Anti Poaching Watcher’s death: TN forest department to pool money to pay compensation
Chennai, April 23 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department officials will pool money among themselves to pay compensation to the family of an Anti-Poaching Watcher (APW) who died while on duty. P. Ravichandran (41), an APW with the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) of the forest department encountered a wild elephant along with a few colleagues […]
TN health department for stringent measures to tackle increasing Covid cases
Chennai, April 23 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department will be taking stringent measures to tackle the increasing Covid -19 cases in the state. As a first step the health department has issued a circular making masks mandatory and those who are found not wearing masks would be charged with a fine of Rs 500. […]
Woman asked to remove Hijab in TN school: Police commence probe
Chennai, April 23 (BPNS) The Selaiyur police in Chennai have commenced a probe following a complaint by a person that his wife was asked to remove her Hijab when they had gone to a school to seek a seat for their four-year-old son. Ashiq Meeran of Tambaram in his complaint to the police said that […]
Kodanad murder and heist case: Police likely to question Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Chennai, April 23 (BPNS) The Kodanad murder and heist case that had rocked the state of Tamil Nadu is taking a different turn with the special police team likely to quiz former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami. However, sources in the police told BPNS that the dates of the quizzing have not been finalized and […]
Domestic, International tours on the rise from TN
Chennai, April 22 (BPNS) After two years of pandemics and the resumption of international flights, tourism has picked up in Tamil Nadu. Tour operators are getting heavy bookings with flights to the domestic and international destinations getting full. Surjit Das, of Akbar Travels of India, a leading tour operator while speaking to BPNS said, “ […]
TN Police to continue quizzing V.K. Sasikala on Friday
Chennai, April 22 (BPNS) The special police team of the Tamil Nadu police will continue questioning the former interim general secretary of AIADMK, V.K. Sasikala continuously for the second day on Friday in the Kodanad murder and heist case. A six-member police team led by Western zone Inspector General, R. Sudhakaran, and comprising of five other […]
18 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees including pregnant woman reach Rameshwaram
Chennai, April 22 (BPNS) 18 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees including a 4-month pregnant woman reached the shores of India and landed up at Rameswaram on Thursday late night. With the arrival of the 18 refugees, the total number of refugees from Sri Lanka who have reached Indian shores has touched 60. The island nation is […]
TN makes wearing masks mandatory, to charge Rs 500 fine to violators
Chennai, April 22 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu has made wearing masks mandatory and violators will be charged with Rs 500 as a fine. The Tamil Nadu public health department in an order issued on Friday said that considering the rising cases of Covid -19 in the country especially in Delhi, the state was making the wearing masks […]
18 more test Covid -19 positive at IIT- Madras on Friday
Chennai, April 22 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department officials on Friday said that 18 persons including students and staff tested positive for Covid -19 on Friday. With 18 more testing positive for Covid -19, the total number in IIT Madras who have tested positive for the pandemic in the last two days is 30. The […]
