TN finance minister PTR Thiagarajan crticised over ‘ Schizophrenia’ comment against BJP ,TN president
Chennai,Sept 22(BPNS)Tamil Nadu Finance minister ,PTR Thiagarajan has drawn flak over usibg the word ‘ Schizophrenic’ against Tamil Nadu BJP unit president ,K.Annamalai.In a tweet on Tuesday night ,Thiagarajan came out heavily againt Annamalai in the tweet ” So .. The schizophrenic’ Kannadiga till I die’, except when 100% Tamil or ” IPS version threat […]
Local body elections in Puducherry after a gap of 15 years
Chennai, Sept 22 (IANS) Puducherry will have local body polls in three phases from October 21 to October 28 after a gap of fifteen years. The previous elections were held in 2006 and the period ended after five years in 2011. The announcement was made by the Puducherry State Election Commissioner, Roy P. Thomas in […]
Woman beheaded as revenge for killing of Dalit leader, head placed in front of Dalit leader’s home
Chennai, Sept 22(BPNS) In a shocking incident a 59-year-old woman, Nirmala Devi was beheaded as revenge for the killing of Dalit leader, Pasupathi Pandian who was murdered in 2012. The decapitated head of the woman was placed in front of the residence of Pandian. The gruesome murder occurred at Chettinayikanpatti in Dindigul on Wednesday. Dalit […]
TN state election commission directs district collectors to take strict action on ‘auction’ of president post
Chennai, Sept 22 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu state election commission has given a directive to the district collectors of the nine districts where rural local body elections are to be held to take stringent action on the possibilities of “auction” of president post. Auctioning of posts of village panchayath presidents and panchayath union ward councilors […]
BJP leader and former legislator Selvaganabathy to be party’s first MP from Puducherry
Puducherry, Sept 22(BPNS) BJP leader and former legislator,S. Selvaganabathy will become the first Member of Parliament of the saffron party from the Union Territory of Puducherry. The BJP leader filed his nomination papers on Wednesday, an hour before the concluding time of filing of nomination papers. He will be elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha. […]
TN Greens request state Chief Minister to announce a Carbon neutral policy
Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) The Non-Governmental Organisations of Tamil Nadu who are into conservation of environment have requested the state Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to announce a Carbon neutral policy for the state. Ina a statement on Tuesday the NGOs requested the Chief Monster to adopt the Carbon neutral policy. Coimbatore-based NGO, ‘Osai’ organized the […]
Caregivers shun the first rehabilitation ward in South Tamil Nadu
Chennai, Sept 21 (2021) The first rehabilitation ward of South Tamil Nadu at the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) in Madurai for the destitute, opened in December 2020 is now deserted as no caregivers are present to take care of the abandoned. This is the second such centre in the state after the one in Chennai […]
Madras HC upholds ban on Crash guards and bull bars in motor vehicles
Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) Madras High court on Tuesday upheld a notification issued by the central government in December 2017 prohibiting the use of crash guards and bull bars in vehicles. The court was disposing of two public interest litigation petitions (PIL) that insisted on effective implementation of the 2017 notification banning crash guards and […]
TN health minister urges Central government to export vaccines only after vaccinating Indian population
Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian has called upon the Union government to export vaccines to other countries only after making sure that the entire population of Indians is given at least one dose of the vaccine. He said that according to the data presented by the Union government, only one-third […]
