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Chennai malls open but the inflow of customers less

Chennai, June 28(BPNS) The shopping malls, commercial complexes, and temples are open in Chennai and adjoining districts of Chengelpettu, Kancheepuram, and Tiruvallur from Monday onwards and working with half the staff strength as well as following Standard Covid Protocol according to the government guidelines. Malls and Stand alone garment and jewelry shops can function from […]

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Income criteria must not be a factor to provide benefits to children who lost parents to Covid, Panneerselvam

Chennai, June 28(BPNS) Chief Coordinator of AIADMK and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O Panneerselvam(OPS) has urged the state government not to discriminate children who have lost one or both the parents to Covid -19 on the basis of income criteria while providing financial assistance. In a statement released on Monday, OPS said that […]

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DMK government scuttling the formation of “Jayalalitha University”, C.Ve. Shanmugham

Chennai, June 28(BPNS) AIADMK leader and former minister, C.Ve. Shanmugham said that there is a concerted effort on the part of the DMK government to scuttle the formation of the “Jayalalithaa University “at Villupuram. The former minister said that at the fag end of the Palaniswami government, a Vice-Chancellor was appointed for the University. He […]

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Tamil Nadu CM writes to Union health minister to reduce the allocation of vaccines to private hospitals

Chennai, June 28(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has written a letter to Union health minister Dr. Harshvardhan to reduce the allocation of Covid-19 vaccines to private hospitals from 25% to 10%. In a three page letter written on Monday, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said that there was underutilization of the allocated vaccines […]

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BJP trying for a backdoor entry to capture power in Puducherry

Chennai, June 26(BPNS) The ministers of the N Rangasamy cabinet will be swearing-in on Sunday with two BJP ministers and three All India NR Congress ministers joining the cabinet 51 days after Chief Minister N Rangasamy assumed office on May 7. While the BJP which contested 10 seats in the assembly elections won 6 seats […]

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Panneerslevam calls on Stalin to expedite unused vaccines in private hospitals of TN immediately

Chennai, June 27(BPNS) Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and AIADMK Chief  Coordinator, O Panneerselvam has called upon Chief Minister M.K.Stalin to expedite lakhs of vaccines that are unused in private hospitals of the state with immediate effect. In a statement on Saturday, the senior leader said that the state would need 16 crores more […]

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Stalin announces Rs 3 crore for TN athletes who wins gold in Tokyo Olympics

Chennai, June 27(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has announced a cash prize of Rs 3 crore for those athletes who wins gold in the Tokyo Olympics to commence from July 23 at Tokyo, Japan. The Chief Minister made the announcement at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Saturday while addressing athletes and sportspersons […]

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TN temples readying for opening from Monday

Chennai, June 27(BPNS) The temples of Tamil Nadu are getting ready for opening from Monday onwards following the relaxation in lockdowns.  The temples in the districts of Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpettu, and Tiruvallur districts have begun cleaning, setting up barricades to restrict the entry of devotees as well as sanitizing the temples. A senior officer with […]

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In a bid to reduce the 5.84 backlog of civil and criminal cases, Madras high court for appointing ad-hoc judges.

Chennai, June 27(BPNS) The Madras High court has in a bid to clear the pending backlog cases – both civil and criminal, is contemplating to appoint retired judges on an ad-hoc basis. Sources in the Madras High court told IANS that the proposal is under serious consideration with the Chief Justice of the Madras HC, […]