TN Chief Minister lays foundation stone for houses of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees
Chennai, Nov 2 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for houses constructed for the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who live in rehabilitation camps in the state. Chief Minister launched the construction for 3510 houses at a cost of Rs 142.16 crore. He launched the first phase at Melmonavur […]
IT unearths 300 Crore unaccounted money in raids on premises of cattle feed company
Chennai, Nov 2 (BPNS) The Income Tax department has seized unaccounted money worth Rs 300 crore on raids from the premises of reputed animal feed manufacturer, SKM company. A statement from the Central Board of Direct Taxes on Tuesday said that the raids were conducted on the premises of the company since October 27. The […]
For the sake of migratory birds, villagers in TN say ‘No’ to firecrackers
Chennai, Nov 2( BPNS) Two villages in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, Kollukudpatti and Vettangudipatti will not be bursting firecrackers during the Deepavali season. The villages have been shying away from bursting crackers for Deepavali for the past few decades. The reason, not to disturb the migratory birds that reach the Vettangudi bird sanctuary in […]
Stalin meets parents of girl who committed suicide three days after she took NEET
Chennai, Nov 2 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin met the parents of a 17-year-old girl who committed suicide three days after she took the National Eligibility Cub Entrance Test (NEET). Stalin met the parents of 17-year-old T. Soundharya at the Vellore circuit house on Tuesday. Her father Thirunavakarasu and her mother Rukmini are […]
Chennai corporation pulls up school for maintaining attendance register on caste basis
Chennai, Nov 2 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC ) has taken action against a lower primary school for maintaining the attendance register of students on the basis of their caste. Instead of maintaining the attendance on an alphabetical basis, the school clubbed together students on the basis of their caste. The students were divided […]
PM, Vinod Rai must apologise to the nation on 2G spectrum issue, Salman Kurshid
Chennai, Nov 2 (BPNS) Senior leader of Congress party and former Union minister, Salman Kurshid has come out against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) Vinod Rai for maligning the Congress party in the 2G spectrum issue. He was addressing media persons at Chennai on Tuesday. The senior Congress leader […]
Union Territory of Puducherry has no Covid 19 deaths reported since October 24.
Chennai, Oct 29 (BPNS) The health department of Union Territory of Puducherry in a statement said that the territory has not reported any Covid 19 related death since October 24. The territory reported 45 fresh cases at 10 am on Friday and the number of persons recovered from Covid 19 in the last twenty-four hours […]
Mullaperiyar dam safe, TN Water resources minister, Duraimurugan
Chennai, Oct 29 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu water resources minister and senior leader of the DMK said that the Mullaperiyar dam was safe and that Tamil Nadu was operating it properly according to the directives of the supervisory committee constituted by the Supreme Court of India. In a statement of Friday, the senior leader said that […]
Stalin shocked over death of Puneeth Rajkumar, express condolences to family
Chennai, Oct 29 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin condoled the passing away of Kannada Superstar, Puneeth Rajkumar who died following a massive heart attack on Friday at Bangaluru. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said that he was deeply shocked and pained at the passing away of the popular actor of the Kannada film […]
