Suburban train services in Chennai to allow women without time restrictions
Chennai, June 24(BPNS) The Suburban train services in Chennai will now allow women in its train services without any time restrictions. Women will also be allowed to purchase return tickets for their travel while men working in the non-essential services will be allowed travel only during non-peak hours. Men working in the non-essential services will […]
SI, Policeman, charged for assaulting a disabled man in Tenkasi
Chennai, June 24(BPNS) Immediately after the news of a farmer, Murugesan being thrashed to death at Salem by the police came into light, the Tamil Nadu police are again in the news for the wrong reasons. Francis Antony (50), a Christian converted from Scheduled Caste and a Person with Disabilities(Pwd)was thrashed and abused by a […]
AIADMK, DMK fight out over credit for controlling Covid in TN
Chennai, June 24(BPNS) The ruling DMK and opposition AIADMK are fighting it out both within the house and outside for the credit in controlling the Covid pandemic. While the former minister and AIADMK spokesman D. Jayakumar set the ball rolling when he said on Monday that it was the AIADMK government of Edappadi K Palaniswami […]
Kattur village in Tiruvarur district becomes the first village in TN to achieve hundred percent vaccination, Minister
Chennai, June 24(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Minister for Medical and Family Welfare, Ma Subramanian said that Kattur village in Tiruvarur district is the first village in Tamil Nadu to achieve 1005 Covid -19 vaccination. The village which has a population of 3332 people had 2334 people in the eligible list for vaccination. This was after excluding […]
Farmer publicly assaulted by police in Salem dies, family demands action
Chennai, June 23(BPNS) Murugesan, 47-year-old farmer from Edayappatti, Salem district who was brutally assaulted by a policeman in broad daylight on Tuesday died on Wednesday with the family demanding action against the erring officials. The incident leading to the policeman assaulting Murugesan using a lathi started after the farmer entered into an argument with the […]
Puducherry to hold local body polls after 10 years following SC Order
Puducherry, June 23(BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry will be conducting local body polls after a gap of 10 years. The local body elections were held last in 2006 which was after a gap of 38 years and following an order from the Madras High Court. The tenure of that civic body election which was […]
Madras High Court orders interim compensation to parents of an infant whose thumb was cut off
Chennai, June 23(BPNS) The Madras High Court ordered the Tamil Nadu government to provide interim compensation of Rs 75,000 to the parents of the newborn baby whose left thumb was cut off by a negligent nurse while trying to removing a pediatric cannula. The incident occurred in Thanjavur Government hospital on June 8, 2021. Justice […]
Madras High court issues notice to Central government on a petition by digital media houses
Chennai, June 23(BPNS) Madras High court issued notice to the Government of India over a petition filed by Digital News Publishers Association comprising of thirteen media outlets. The petition was challenging the constitutional validity of the new Information Technology rules 2021. The first bench of the Madras High Court comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee […]
Stalin : Will take a good decision on Vanniyar quota
Chennai, June 23(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin said that he would take a ‘good decision’ regarding the 10.5% reservation for the Vanniyar community within the Most Backward Castes in the state. The Vanniyar community leader and Pattali Makkal Katchi(PMK) founder President Dr. S. Ramadoss had petitioned the Chief Minister that the 10.5% reservation for […]
