OPS to undertake state wide tour to garner support in AIADMK
Chennai , June 26(IANS) AIADMK senior leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam (OPS) will meet his supporters in Chennai on Sunday. Sources close to him told IANS that the meeting is part of his move to understand the pulse of his close supporters from across the state on the incidents that took […]
KfW German bank to support TN e-bus project
Chennai, June 25 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government will be soon rolling out e-buses with tenders being called for 100 buses as a first step in Chennai city. The government has already inked a deal with the KfWGerman bank for the financial support of rolling out these buses. The Tamil Nadu government had tried to […]
TN power utility to conduct feasibility study for 2500 MW hydropower projects
Chennai, June 25 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) is conducting a feasibility study on three hydropower projects that will generate 2500 MW of power. The Tangedco has asked a private consultant to conduct a study and prepare an initial report to establish 1000 MW capacity Pumped Storage Hydropower Stations each in Upper […]
TN cooperative department to retrieve Rs 160 crore as 37K ineligibile for loan waiver
Chennai, June 25 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu cooperative department is to retrieve Rs 160 crore as thirty seven thousand people have found ineligible for the loan waiver scheme since February this year. Shanmuga Sundaram, Registrar of Cooperative Societies ordered the revocation of the loan waiver and has directed the joint registrar of cooperatives in each […]
Stalin launches carrier guidance programme for Plus 2 students in TN
Chennai, June 25 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Saturday launched a carrier guidance programme for plus two students. The programme titled,’ College Dream’ comes under the Nan Mudhalvan scheme of the state government. Information on various courses, including undergraduate and diploma courses, was provided by the industry experts and academics. Guidance will […]
Surge in fever cases ring an alarm bell in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, June 25 (BPNS) : Following a surge in fever cases in the state, the health department urged the people not to take it lightly. The department points out that fever is a common symptom of Covid-19, dengue, leptospirosis, malaria, chikungunya, scrub typhus, H1N1, chickenpox, Zika fever, West Nile virus, monkey fever, and Japanese encephalitis, […]
SFI activists vandalised Rahul Gandhi’s office in Wayanad
On Friday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s office in Kainatty near Kalpetta was vandalized by Students Federation of India (SFI) activists. The mob, irked by the recent Supreme Court order mandating an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of a kilometre around all protected areas, wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, demanded that Gandhi break his silence on the matter. […]
To become disable friendly, Marina beach Chennai to have wooden ramp at 2.5 crore
Chennai, June 24 (BPNS) The famous Marina beach in Chennai will soon have a wooden ramp much to the delight of People with disabilities (PwD) and to social activists who were at the forefront in the campaigning for a ramp at the Marina which is frequented in large numbers by people with disabilities. The ramp […]
Coimbatore police for DNA test on PwD woman, children to track the perpetrators
Chennai, June 24 (BPNS) Coimbatore Rural district police have registered a case of rape and sexual assault on unidentified persons who have raped, sexually assaulted, and impregnated a Person with Disability (PwD). Sources in the police said that the woman had given birth twice and the police are ascertaining whether the woman was raped by […]
