Political parties in TN gears up for the local body polls in new districts
Chennai, June 29(BPNS) After the assembly polls of 2021 and the DMK and its allies winning the elections crushing the ruling AIADMK and its allies, the next major political battle between the two Dravidian majors will take place in the local body polls to be held before September 15 in the nine new districts of […]
Shortage of Vaccine continues in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday
Chennai, June 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu which has stopped vaccination in many parts of the state including its capital, Chennai on Monday due to the shortage of vaccines is still facing a shortage of vaccines for inoculation on Tuesday also. While the state has received 2 lakh doses of vaccine on Monday evening, the possibility […]
Peter Alphonse chairman appointed Chairman of TN Minorities commission
Chennai, June 29(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin has reconstituted the state minority commission and has posted the former Congress legislator, S Peter Alphonse as its chairman. Peter Alphonse is a three-term legislator who got elected from the Tenkasi constituency in the years 1989 and 1991 and later from the Kadayanallur constituency in 2002, […]
Puducherry Lt Governor denies using Tamil term for ‘Union Government’ during swearing-in of ministers
Puducherry, June 29(BPNS) Puducherry Lt Governor, Tamilisai Soundarrajan’s office has denied that the Tamil term for ‘Union Government’ was used during the swearing of the council of ministers in the N Rangasawmi government on Sunday. The Lt Governor’s office clarified that she has not used the term ‘Ondriya Araasu’( Union Government) while administering the oath […]
Sea Cucumber, Cardamom worth Rs 17 lakh seized by Marine Police in TN
Chennai, June 29(BPNS) The Marine Police department at Devipattanam in Tamil Nadu seized Sea Cucumber, Cardamom worth Rs 17 lakh which was meant to be smuggled to Sri Lanka. The police seized the materials bought from Kaliyapattanam on the wee hours of Tuesday. The Sea Cucumber and Cardamom was to be stored at Devipattanam and […]
TN finance minister PTR Thiagarajan for a federal approach to manage Covid like pandemics.
Chennai, June 29(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu finance minister, PTR Thiagarajan has said that in situations like Covid -19, a federal system of approach was necessary to manage the situation better. He was referring to the details of the vaccination not being available with the states and instead, it is with the centre. The Finance minister […]
Stalin sanctions 100 crores towards facing third Covid- 19 wave
Chennai, June 29(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin sanctioned an amount of Rs 100 crore from the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund (CMPRF) towards procuring liquid oxygen for treating Covid -19 patients. The CMPRF fund which was sanctioned would also be used to take precautionary steps to face the possibility of a Covid-19 third […]
TN government to set up special post-Covid care clinics
Chennai, June 29(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department will open special Covid care centres and wards and upgrade existing clinics at medical college hospitals for people who have recovered from Covid-19. Even as 97% people who have tested positive for the infection are discharged from the state registry, many people are yet to recover fully […]
