Chennai, May 30 (BPNS) The flood mitigation work is to commence soon in Chennai and thirteen other districts of Tamil Nadu after the state highways department accorded sanction for the same. According to the state highways authorities, an amount of Rs 392.16 crore has been allocated for the same. A Government order has been issued […]
Chennai, May 30 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Start-Ups and Innovative Mission (TANSIM) has come out with two new ventures, a StartupTN Brandlabs and a StartupTN Launchpad. State Minister for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) T.M. Ambarasan will launch the two new initiatives this week. The TANSIM in a statement on Monday said that the […]
Chennai, May 29 (BPNS) A couple in Tamil Nadu has got a ‘No Religion, No Caste’ certificate for their three and half year daughter, Vilma. Naresh Karthik and his wife Gayatri approached several schools for admitting their daughter to kindergarten and put the religion and caste column blank. Naresh who is the founder of Seedreaps […]
Chennai, May 27 (BPNS) The Katpadi railway station which is one of the oldest railway junctions in the country is to be developed with a project cost of Rs 360 crore and will be completely disabled-friendly. It is to be noted that Indian Railways is committed to having many disabled-friendly railway stations across the country […]
Chennai, May 27 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Lakshadweep will have new 18 4G mobile towers leading to enhanced mobile network connectivity. 19 existing 2G mobile towers will be upgraded to 4G services. Lakshadweep administration Secretary, S. Asker Ali IAS in a statement on Friday said that the Department of Telecom has given approval for […]
Chennai, May 19 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Thursday inaugurated a unique painting exhibition highlighting the one year achievements of the DMK government in office. The exhibition other than highlighting the achievements of the government is also presenting the archeological findings after excavations were carried out at Keeladi, Porunai, Kodumanal and Myladumparai […]
Chennai, May 12 (BPNS) The film ‘Jai Bhim’ by Tamil superstar, Suriya depicted the woes of the tribal Irula community and has been a runaway success at the box office. However, the lives of Irula’s have been tough and many don’t have homes to stay in other than make-shift shanties which give away during heavy […]
Chennai, May 10 (BPNS) The legal descendants of Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Tamil war hero and erstwhile king of Panchalankurichi fort alleged that money is being fleeced from the traditional torch carriers of ‘Kattabomman Vizha’ slated to be held on May 13. The heirs of the erstwhile king led by Jegaveera Pandia Subramania Kattabomma Durai or V. […]
Chennai, May 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government is developing a new citizen-centric web portal,’ Know Your Government’ with the existing state portal being migrated to the new portal. The IT department, according to a statement is also developing a new integrated service delivery platform, ‘E- sevai 2.0’ to replace the present one and to […]
Chennai, May 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu medical education department on Sunday relieved the dean of Madurai Government medical college, Dr. A. Ratnavel for MBBS students of the college taking ‘Maharshi Charak Shapath’ instead of the traditional Hippocratic oath. The relieved dean is put on waiting list by the state government. An official release from […]
