TN BJP to demand 30 percent seats from AIADMK for Urban elections
Chennai, Jan 29(BPNS) With Tamil Nadu going for Urban local body elections on February 19th, the state unit of the BJP will demand 30 percent of the total seats from the AIADMK. The seat-sharing between the BJP and AIADMK will commence on Sunday. It may be noted that the BJP had demanded 30 percent seats […]
Physically challenged girl to become the first doctor from remote TN village
Chennai, Jan 29 (BPNS) Shamsiya Arfin will be the first doctor from Merpanaikkadu village in Tamil Nadu after she cleared the counselling for Government school students of Tamil Nadu under 7.5% reservation for admission to MBBS. The 18-year-old just like her father Muthalif is physically challenged and was in and out of hospitals during her […]
PMK planning to make a mark in Urban local body elections
Chennai, Jan 29(BPNS) The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), the political arm of the powerful Vanniyar community which was part of the AIADMK led coalition in the 2019 general elections and 2021 assembly elections has declared that it would contest alone in the 2022 February Urban local body polls. Party founder president, Dr. S. Ramadoss has […]
Central agencies, ‘Q’ branch of TN police on high alert on possible regrouping of LTTE
Arun Lakshman/ Chennai The Central agencies and the elite ‘Q’ branch of the Tamil Nadu police are on high alert after the NIA registered Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against three people in a fake passport case which was registered in Tamil Nadu in October 2021 by the ‘Q’ branch. The NIA registered a case […]
Chennai corporation files police complaint against Tiruvottiyur MLA
Chennai, Jan 29 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has filed a police complaint on Saturday against the Tiruvottiyur MLA of the DMK, K.P. Shankar who had allegedly beaten up a corporation Assistant Engineer in the wee hours of Wednesday and stopped a road tarring work. The GCC authorities told IANS that they would post […]
Erode collector to hold meeting with public on ban of night travel in ghat road
Chennai, Jan 29 (BPNS) The Erode district collector will hold a meeting with people of the Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) area on the ban regarding night travel of public and private vehicles through the Bannari- Dhimbam ghat road connecting the Bengaluru- Coimbatore national highways. The Madras High Court has directed the collector to conduct meetings […]
One die , two injured in firecracker accident at TN
Chennai , Jan 29(BPNS)One person died and two others suffered serious burn injuries in a firecracker unit accident at Amathur in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday night.The incident occurred at 8.30 pm.The deceased person is identified as D. Arumugham (52)of Sankaramangalam village and his body was taken to Virudhanagar Medical college hospital for […]
Schools for classes X to XII likely to open in TN in February
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu school education department is contemplating reopening schools for classes X to XII in the month of February as board exams are to take place in May. The school education minister, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi has in a meeting of school principals, teachers, and bureaucrats which was held virtually on […]
TN Minister, MP’s, political parties flay RBI staff for not showing respect to Tamil state song
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Finance Minister, PTR Thiagarajan, MP’s Kanimozhi and Su Venkatesan, and several political parties and social organizations of Tamil Nadu have come out strongly against the staff of the Reserve Bank of India alleging that they have disrespected Tamil state song during Republic Day celebrations. The political leaders have flayed […]
