Chennai, April 18( BPNS)
The Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu Satyabrata Sahoo said that 181 of the 68321 booths in Tamil Nadu are critical and that proper security measures has been taken up in these booths. He said that 8050 booths have been identified as vulnerable.
Webcasting of polling has been arranged at over 44,000 booths, which is about 65 percent of the total number of stations.
In a press statement he said that the polling for the 39 Lok Sabha seats and the Vilavancode by-election in Tamil Nadu will commemce from 7 am on Friday and will end by 6pm. He said that those who are in the queue will be issued token as of 6pm and will be alowed to vote.
He said that 3.32 lakh polling personnel have been deployed across the state. The Chief Electoral.
Chennai, April 18 (BPNS)
The DMK state leadership has conveyed to its cadres to be extra cautious in four Lok Sabha constituencies where the BJP-led NDA is having an edge. State police intelligence has reported that NDA getting an edge in Dharmapuri, Theni, Tirunelveli and.
Chennai ,April 17( BPNS)
AIADMK general secretary and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) lashed out against both the DMK and BJP and said that both the parties failed to hnour the poll promises they have made.
Speaking to media persins at his residence in Nedunchalai Nagar in Salem on Wednesday, he condemned both parties for “increased burdens placed.
Chennai, Nov 21 (BPNS)
The four Sri Lankan nationals who were convicts in the assassination of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi will be deported to the island nation after the travel receipts of the four are received from that country.
The four Sri Lankans, Murugan alias Sri Haran, Shanthan, Robert Payas, and Jayakumar were released along with Nalini and Ravichandran from the prison following the Supreme Court judgment releasing all the convicts.
The four are now lodged in the special rehabilitation camp, Tiruchi for foreign nationals. Tiruchi district collector, M. Pradeep Kumar told media persons that the four would be deported on receipt of travel documents from Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile one of the four, Robert Payas protested against his being lodged in a room along with another convict.
Chennai, April 14( BPNS)
The Vellore district election officer VR Subbulaxmi who is also the district collector has deployed nine additional flhung squads. Presently there are 15 flying.
Chennai, Nov 16 (BPNS)
Tamil Nadu rural development department has sanctioned an amount of Rs 84 crore for the upliftment of 3800 rural libraries in the state. This was following widespread complaints about the dream project of the former Chief Minister, Late M. Karunanidhi waning away for lack of proper maintenance and management.
It was during the last leg of the rule of M. Karunanidhi that the government sanctioned the opening of 12,525 libraries under the Anaithu Grama Anna Marumalarchi Thittam (AGAMT) project.
The project was aimed at students, women, and senior citizens who are not in a position to go to district headquarters to access public libraries. This was considered the grandiose project of ‘Kalaignar’ Karunanidhi and the government of the day purchased books worth several lakhs of rupees.
Eugene (Oregon), July 16 (BPNS)
Two of India’s top medal prospects at the World Athletics Championships 2022 here, 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable and long jumper M Sreeshankar, qualified for the finals in their respective categories, raising hopes of bringing home elusive medals from the global competition.
Sable finished third in his heat, clocking 8:18.75 to make the cut for the men’s 3000m steeplechase final, while in men’s long jump at Hayward Field, Sreeshankar was the only Indian among the three to qualify for the final, which will be held later on Saturday, according to Olympics.com.
Sreeshankar also became the first male long jumper from the country to advance to final.
Sable was way off his personal best of 8:12.48 — a national record — but he made it to the.
Chennai, Oct 14 (BPNS)
Heavy to very heavy rains in many parts of Tamil Nadu has led to an increase in prices of vegetables including shallots and tomatoes in the state.
