TN Police officer draws flak for asking gender certificate from renowned athlete
Chennai, Feb 28 (BPNS) An assistant commissioner of Tamil Nadu police has drawn flak for asking gender certificate from renowned athletes from the state Santhi Soundararajan. The athlete who won 12 international medals for the country was appointed as a woman athletic coach in the Tamil Nadu Sports Development Authority. Santhi Soundararajan had alleged caste-based […]
DMK youth wing for doubling its membership by 2024
Chennai, Feb 28 (BPNS) The youth wing of the DMK has decided to double its membership by 2024 before the loksabha elections. A recent meeting of the youth wing office bearers held at the party headquarters in Chennai under the leadership of Udayanidhi Stalin has chalked out the strategy for doubling the membership, according to […]
8 fishermen from TN arrested by Lankans
Chennai, Feb 28 (BPNS) Eight Indian fishermen from Thangachimadam near Rameswaram were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday while they were fishing near the Katchatheevu islands. They were charged for poaching in international waters and crossing the International Marine Boundary Line (IMBL). The mechanized fishing boat used by the fishermen was also seized […]
PMK for a major restructuring of the party :Post-Urban polls
Chennai, Feb 28 (BPNS) The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) is for a major restructuring of the party with units in all the wards of the state. Party founder leader Dr. S. Ramadoss in a series of meetings from Saturday has directed the party district secretaries and other state leaders to work hard in the ground […]
DMK’s thumping win in Urban polls due to EVM malpractice, Edappadi Palaniswami
Chennai, Feb 28 (BPNS) AIADMK coordinator and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K.Palaniswami has made a serious allegation that the ruling DMK won the recent urban local body elections due to massive malpractices in the Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs). The AIADMK leader was addressing a political meeting of the party at Salem in […]
TN Hindu Munnani confronts state forest department over collecting entry fee at Hill shrine.
Chennai, Feb 28( BPNS) at Hill shrine The Hindu Munnani of Tamil Nadu has come out strongly against the state forest department collecting an entry fee of Rs 100 from the devotees who visit the Velliangiri Andavar temple in Velliangiri Mountains near Coimbatore. The hill shrine which has a trek of 5 km from the […]
Puducherry CM appeals to central government to airlift UT students from Ukraine
Puducherry, Feb 28 (BPNS) Puducherry Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy has in a letter to the Union External affairs minister, S. Jaishankar appealed to the Government of India to airlift students from the territory who are stranded in war-torn Ukraine. The Chief Minister in the letter said that 23 students from the Union territory were stranded […]
Coimbatore couple loses 5.8 lakh to online fraud, Cyber investigation on
Chennai, Feb 28 (BPNS) A Coimbatore couple who had posted an advertisement for renting out their house lost 5.8 lakh rupees to a fraudster. S. Kalaiselvi of Madukkarai, Coimbatore in a complaint to the National Cybercrime reporting portal (NCRP) stated that she posted an advertisement in a portal in January. On January 22, a person […]
DMK heavyweights take sides in tussle for Madurai Mayor post
Chennai, Feb 28 (BPNS) With the indirect elections to the post of Mayor taking place on March 4th, the tussle for the coveted posts is on in Madurai. The seat is reserved for women and senior DMK leaders have thrown their weight behind the candidates. The DMK led alliance had won 80 of 100 seats […]
