Chennai, June 19 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin is indisposed due to a slight fever and his programmes in Ranipet, Tiruppatur and Vellore districts stand cancelled. This was announced on Sunday by the Chief Ministers’ office through a press statement. With the rising number of Covid cases, the state health department is cautious […]

Puducherry, June 17 (BPNS) The local body elections to Union Territory of Puducherry will soon be announced as the State Election Commission (SEC) has published its final electoral rolls on its website, www.sec.py.gov.in. The State Election Commission (SEC) will hold elections to elect 1149 representatives. Five municipal chairmen, 116 municipal councilors, 108 commune panchayat council members, […]

New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for development projects worth Rs 21,000 crore in Gujarat during his two-day visit from Friday. On June 18, Prime Minister Modi will visit and inaugurate the redeveloped temple of Shree Kalika Mata at Pavagadh Hill, which will be followed by […]

New Delhi, June 16 (BPNS)  Amid reports of violent protests in various states against the recently announced ‘Agnipath’ scheme, the government tried to assuage the concerns raised over the new recruitment plan for the armed forces while keeping a close eye on the situation. Sources said that the Centre is in touch with the governments […]

Chennai, June 16 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Thursday handed over gold medals to the district collectors of Karur,  Coimbatore, and Thanjavur districts of the state for improving the child sex ratio in these districts. The awards were handed over as part of the State Child Protection Day programmes in Tamil Nadu. […]

Chennai, June 16 (BPNS) A Tamil Nadu delegation led by state industries minister, Thangam Thenarasu, and comprising of officials will meet the Union Civil Aviation Minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia in New Delhi on June 17th, Friday. The delegation is to discuss with the Union minister the improvement of civil aviation facilities in the state with special […]

Chennai, June 16 (BPNS) Union Minister of state for external affairs and senior leader of BJP, V. Muraleedharan has said that India is helping Sri Lanka fight its economic crisis. The Union minister was addressing the students of Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore on Thursday. He said that the Union government had […]

Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) After 7 girls were rescued in a span of four days from the clutches of child marriage, the Krishnagiri district administration of Tamil Nadu has decided that it would act tough against the menace. The district administration has also said that they would be conducting awareness programme across the district to […]

Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to instruct Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) not to discuss on Mekedattu dam issue. Mekedattu dam issue has been a bone of contention between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with the Karnataka side allocating Rs 1000 crore for the […]

Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation has sought a World Bank funding of Rs 376 crore for the drinking water project in the city. Sources in the corporation told BPNS that the project will be executed jointly by the Water Resources Department (WRD), Metro water, Chennai Corporation, and the Transport department. This project […]