PFI hartal violence : Arrests cross 1500
Thiruvananthapuram, September 26 (BPNS) The number of cases and arrests being made by the police concerning the hartal-related violence incidents last Friday has gone up. As per a stat released by the state police, a total of 337 cases and 1588 arrests have been made so far. On Friday, the cases registered were 157, and […]
TN health department to accelerate campaign for free booster dose of Covid -19 vaccine
Chennai, Sept 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department is planning to accelerate a campaign across the state for people to take the Covid -19 booster dose vaccine. The Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian while speaking to IANS said, “ We have already directed the district medical officers and district health departments to conduct campaign […]
TN power utility not to withdraw power subsidy
Chennai, Sept 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco), the power utility of the state government will not be pushing to withdraw the power subsidy for consumers. While the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission has given its green signal to withdraw power tariff subsidy, the Tangedco top brass has decided to continue with […]
TN free educational kits draws flak among parents, teachers
Chennai, Sept 26 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government’s flagship project of free educational kits for the students of the government schools in the state has drawn flak after the supply of poor-quality products in the kits. This includes unfit uniforms, shoes, and even poor-quality geometry boxes, notebooks, and even school bags. Other than the quality […]
Villupuram tense after Anna statue found desecrated
Chennai, Sept 26 (BPNS) Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu is tense after hundreds of DMK workers shouted slogans and conducted protest marches in the city after a statue of DMK founder leader and former Chief Minister, C.N. Annadurai was found desecrated on Monday morning. A full size statue of C.N. Annadurai erected at Kandamangalam on […]
Madras HC calls for eradication of invasive species
Chennai, Sept 26 (BPNS) A special division bench of the Madras High Court on Monday, September 26 called for monthly progress reports from district collectors on the eradication of the exotic and invasive species,( seemai karuvelam) that is considered harmful to the ecology. The division bench of the Madras High Court comprising of Justices N. […]
Pullur check dam issue: TN water resources dept to take action
Chennai, Sept 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu water resources minister, S. Duraimurugan said that the state government would take necessary action in the Pullur check dam issue at the appropriate time. In a statement on Monday, the senior minister said that the state government has been keenly watching the cases relating to this issue pending before […]
“ Indifference of DMK government leads to petrol bomb attacks”, OPS
Chennai, Sept 26 (BPNS) AIADMK deposed coordinator and former Chief Minister, O. Panneerselvam (OPS) have said that the DMK government’s indifference and failure to check violence is the result of the petrol and kerosene bomb attacks on the residences and offices/ shops of RSS, BJP functionaries. In a statement on Monday, the former Chief Minister […]
Molotov cocktail attacks: TN police crackdown on PFI, SDPI cadres
Chennai, Sept 26 (BPNS) A day after the Tamil Nadu DGP, C.Sylendrakumar directed the district police chiefs and commissioners to take stringent action against those disrupting the peace, the state police is continuing to crackdown against the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) cadres over the alleged Molotov cocktail […]
