OPS want Haj Services to be restored from Chennai airport
Chennai, Jan 18 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam (OPS) has called for the restoration of Chennai international airport in the list of airports for Haj Pilgrimage. In a statement on Tuesday, the senior AIADMK leader asked the state Chief Minister to directly get in touch with the Prime […]
TN Samagra Shiksha to make Mathematics easier for students
Chennai, Jan 18 (BPNS) Samagra Shiksha of Tamil Nadu has worked out schemes to make Mathematics learning easier through an activity-based learning project. Titled, Magizh Kanitham ( Learning Mathematics with Joy), according to Samagra Shiksha officials will kindle interest among children to learn Mathematics. This new teaching concept will teach basic Mathematics, algebra, and geometry […]
TN police on the lookout for global idol racket after seizure of rare pieces from shop
Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS) The Idol theft wing of the CB- CID of the Tamil Nadu police is on the lookout for a global idol stealing racket with roots in the state. Police special team on Tuesday arrested a Kashmiri businessman, Javed Shah from Mamallapuram after idols worth 35-40 crore were seized from his shop. […]
AIADMK leveling false charges over Pongal gift hampers, TN food minister
Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu food minister, R. Sakkarpani had hit out against the AIDMK leaders, O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi K.Palaniswami stating that the opposition was leveling false charges against the Pongal gift hampers being distributed to rice ration cardholders of the state. Reacting to the statement of O.Panneerselvam that most of the items […]
Rajah Muthiah Medical College, IIT Madras turn Covid clusters after students test positive
Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS) After 58 students of Rajah Muthiah Medical College at Annamalai university campus tested Covid -19 positive, the campus has turned into a cluster. According to information available, 22 boys and 33 girls of three hostels of the college were tested positive. The students, according to state health department are admitted to […]
Covid surge: TN College teachers want rotational presence in college
Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu college teachers want the government to allow them to come to the institution on a rotational basis as the Covid -19 cases are surging in the state. The college teachers said that several teachers are getting infected with the disease and a teacher had passed away on Tuesday, […]
TN declares January 17 as holiday for educational institutions, govt staff
Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Government has announced January 17th as a holiday for government offices and educational institutions. The offices and educational institutions will have to work on January 29, Saturday as a compensatory working day. The government issued the order on Tuesday evening and came in the wake of representations and petitions from […]
Conservationists, nature lovers worried over large number of deaths of Oliver Ridley turtles in TN
Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS) Marine Conservetionists and nature lovers of Tamil Nadu are worried over the large number of deaths of endangered Olive Ridley turtles across the shores of Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu. Sunil Chandrashekaran, marine biologist and Director, Centre for Environmental Studies research group based out of Thoothukudi while speaking to BPNS said, “ […]
Madras HC confirms death sentence on youth for sexual assault and murder of minor girl
Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS) The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday confirmed the death sentence awarded to a youth for sexually assaulting and murdering a seven-year-old girl at Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu. The division bench comprising of Justices S Vaidyanathan and G. Jayachandran said that there was no infirmity in the order […]
