Workshop against human trafficking conducted in Chennai with US consulate support
Chennai, Feb 24 (BPNS) A day-long workshop to create awareness against human trafficking was conducted at Erode in Tamil Nadu on February 23 by the Rights Education and Development Centre (READ) with support from the US consulate, Chennai. The workshop was titled,” Frontline Defenders Against Trafficking in Persons in Tamil Nadu: Building Capacity of Community […]
Parents of TN students in Ukraine worried over Russian attack
Chennai, Feb 24 (IANS) Parents of students at higher educational institutions in Ukraine including medical colleges and engineering colleges from Tamil Nadu are worried over the missile and bomb attack carried out by Russia in Ukraine on Thursday. R. Vadivelu (45), a businessman from Madurai, whose daughter Amritha Sivam is a student of medicine at […]
Puducherry police in pursuit of two unidentified men for assaulting Journalist
Puducherry, Feb 24 (BPNS) The Mudalirapet police in Union Territory of Puducherry is in pursuit of two men accused of assaulting a journalist on Wednesday night. According to the police, T. Udayanarayanan, founder of a Puducherry-based Tamil daily was returning home after covering a few assignments on Wednesday night in his two-wheeler. Police said that […]
Sri Lankan navy detains 22 Indian fishermen from TN
Chennai, Feb 24 (BPNS) The Sri Lankan Navy detained 22 Indian fishermen belonging to Nagapattinam and Karaikkal. Fishermen leaders of Nagapattinam said that nine fishermen from Keechankuppam in Nagapattinam had ventured into the seas on Wednesday. According to fishermen leaders, while they were fishing near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) , Sri Lankan navy […]
TN commences work on India’s first dugong reserve in Palk Bay
Chennai, Feb 24 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu state government has commenced work for the country’s first Dugong conservation reserve in the Palk Bay region. Dugongs are endangered species that are protected under Schedule 1 of the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. The Wild Life Institute (WII) in a study reported that only 200-250 Dugongs are left […]
TN to constitute Special Investigation Team to probe illegal mining since 2000-01
Chennai, Feb 24 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu government is to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe illegal mining since 2000-01 and to recover an amount of about Rs 5832.44 crore from private beach sand mineral exporters. The government has appealed to the Madras High Court to get a clearance to seize 1.55 crore tonnes […]
Urban poll rout may lead to call for leadership change in AIADMK
Chennai, Feb 23 (BPNS) The rout in the Urban local body elections will in all likelihood lead to a call for a change of leadership in AIADMK. The party is now led jointly by former Chief Minister’s O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi K. Palaniswami. In the previous Urban local body elections, held in 2011, the AIADMK […]
Kamal Haasan’s MNM draws a blank in Urban polls
Chennai, Feb 23 (BPNS) The Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) of Super Star turned politician, Kamal Haasan drew a blank in the Urban local body elections even though it had contested several seats across the state. In the 2021 assembly elections and the 2021 October Rural local body elections, the party had drawn a blank. However, […]
Independent candidates win two town panchayats in TN in Urban polls
Chennai, Feb 23 (BPNS) Independent candidates won handsomely in two panchayats of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu in the Urban local body polls defeating established political parties. In Sayalkudi town panchayat and in Kamuthi town panchayat independent candidates literally stole the show winning all the fifteen seats in the former while losing one seat to […]
