over the killing of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka.
He told reporters here on Tuesday that incidents such as self-immolation, which took place in Tamil Nadu, should not be encouraged, while at the same time the sentiments of the people should be taken into consideration.
New Delhi, Mar 28: The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) nominees in the Union Cabinet, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and Minister of State for Railways R Velu, will resign today from their ministerial posts.
The newest edition of the "Tobacco Atlas" released on Monday paints a grim picture of Tobacco usage, which is likely to take lives of around six million people throughout the world by 2010.
The Union minister for health and family welfare, Anbumani Ramadoss said that social stigma attached to mental illness can be removed only in long run. 
Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss will have to answer the Supreme Court for his decision to close three public sector units manufacturing many life-saving vaccines. On January 15, 2008, the production licenses of Pasteur Institute of India (Coonor), BCG Vaccine Laboratory (Chennai) and Central Research Institute (Kasauli) were cancelled. 
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Union Health Minister A. Ramadoss over the closure of three public sector undertakings (PSUs) manufacturing vaccines like DPT, measles, polio and BCG.
New Delhi, Feb 4 : Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has expressed concern over the killing of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka.
