TN health department to conduct Covid -19 tests at all crowded places
Chennai, Feb 16 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Public Health department will undertake testing of people at all crowded places including bus stations, railway stations, markets, and even beaches for Covid -19. This is a shift from the earlier guidelines issued by the Department of Public Health (DPH) to test contacts of positive people who have […]
Sasikala keeps her fingers crossed for the urban polls in TN
Chennai, Feb 16 (BPNS) The former interim general secretary of the AIADMK, V.K. Sasikala who was also the close aide of the late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, j. Jayalalithaa is keeping a studied silence in the run-up to the Urban local body polls.Speculations are rife in political and journalistic circles of Tamil Nadu, that […]
OPS urges TN Chief Minister to oppose ‘Away from Reactor’ facility in Kudankulam
Chennai, Feb 16 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Pannerselvam has urged Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to oppose the ‘Away from Reactor’ project coming up at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tirunelveli district of the state. In a statement on Wednesday, the former Chief Minister asked Stalin to take […]
TN CCB arrest four for duping youths promising jobs
Chennai, Feb 16 (BPNS) The Central Crime Branch (CCB), Job racket wing, of Tamil Nadu police arrested four people for cheating gullible youths promising them jobs in Airports and other central government undertakings and swindling money. The arrested are K. Kiran (41) of Pozhichallur, his wife Sherly Sangeetha (35), S. Palinivelu (35) of Kovilambakam, and […]
DMK front to have resounding success in TN urban polls, CPI- M
Chennai, Feb 16 (BPNS) The state secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), K. Balakrishnan has said that the DMK led front will win handsomely in the Urban local body elections to be held on February 19. Addressing media persons at Dindigul on Wednesday, the senior leader said that the AIADMK was not only […]
Madras HC orders removal of posters struck by candidates in urban polls
Chennai, Feb 16( BPNS) Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Tamil Nadu State Election commission officials to remove all the posters pasted on walls in Chennai by the candidates contesting Urban local body elections. The first bench of the Madras High Court comprising of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy […]
TN government to commence massive drive to remove encroachments from water bodies in state
Chennai, Feb 16 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government is to commence a massive drive to remove the encroachments from water bodies in the state spread across 9800 hectares. This was after the Madras High Court had expressed displeasure over a large number of water bodies being encroached upon in the state. The state government has […]
Nearly threatened and vulnerable bird species recorded during bird survey in TN
Chennai. Feb 15 (BPNS) The recent bird surveys done in Tamil Nadu have thrown up the presence of several nearly threatened bird species as also birds that are categorized as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). These were the findings in the inland wetland survey conducted by the state wildlife department […]
Neutrino Observatory project in TN gains momentum after Tiger authority gives green signal
Chennai, Feb 15 (BPNS) The Indian Neutrino Observatory project (INO) coming up in Theni district of Tamil Nadu has gained momentum after the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has given its ‘ no- objection’ to build the project inside the Tiger corridor in Theni. The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) which is one of […]
