TN to renovate 80 temples that are 1000 years old
Chennai, May 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) department will be renovating 80 temples that are 1000 years old. The HR&CE department minister, P.K. Sekar Babu in a statement on Thursday said that the state government was not against the Hindus and that this was being made out from certain […]
BJP, RSS to take up Dharmapuram Adheenam issue in a big way in TN
Chennai, May 5 (BPNS) The BJP and RSS are taking up the Dharamapuram Adheenam issue wherein the DMK government banned the carrying of the mutt head in a palanquin. BJP state president, K. Annamalai in a statement on Thursday said that there was politics behind the ban and that people were questioning as to why […]
TN Government developing new citizen-centric web portal
Chennai, May 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government is developing a new citizen-centric web portal,’ Know Your Government’ with the existing state portal being migrated to the new portal. The IT department, according to a statement is also developing a new integrated service delivery platform, ‘E- sevai 2.0’ to replace the present one and to […]
TN Opposition up in arms against custodial deaths in state
Chennai, May 5 (BPNS) The opposition AIADMK, BJP, and PMK are up in arms against the Tamil Nadu government over the two back-to-back custodial deaths in the state. Even after the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has replied in the state legislative assembly that the policemen who were alleged to be involved in the custodial torture […]
Pharma major Pfizer sets up its biggest Asian drug hub at IIT Madras research park
Chennai, May 5 (NBPS) The pharmaceutical company Pfizer has set up its biggest Asian hub at IIT Madras research park at an investment of US dollar 20 million which is around Rs 150 crore. The pharma major in a statement said that this was a 61000 sq ft research and technology centre. The facility which […]
CMs appeal: DMK parliamentarians to contribute one month’s salary to Sri Lanka
Chennai, May 5 (BPNS) The Members of Parliament of Loksabha and Rajyasabha from DMK will contribute one month’s salary to the Sri Lankan relief fund following the appeal by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin. The money will be contributed to the Chief Minister’s Public relief fund. It may be noted that the Chief Minister […]
TN state medical council app for doctors to be launched
Chennai, May 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu state medical council will launch an app for doctors that will standardize the prescriptions and other documents like leave certificates and death certificates. The app will be launched by mid-June according to Dr. K. Senthil, president of Tamil Nadu Medical council. The medical council in a statement said […]
Coimbatore police arrest woman ganja peddler
Chennai, May 5 (BPNS) The Coimbatore police on Thursday arrested a woman ganja peddler from her rental home along with 50 kg of ganja. Police said that the woman, Jayapandiyammal (30) had stocked the ganja in rented premises at Kangeyampalayam near Sulur. The woman was living alone at Kombakattupudur at Tiruppur after separating from her […]
TN assembly tables Bill to appoint VC of Ambedkar Law University
Chennai, May 5 (BPNS) Amid the Tamil Nadu government’s face off with the state Governor, over the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) and issues related to the appointment of Vice-Chancellors, the state minister for law, S. Regupathy, tabled a bill in the legislative assembly to empower the state government to appoint the Vice-Chancellor of the […]
