Monkeypox : Man from Singapore kept in isolation at Pudukottai medical college Hospital
Chennai, July 31 (BPNS) A 35-year-old man who arrived at Tiruchi airport on Friday is kept in isolation at Pudukottai medical college Hospital in Tamil Nadu after he showed symptoms of skin rash. Skin rash is a symptom of Monkeypox. The man was sent to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital, Tiruchi on Friday but he went […]
ISIS links : TN Muslim student arrested
Chennai, July 31 (BPNS) A 22-year-old Muslim student, Meer Anas Ali, a resident of Masudi street in Ambur district of Tamil Nadu was arrested by the Police late Saturday night. The youth was picked up by the police after the central intelligence agencies received information about him having regular contact with the ISIS groups through […]
Suspected monkeypox death: Kerala health dept waiting for virology lab report
Thiruvananthapuram, July 31 (BPNS) After a 22-year-old youth who reached Palakkad district of Kerala from a middle eastern country died on Sunday, the state health department has asked the district health officials to create a route map of his trip ever since he had landed in his hometown. Sources in the health department told BPNS […]
52-day trawl ban ends in Kerala from Sunday late night, IMD alert dampens fishermen
Thiruvananthapuram, July 31 (BPNS) Fishermen and fishing boat owners of Kerala are in concern after the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned fishermen from foraying into the sea for the next four days commencing from July 31. Incidentally, the 52-day trawling ban which started on June 9th is to end on the midnight of July 31 […]
One die in heavy waterfall at waterfalls in Kollam, Kerala, one serious
Thiruvananthapuram, July 31 (BPNS) Even as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of heavy rains in several districts of Kerala since July 31, a tourist from Tamil Nadu lost his life after he was trapped in the Kumbavaratty waterfalls as heavy water gushed into the falls sweeping him off balance and into the waters. […]
Thevar community wants OPS, Sasikala to take control of AIADMK
Chennai, July 30 (BPNS) The powerful Thevar community of South Tamil Nadu has joined together and wants O. Panneerselvam and estranged former interim general secretary, V.K. Sasikala to reclaim the AIADMK which is mired in internal tussle. Around 100 Thevar organizations have joined hands and sent letters to both OPS and V.K. Sasikala to be […]
TNs liquor prohibition and subsequent lifting of bans
Arun Lakshman /ChennaI, July 30 (IANS) It was in Salem district of Tamil Nadu in year 1937 that the Congress government of C. Rajagopalachari imposed the country’s first prohibition and it was extended across the state in 1948 immediately after the country gained Independence. This prohibition in Tamil Nadu continued with the Gandhian Kamaraj at the […]
Alleged sexual assault of student in IIT –Madras, institute begins probe
Chennai, July 30 (BPNS) The Indian Institute of Technology –Madras has commenced an internal investigation into an alleged sexual assault of a student on the campus. According to a student who filed the complaint, her friend was assaulted in the early hours of Monday, July 25, and a man in his early twenties had pounced […]
Transgenders have the right to participate in competitions: Kerala HC
Thiruvananthapuram, July 30 (BPNS) The Kerala High Court, on the other day, has stepped in to protect the right of a transgender to compete in a sporting event. The court in an interim order on Friday held that a transgender person is having equal right to participate in competitions. It was a 29-year-old Anamika of […]
