Centre has allocated over Rs 2,600cr to TN: Mandaviya
New Delhi, June 26 (BPNS) Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday said the Central government has allocated over Rs 2,600 crore towards health for Tamil Nadu under the National Health Mission, and Rs 404 crore for medical infrastructure advancement in the state under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission. Mandaviya is on […]
Youth, student organizations of Kerala packed with drinkers, drug abusers: minister
Thiruvananthapuram, June 26 (IANS) Kerala Minister for local bodies and excise and senior leader of the CPM, M.V.Govindan has said that most of the youths working in student and youth organisations of Kerala are either drunkards or using drugs and other narcotic substances regularly,’’ He said that most of the youths who spearhead anti-drugs and […]
KfW German bank to support TN e-bus project
Chennai, June 25 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government will be soon rolling out e-buses with tenders being called for 100 buses as a first step in Chennai city. The government has already inked a deal with the KfWGerman bank for the financial support of rolling out these buses. The Tamil Nadu government had tried to […]
TN cooperative department to retrieve Rs 160 crore as 37K ineligibile for loan waiver
Chennai, June 25 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu cooperative department is to retrieve Rs 160 crore as thirty seven thousand people have found ineligible for the loan waiver scheme since February this year. Shanmuga Sundaram, Registrar of Cooperative Societies ordered the revocation of the loan waiver and has directed the joint registrar of cooperatives in each […]
Yoga a way of life, PM on International Yoga Day
Mysuru (Karnataka), June 21 (BPNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated along with thousands of people in a Mass Yoga Demonstration at the Mysore Palace ground here on the occasion of 8th International Day of Yoga (IDY) on Tuesday, and said that ‘Yoga has become a way of life’. Integrating the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ with […]
After Swapna, now Anita likely to spell trouble for Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram, June 20 (BPNS) Even before the furore over Kerala gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh’s allegation against him could end, fresh trouble seems to brewing up for Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan after another “controversial” woman Anita Pullayil was spotted at the LKS meeting here. Anita was in the news a few years ago […]
Cemeteries run out of space, Chennai Christians want new burial ground
Chennai, June 20 (BPNS) The Christian community of Chennai is facing a major problem with the cemeteries running out of space. The community wants the government to reduce the time frame for opening the vaults of family graves in cemeteries for reburial. The community also has requested the state government to provide a new burial […]
Stalin writes to Pinarayi to maintain FRL at Siruvani dam
Chennai, June 20 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has written to his counterpart, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to maintain the water level at Siruvani dam at the Full reservoir level to maintain the water requirements of Coimbatore and its suburbs. In the letter written on Sunday, Stalin called on Kerala Chief Minister […]
Mekedatu dam issue: TN against Cauvery Water Management Authority
Arun Lakshman/ Chennai (IANS) Political parties of Tamil Nadu are in an agitator mode after the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) chairman, S.K. Halder stated that the CWMA would discuss the Mekedatue dam issue on June 23. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M.K. Stalin said that a delegation of Tamil Nadu legislators led by the […]