NIA searches in Tiruchi, several places in Chennai
Chennai, July 20 (BPNS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting searches at the special camp in Tiruchi where Sri Lankans involved in criminal activities are lodged. The accused in the Vizhinjam drug smuggling case are also lodged in this camp. Sources told IANS that during the raids at the Tiruchi special camp, the sleuths […]
TN education department begins crackdown on forged marks after teacher arrested
Chennai, July 20 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu education department has commenced a crackdown on the educational credentials of teachers who are working under it. Several teams have been constituted to conduct searches in all the schools in the state. The education department officials during a routine inspection of a school in Tiruvallur district stumbled upon […]
Madras HC orders handing over AIADMK office to Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Chennai, July 20 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday quashed the order or the Executive magistrate to lock up the AIADMK headquarters and instead ordered to hand over the keys of the building to the party interim general secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami. The South Chennai Revenue Divisional Officer (RD0) had on July 11, locked […]
‘Police will hunt down all those involved in Kallakurichi incident’, SP, Kallakurichi, TN
Chennai, July 20 (BPNS) The new Superintendent of Police, Kallakurichi district, R. Pakalavan who assumed office on Wednesday said that the Police would hunt down all those who were involved in the violence on Sunday. It may be noted that a mob had vandalized a private residential school in Kallakurichi and burnt the school buses […]
“It’s not a Ghost, its Gravity”
Haripriya Latheeshan/ Bahrain “Mankind was born on Earth, it was never meant to diehere”-Joseph CooperJoseph Cooper exists only in a fictional universe createdby the genius movie director and screenwriterChristopher Nolan. The person reading this article isprobably familiar with this iconic director. So must bethe movie from which the phrase mentioned above hasbeen quoted, Interstellar, an […]
Kallakurichi incident : National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to conduct probe on July 27
Chennai, July 20 (BPNS) The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) will be holding an investigation into the circumstances that led to the suicide of a Plus Two student of a private residential school at Kallakurichi. The Chairman of the NCPCR, Priyang Kanoongo will visit the Private Residential School and the hostel premises […]
Kerala releases SOP for monkeypox case management, more testing centers on the cards
Thiruvananthapuram, July 20 (BPNS) In the backdrop of two monkeypox virus (MPV) cases in the state, the health department has released a standard operating procedure (SOP) that covers aspects of isolation, treatment, and sample collection. At the same time, the National Institute of Virology’s field unit at Alappuzha became the first center in the state […]
NEET frisking: Kerala Police arrest five, NTA constitutes committee
Thiruvananthapuram, July 20 (BPNS) The Kerala Police arrested five women including two lower grade employees of a private college for frisking girl students during the NEET examination. The arrested are S. Mariyamma and K. Mariyamma of Mar Thoma College, Ayur where the incident occurred, and Geetha, Jyotsna Joby, and Beena who are employees of the […]
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 […]
