TN steps up checking of passengers arriving from Kerala
Chennai, August 6(BPNS) Tamil Nadu has stepped up measures to check passengers arriving from Kerala through road, rail or air. At the Kerala, Tamil Nadu border, heavy police force is deployed with a DySp in charge of each check post. Tamil Nadu has announced that it would allow passengers from Kerala only if they had […]
TN government extends lockdown till August 23, Schools to reopen on September 1
Chennai, August 6(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has on Friday extended lockdown will August 23. The government has also decided to open schools in the state for classes IX, X, XII, XII on September 1. The new lockdown rules will come into effect from August 9. The state school education department has been […]
Tamil Nadu BJP gears up for local body polls
Chennai, August 5(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP buoyed up after winning four assembly seats in 2021 legislative assembly polls is gearing up for the ensuing local body polls to the new nine districts of the state and the urban local body polls. BJP has constituted a 17 member committee on Wednesday with […]
Tamil Nadu health department to focus on complete vaccinating of frontline workers
Chennai, August 5( BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department is actively focusing on complete vaccination of the frontline Covid warriors of the state including health workers, policemen, taxi, auto drivers, volunteers. According to the state health department, while 80% of the frontline workers were inoculated with the first dose of vaccine, only 37% have taken […]
AIADMK comes out against state government failure to defend law against online games with stakes
Chennai, August 5(IANS) The opposition AIADMK has come out strongly against the failure of the DMK government to defend the law against online games with stakes in the Madras High court. The court had on Tuesday struck down a recent amendment to the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act passed in 1930, which imposed a ban on […]
Withdrawal of petition on exemption of tax in import of Rolls Royce: Madras High court strikes down actor Dhanush’s plea
Chennai, August 5(BPNS) A single bench of the Madras High Court refused to permit actor Dhanush to withdraw a plea for exemption from entry tax for import of a Rolls Royce car from the United Kingdom. The plea was made in 2015. It may be noted that Dhanush is also the Son in Law of […]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister launches ‘Makaklai Thedi Maruthuvam ‘scheme
Chennai, August 5(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin launched ‘Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam’, the DMK government’s flagship programme in Samanapalli village in Krishnagiri district. The programme which is to deliver health care at the doorsteps of the people of Tamil Nadu was the DMK ’s major promise to the people of the state during the […]
Coimbatore , Tirupur districts impose new curbs after spike in Covid -19 cases
Chennai, August 5(BPNS) The districts of Coimbatore and Tirupur started imposing new curbs after a slight spike in Covid- 19 cases. Coimbatore on Wednesday reported 226 cases while it was only 208 cases on Tuesday. Tamil Nadu health officials are keenly watching the sudden increase in the number of fresh Covid -19 cases. The number […]
Tamil Nadu Text Book Corporation drops caste name from school textbooks
Chennai, August 5(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu textbook corporation has started implementing the order of the state government a few years ago to drop the caste surnames in streets and roads of Tamil Nadu. A statement from the state Text Book corporation on Thursday said. The former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, late M.G.Ramachandran (MGR) while […]
