Santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori dies in Gurugram hospital
New Delhi, Jun 2 Santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori died on Thursday at a Gurugram hospital following a battle with colon cancer. He was 73. Sopori is survived by his wife and two sons Sorabh and Abhay, who also plays santoor. “He was diagnosed with colon cancer last year in June. We admitted him to Fortis, […]
Haven’t met Rahul Gandhi in four years: Prithviraj Chavan
Mumbai, Jun 2 Congress leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, a member of a group of dissidents in the party, has said that he has not been able to meet senior leader Rahul Gandhi in the last four years. There was no `chintan’ or introspection at the recent Congress conclave in Udaipur, he […]
Puducherry electricity employees for hunger strike from June 8 against privatization
Puducherry, June 2 (BPNS) Engineers and employees of Puducherry electricity department will intensify their fight against privatization of the power department with a hunger strike from June 8 onwards. The protesting employees said that the hunger strike will not affect the functioning of the department as the employees will be conducting the strike on a […]
TN Chief Minister meets Governor for early assent of 21 bills
Chennai, June 2 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Thursday met the state Governor R.N. Ravi and requested him to grant early assent to bills passed by the state legislative assembly. The Chief Minister requested the Governor to give his assent to 21 bills passed by the legislative assembly at the earliest “to […]
TN police probe international drug gang after busting Chennai gangsters 
Chennai , June 2( IANS) Tamil Nadu police are on the trial of a drug syndicate that has its wings spread globally after 1 crore worth of drugs were seized from Chennai on Wednesday. According to the police the drug gang members who were arrested on Wednesday has, during interrogation, revealed that the gang has […]
Dissent in TN BJP over style of functioning of state president 
Chennai, June 2( IANS) Rumblings and dissent have commenced in Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP against the style of functioning of party state president, K. Annamalai. Several senior leaders of the party and their supporters are antagonised against the state president shouting at seniors at the drop of a hat. Many leaders feel that […]
TN health department on alert over Covid -19 cluster formation at VIT
Chennai, June 2 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department is on high alert over the increase in number of Covid -19 positive cases in the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Kelambakkam campus. The campus has around 15000 students of which 5600 are first-year students. The health department has conducted 4092 RT-PCR tests and 163 students […]
AIADMK general and executive council to be held on June 23rd
Chennai, June 2 (BPNS) The opposition AIADMK will conduct its general and executive council meetings on June 23rd. The meeting will be held at a private wedding hall at Vengaram near Chennai from 10 am onwards on June 23, a statement from the party headquarters said. AIADMK interim chairman A. Tamilmagan Hussain will preside in […]
Bangladesh Railways in discussion to buy rail coaches of ICF, Chennai
Chennai, June 2 (IANS) The Bangladeshi railway minister Mohammed Nurul Islam who is on a visit to the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) here has expressed interest in the LHB coaches and DEMU coaches made by the ICF. The minister inspected LHB, Vistadome, LHB AC II-tier, and LHB AC III-tier coaches and air-conditioned Self Propelled Inspection […]
