TN education department commence probe on allegation of conversion in government-aided school
Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) A group of parents of a government-aided school in Keezha Kuthapanchan Village of Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu complained that they are not sending their children to school as some teachers of the school are putting pressure on the students to convert to Christianity. The Tamil Nadu educational department commenced a […]
Honour killing: Brother hacks to death Sister, husband in TN
Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) In another case of honour killing in Tamil Nadu, a person hacked to death his sister and her husband. The dastardly act took place at Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu on Monday evening. The deceased is Saranya (24) and her husband Mohan (31). Saranya who is a Dalit married […]
TN Police summons private hospital officials of Kerala, Andhra in Erode embryo racket
Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police have summoned officials of two private hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh in a case related to the forceful sale of embryos of a 16-year-old girl at Erode. The mother of the girl, her lover, and an agent are under judicial custody. Police probe team have […]
Southern Railway union protests against handing over express train routes to private players
Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) The biggest trade union of Southern Railway employees, Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU) on Tuesday conducted a protest against the handing over of express train routes to private players. The union in the protest march in front of the Erode railway junction said that the railways had identified 109 pairs of […]
26 MPs, 5 MLAs among 459 detained during Cong protest: Delhi Police
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) As many as 459 Congress partymen, including 26 MPs and 5 legislators from different state Assemblies, were on Monday detained during Congress’ protest march in the national capital against the summon issued to Rahul Gandhi in connection with the National Herald case, a police officer said. “15 members of Lok Sabha, […]
CPI-M workers attack Congress Kerala HQs, Antony present in building
Thiruvananthapuram, June 14 (IANS) In a first of its kind incident, angry CPI-M workers barged into the Congress state party headquarters here on Monday night and smashed advertisement materials and damaged a car even as veteran Congress leader A.K. Antony was present in the premises. Hearing about the attack, both the CPI-M and the Congress workers […]
Protests against Pinarayi Vijayan during flight
Thiruvananthapuram, June 13 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is already facing heat after gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh accused him and his family of involvement, on Monday faced slogans inside the aircraft he was travelling in from his home town Kannur to the state capital. TV visuals show two people shouting slogans demanding […]
‘I am fine’: Chidambaram after hairline fracture
New Delhi, June 13 (BPNS) Congress leader and former Union Minister P. Chidambaram suffered a fracture in his left rib after he was allegedly pushed by police during the party’s protest outside the Enforcement Directorate’s Delhi office on Monday. However, he tweeted that he was lucky to get away with only a suspected hairline crack. […]
Chhota Shakeel’s long shadow over Salman-starrer ‘Chori Chori Chupke Chupke’
Mumbai, June 13 (IANS) ‘Chori Chori Chupke Chupke’ had a stellar cast (Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta), a story centred around surrogacy (a childless couple use the services of a prostitute to become the surrogate mother of their child), and the hit-maker director duo of Abbas-Mustan, and it was a commercial success too, […]
