UK PM Boris Johnson to face no-confidence vote over partygate scandal
By Aditi Khanna London, Jun 6 (PTI) UK’s embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a vote of confidence in his leadership of the Conservative Party on Monday, the chair of the party’s backbench committee announced, days after more details of the party gate scandal at Downing Street emerged. Sir Graham Brady, who is in charge […]
FinMin releases third instalment of revenue deficit grant of Rs 7,183 cr to 14 states
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) The finance ministry on Monday released the third monthly instalment of revenue deficit grant of Rs 7,183 crore to 14 states. The Fifteenth Finance Commission has recommended a total Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant of Rs 86,201 crore to 14 states for the financial year 2022-23. This is to be released […]
Kerala halves entry fees for senior citizens to tourist destinations
Dileep V Kumar/ Thiruvananthapuram/June 6 Lakhs of senior citizens in the state could now avail 50 percent discount on entry fees to tourist destinations under the Tourism Department. The decision to halve the price holds much significance as Kerala has the highest percentage of the elderly population in the country. The state had earlier made […]
‘Connecting Ayurveda to Kozhikode airplane crash malicious’ ,Ayurveda doctors
Dileep V Kumar, Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 The Air India Express plane crash in Kozhikode on August 7, 2020, which resulted in the death of 21 persons including the two pilots, has come up for discussion again. This time, the conversation has been triggered by a Twitterati who highlighted an unusual factor that resulted in the […]
DMK government will act as bridge between Dheekshithars and devotees, Sekar Babu
Chennai, June 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) and senior DMK leader, P.K. Sekar Babu said on Monday that the government would act as a bridge between the ‘Dheekshithar’s of Sri Sabanayagar temple in Chidambaram. He also said that the government would take a just and balanced decision without […]
TN Water Resources Department in for flood mitigation, water storage works in Chennai
Chennai, June 6 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Water Resources department is working against time to complete the flood mitigation work in Chennai and to augment the water storage before the commencement of monsoon. The department has pegged 22 tmcft as the drinking water requirement for Chennai for two years which would mean around 1 tmcft of […]
Two killed, six injured as car rams into truck in Chennai, TN
Chennai, June 6 (BPNS) Two people were killed and six others grievously injured when the car in which they were traveling rammed into a tipper lorry that was parked on the side of the road. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Monday at Tindivanam. Those dead are Murugan 38 and S. Shanthi […]
‘Hindi is language of underdeveloped states, will make Tamil people Shudras’, DMK MP
Chennai, June 6(BPNS) Member of Parliament and DMK leader, TKS Elangovan has raked up a controversy stating that Hindi is the language of underdeveloped states and implementing that language would make Tamil people ‘Shudras’. The MP on Monday said that Hindi is the native language in underdeveloped states like Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, and Uttar […]
Sasikala for uniting AIADMK to make it a fighting force in TN
Chennai , June 6( BPNS) The estranged former interim general secretary of AIADMK , V.K.Sasikala is coming out strongly fora reunification of the party . She said that the party leaders and workers who are trying to prevent her entry to the AIADMK was supporting the DMK indirectly. In a statement on Monday she said […]
