Parliamentary standing committee on water resources to visit TN today
Chennai, May 26 (BPNS) The parliamentary standing committee on water resources will visit Tamil Nadu on Thursday, May 26, and will leave for Kerala for a meeting in that state on Friday. The committee members will hold meetings with the representatives of the Tamil Nadu government, the Ministry of Jal Shakthi, and central and state […]
NGO to give a smart facelift to government schools in TN
Chennai, May 26 (BPNS) Government schools in Tamil Nadu will be getting more internet connectivity and get a smart make-over with the intervention of an education-oriented Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) ,’ Bal Utsav’. The NGO is providing internet-supported classrooms in South India and has already implemented successfully in Karnataka and is now foraying into Tamil Nadu. […]
Blackmailing case:Name of media house ‘Junior Vikatan’ directors will be removed from FIR: Police
Chennai, May 26 (BPNS) Greater Chennai Commissioner of Police, Shankar Jiwal has said that the names of the directors of Junior Vikatan bi-weekly will be removed from the First Information Report of the police in the case related to blackmailing a realtor company. Shankar Jiwal in a statement on early Thursday said that there was […]
TN police constitute special team to nab killers of BJP SC Morcha leader
Chennai, May 26 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Police have constituted special teams to nab the killers of BJP leader Balachander who was hacked to death by a three-member team on Tuesday night in full public view. The slain BJP leader was the district secretary of the Scheduled Caste Morcha of the BJP in Chennai South. […]
Temple priest hacked to death in Madurai, TN
Chennai, May 26 (BPNS) A priest of Kalaimannan temple in Madurai who is also a government employee was hacked to death in Madurai on Thursday morning. The deceased Lakshmanan,52 was also working as a clerk at Idayapatti panchayat in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu. He was hacked to death while he was riding a motorbike […]
Workers in distress as spinning mills in Western TN closed down due to rising cotton prices
Chennai, May 26 (BPNS) The workers of spinning mills in Western Tamil Nadu are in distress and facing difficulties as the mills in these areas are closed down for the past several days in protest to the rising cotton prices. The power looms and spinning mills are on strike indefinitely due to the rising cotton […]
PM Modi arrives in Chennai: Governor R.N. Ravi, Opposition leader Edappadi Palaniswami welcome him
Chennai, May 26 (BPNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed at the Chennai airport by Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi, Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will receive the Prime Minister at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium. The […]
TN is a state of inclusive growth and is called ‘Dravidian Model’, Stalin to Modi
Chennai, May 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin said that the state is a model for inclusive growth and that it was the Dravidian model. He was speaking at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Stalin said, “ Our state is a pioneer […]
Prime Minister lays foundation stone for 11 projects worth Rs 31,500 crore in Chennai
Chennai, May 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for 11 infrastructure projects worth 31,500 crore at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium. He said that the focus on road construction in the state was clearly visible and that it was being done keeping in mind the economic development in the […]
