Madras High court lawyers write to collegium against transfer of Chief Justice
Chennai, Nov 12 (BPNS) About 237 lawyers practicing before the Madras High Court have written a letter to the Supreme Court collegium against the transfer of Madras High Court Chief Justice, Sanjib Banerjee as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court. The lawyers in the letter pointed out that Justice Sanjib Banerjee had served Madras High […]
Kerala High Court serves legal notice to producers of movie ‘Kurup’
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 12 (BPNS) The Kerala High Court has served notice to the producers and makers of the Malayalam movie ‘Kurup’ that hit theaters on Friday, November 12. Public interest litigation was filed by a Kochi native stating that the movie will infringe upon the privacy of the family of wanted Criminal Sukumara Kurup on […]
TN Chief Minister felicitate woman police officer who saved man during Chennai rains
Chennai, Nov 12 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Friday felicitated the Woman police inspector of the state police, E. Rajeswari who carried a person, Udhayakumar who was unconscious and found under a tree at a cemetery during Chennai rains. The Chief Minister felicitated the woman police officer at his camp office in […]
Coir business to be affected after TN pollution control board reclassify it under polluting industry
Chennai ,Nov 12 (BPNS) The Coir industry at Pollachi in Tamil Nadu will be affected after the Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has reclassified the coir industry under the category of polluting industry. While Coir was earlier under White category of the Pollution Control Board and did not require a license. Environmentalists had […]
Puducherry CM announces relief for flood-hit people
Puducherry, Nov 12 (BPNS) Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry, N. Rangasamy has announced relief for the flood-hit people of the territory on Friday. The Chief Minister announced Rs 20,000 per hectare for paddy crops damaged in rains. Those whose houses were damaged would be given Rs 25,000, the Chief Minister said. Chief […]
TN Chief Minister launches 200 special medical camps in Chennai corporation
Chennai, Nov 12 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin launched 200 special medical camps in association with Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) limits. This is to examine and treat people in the Chennai limits. The inauguration was conducted at the Austin Nagar in Teynampet. The camps involving private hospitals linked to the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health […]
3500 hectares of crop destroyed in TN due to heavy rains
Chennai, Nov 11 (BPNS) Agriculture crops cultivated in 3500 hectares of land were destroyed by the heavy rains that lashed Tamil Nadu for the past few days. Around 55000 hectares of agricultural crops are inundated in water for the past three days out of which 3500 hectares of agriculture is destroyed. The state revenue and […]
TN Governor speaks to Chief Minister on rain havoc, expresses thanks to Prime Minister
Chennai, Nov 11 (BPNS) Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N.Ravi spoke to the State Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin over telephone and took stock of the rescue and relief operations undertaken by the state government in Chennai and other parts of the state. An official statement from the Rajbhavan on Thursday said that the Governor also spoke […]
Chennai airport partially closed as incoming flights stopped till 6 pm, flights diverted
Chennai, Nov 11 (BPNS) The Airport Authority of India has suspended operations of flights arriving in Chennai has been stopped f till 6 pm. However, departure will function as usual. This was stated by the Chennai airport director, Dr. Sharad Kumar and in a statement, he said that the decision was taken for the safety […]
