Students’ befitting reply to moral policing at capital city
Thiruvananthapuram, July 21 (BPNS) An alleged moral policing incident and students’ befitting reply to it has become the talk of the town. The central character of the incident was a bus stop near the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram. The students in protest against the alleged moral policing act – as a long steel bench got […]
No hawking within 100 metres of educational institutions, religious places, hospitals in Chennai
Chennai, July 21 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation(GCC) has declared no hawking within 100 metres of educational institutions, religious places and hospitals and has directed all the five zones within the corporation to remove any hawkers found within these areas. The directive of the GCC is following an order of the Madras High Court in […]
TN revenue officials hands over AIADMK headquarters to EPS supporters, open seal
Chennai, July 21 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu revenue department officials on Thursday handed over the keys of the AIADMK headquarters to the supporters of EdappadiK. Palaniswami and unsealed the office which was sealed for the past ten days. Supporters of Edappadi K. Palaniswami( EPS), including former law minister and Member of Parliament, CVe Shanmugham were […]
Ban of single-use plastic: Lack of alternatives creates problems for customers, traders
Chennai, July 21 (BPNS) While the Central government and the Government of Tamil Nadu have enforced ban on Single Use plastics, the lack of alternatives seems to have made it difficult to execute the ban in Tamil Nadu. The government of Tamil Nadu banned the use of 14 types of single-use plastics on January 1, […]
Madras HC directs police, father of the girl to produce SC order on re-postmortem in Kallakurichi suicide
Chennai, July 21, 2022 (BPNS) Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu police and the father of the girl who committed suicide to produce before the court the Supreme Court order with respect to the plea by the father of the child to include a doctor of his choice during his re-postmortem. Justice […]
AIADMK for protest on July 25 against proposed power tariff hike in TN
Chennai, July 20 (BPNS) The opposition AIADMK will conduct protest marches across Tamil Nadu on July 25th against the proposed power tariff hike in the state. The protests will be held at all district headquarters in the state. Tamil Nadu power minister, Senthil Balaji on Monday announced that the state electricity board has proposed an increase […]
CBI writes to TN government for sanction to prosecute former ministers, top cops in Gutkha scam
Chennai, July 20 (BPNS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought a sanction from the Tamil Nadu government to prosecute two former ministers, two retired Director General of Polices, and eight other persons in the multi-crore Gutkha scam that had rocked the state during the AIADMK regime. The CBI’s anti-corruption unit has, according to […]
Pungent odour, eye irritation in Chennai areas: TNPCB to conduct more tests
Chennai, July 20 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has intensified testing of air quality after the residents of Tiruvattiyur and Manali in Chennai continue to complain of a pungent odour. The odour resembling LPG gas leakage has been in these areas for the past fifteen days and many residents complained of irritation […]
Sea coast face most of the environmental issues: Gopalji Arya
Thiruvananthapuram, July 20(BPNS) Environment protection organization national coordinator Gopalji Arya said that sea is facing the brunt of environmental issues. He said that people living close to the sea coast and those who depend on the sea for a living are also facing environmental issues.Each one of us should take the initiative to protect the […]
