Chennai ,April 7( BPNS) DMK Villupuram south district secretary and MLA from Vikravandi constituency in Villupuram district, N. Pugazhenthi, 71, died on Saturday following a brief illness. He passed away at the Government Villupuram Medical College and Hospital (GVMCH) in Mundiyambakkam while undergoing treatment. He is survived by his wife, son and three daughters. The […]
Teen girl football player dies following ligament surgery in Chennai
Chennai, Nov 15 (BPNS) A seventeen-year-old football player whose right leg had to be amputated after surgery for a ligament tear seven days ago, died on Tuesday morning after multiple organ failure. Priya (17) was a football player and a student of Bsc in Physical education and had undergone a ligament surgery at Government Peripheral […]
Annamalai condoles death of teen footballer
Chennai, Nov 15 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu BJP President,K. Annamalai has condoled the death of 17-year-old footballer, A. Priya following a ligament surgery and subsequent amputation of the right leg. He demanded compensation of Rs 2 crore to the family of the deceased Priya. He also demanded that a member of the family of the deceased […]
Three siblings die at home in refrigerator explosion in TN
Chennai, Nov 4 (BPNS) In a gruesome incident on the early hours of Friday, a family of three siblings including two women were asphyxiated to death. The incident occurred at Guduvanchery in the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu. The deceased are identified as V. Girija (63), her sister , S. Radha (55) and their brother, […]
TN former AG, R. Krishnamoorthy passes away at 92
Chennai, Oct 18( BPNS) Tamil Nadu’s former Advocate General, R. Krishnamoorthy passed away in Chennai on Tuesday. He was 92. Krishnamoorthy had held the post of A-G during the period from 1980 to 1989 and then again from 1994 -1996. He had also served as the Chairman of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and […]
Coal Mine Explosion in Turkey Kills at Least 41
Istanbul, Oct 16 (BPNS) — The death toll from an explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey rose to at least 41 workers on Saturday, with 11 others injured, making it the worst mining disaster in the country in eight years. The blast on Friday evening inside a state-owned mine in the town of […]
Crowds turning up to pay last respects to Mulayam Singh Yadav at Saifai
Saifai (UP), Oct 11 (PTI) People in large numbers were headed Tuesday for the last rites of veteran socialist leader Mulayam Singh Yadav at his native village Saifai in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh, the intermittent morning drizzle adding to the sombreness. The Samajwadi Party founder and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister passed away aged […]
TN Governor, CM condoles death of Mulayam Singh
Chennai, Oct 10 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi, Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, and other senior leaders condoled the passing away of former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mulayam Singh Yadav. Governor R.N. Ravi in his condolence message said, “ Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav was a great leader. His passing away has left a political […]
Tamil Villupattu exponent, Kavignar Subbu Arumugam passes away
Chennai ,Oct 10 (BPNS) Kavignar Subbu Arumugam noted Villupattu exponent passed away in Chennai on Monday. He was 95. Villupattu is a folk art of Southern districts of Tamil Nadu and Subbu Arumugam is known as its best exponent and had popularised the art. He had even modernized the singing methods, the texts and is […]
Man shot dead in TN over dispute on stealing goats
Chennai, Oct 9(BPNS) A 53-year-old man, Chinnasami, was shot dead in the wee hours of Sunday after he alleged that a person had lifted his goats from his farm. The incident occurred in Mettupalayam district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday early morning. Chinnasami, according to Mettupalayam police is a farmer who rears cattle for a […]