NGT wants action against GAIL for operating without environmental clearance
Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to take strong action against the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) for operating a unit without obtaining prior environmental clearance that was mandatory. The bench directed the Pollution control board to take necessary […]
Chennai police begins driving training to 15 juvenile first-time offenders
Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Police has commenced a 30-day driving training programme for 15 juveniles who were involved in first-time offences. They are being given driving training at the Institute of Road Transport (IRT) in Taramani and 50 days in Tiruvallur. The training for the first-time offenders who are juveniles is part […]
Former International athlete, Kamaraj passes away
Chennai, Aug 9( BPNS) P.V. Kamaraj part of the 4 x 400 Indian men’s relay team that won the bronze medal at the 1979 Asian championship in Tokyo passed away following a massive heart attack in Chennai on Monday late. He was 68. The Funeral will be held today. He is survived by his wife […]
ASI unearths diadem in burial urn at Tuticorin, TN
Chennai, Aug 9(BPNS) The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) unearthed a diadem at a burial urn in Tuticorin on Monday. This was similar to the 20 diadems that were excavated by the British archeologist, Alexandar Rea 120 years ago. The diadem was found in a burial urn at a one-meter depth. The ASI Tiruchi Zone […]
Puducherry CM meets PM Modi in New Delhi after 15 months of assuming office
Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) Puducherry Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday. This is the first time the Puducherry Chief Minister had met the Prime Minister after assuming office 15 months before. Rangasamy had drawn flak for not meeting the Prime Minister even as his political party, […]
TN police arrest father of minor whose driving led to death of child
Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) The Vriddachalam police in Tamil Nadu arrested the father of a minor boy on charges of abetment in an accident that led to the death of a two and half-year-old girl at Vijayamananagaram, Vriddachalam on Monday. The child was killed by a speeding two-wheeler while she was playing in front of […]
Mullaperiyar dam safe, Stalin to Pinarayi
Chennai, Aug 9(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in a letter addressed to the Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday assured that the Mullaperiyar dam which is geographically in Kerala but operated by Tamil Nadu was safe. Stalin in a reply to an earlier letter sent by Kerala Chief Minister on 5th August 2022 […]
Tiruppur dyeing units demand subsidy for power supply to effluent plants
Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) The dyeing units of Tiruppur have called for a fifty percent subsidy for power supply to Common Effluent Plants as the state power utility Tangedco has proposed a revision in power tariff charges. The district has 360 dyeing units with 60 large units having Individual Effluent Treatment Plants (IETP) and the […]
Veteran AIADMK leader K. Maya Thevar passes away in TN
Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) K. Maya Thevar who was the first MP of the AIADMK passed away at his native Chinnalpatti vilage in Dindigul , Tamil Nadu after age-related illness. He was 87 . His family members told media persons that the veteran leader was not keeping well for the past few days and he […]
