Stalin announces solatium to injured persons in Kanniyakumari gas cylinder explosion
Chennai, July 17 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin announced a solatium of Rs 50,000 each to those injured in the gas cylinder explosion at a tea shop on Sunday morning. The incident that took place in the early hours of Sunday injured 8 people including 2 women. The relief fund was released from […]
More inflows expected in Dhavaleswaram, AP CM reviews flood situation
Amaravati, July 16 (BPNS) With the flood situation in the state continuing to remain grim, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy held a review meeting with his officials on the Govadari floods and relief measures here on Saturday. He directed the officials to be vigilant and ensure that there should be no loss […]
Chennai GST Commissioner suspended on sexual harassment complaint by woman colleague
Chennai, July 15 (BPNS) The Commissioner of Goods and Sales Tax of Chennai Zone, Ravi Selvan is suspended from service following a sexual harassment charge lodged by a woman colleague against him. The Chief Vigilance Commissioner of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) ordered his suspension after the report of an internal complaints committee […]
Karnataka to release 84 prisoners on I-Day
Bengaluru, July 13 (BPNS) The Karnataka government has decided to release 84 prisoners lodged in different jails across the state on the occasion of celebration of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ on the basis of good conduct, sources said on Wednesday. It has been a tradition in the state to release prisoners during the celebration of […]
TN tea plantation corporation to halve cultivation due to acute financial crisis
Chennai, July 13 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Tea Plantation Corporation (TANTEA) which was cultivating tea in an area of 10,000 acres has cut short its cultivation to half following the acute financial crisis. Senior officials of the TANTEA told BPNS that the organization was reeling under financial crisis and the only possibility of saving the […]
Flood defense: Chennai corporation for developing sponge parks 
Chennai , July 11( BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation has embarked on a massive project to prevent floods in the city by converting city parks into ‘Sponge Parks’. Corporation officials told IANS that the parks are being developed to store rainwater. Presently the corporation has identified 50 existing parks and will develop other parks as […]
State government for modernising fair price shops in TN
Chennai, July 7 (BPNS) The Public Distribution Shops (PDS) in Tamil Nadu are set to be modernized with the theme ‘Food security and nutrition security”. The state has around 35000 fair-price shops with most of these shops run by cooperative societies and some of them by women self-help groups. The state food and consumer protection […]
Gujarat visit of officials, govt didn’t seek report
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (BPNS) The Gujarat visit of Kerala’s chief secretary VP Joy and another officer to study the techniques in the Gujarat Chief Minister’s e-governance dashboard system in April had invited a lot of brickbats. Now, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed the Assembly that the government had not directed the officers to submit a […]
Saji Cheriyan steps down as minister following Constitution remark row
Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (BPNS) Left with no choice, Kerala’s fisheries, culture, and youth affairs minister Saji Cherian tenders his resignation from the state council of ministers on Wednesday. Talking to the media after handing over the resignation to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Saji said that to step down was his own volition and he felt […]