“Paying the employees not comes the priority”: KSRTC affidavit in HC
Ernakulam, June 7 (BPNS) KSRTC has said that paying its employees is not its priority, but providing public services comes primary, amid the severe payroll crisis, against the petition filed in High Court. The management has also raised harsh criticism that they could not pay the salary as if the employees show a hold back […]
TN HR&CE to conduct inspection of Sri Sabanayagar temple, Chidambaram today, tomorrow
Chennai, June 7( BPNS) Maintaining that the Sri Sabanayagar Temple, Chidambaram is a public temple, the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) department of Tamil Nadu will move ahead with the inspection of accounts of the temple on June 7th and 8th. The department in a statement said that it was competent to conduct an enquiry […]
Kerala transport unions to hold indefinite strike from today
Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 (BPNS) The indefinite strike announced by the transport unions, including CITU, to protest against the uncertainty in salary distribution to the KSRTC employees in front of the chief’s office begins today. The unions decided to go ahead with the strike, without disrupting the bus services, after the management violated the agreement to […]
Accident death due to negligence, 4 Kerala PWD Officers suspended
Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (BPNS) Kerala PWD minister Mohammed Riyas said that four officers of the Public Works Department were suspended in Ernakulam on Sunday. This was following the death of a youth, Vishnu during early hours of Sunday who fell into a pit at the approach road to the bridge which was not alerted by […]
Puducherry airport runway expansion on, AAI prepares project DPR
Puducherry, June 3 (BPNS) The Puducherry airport runway is in the process of expansion and the Airport Authority of India (AAI) is preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the same. Puducherry Civil Aviation minister Lakshminarayanan while speaking to BPNS said, “ A technical team of the Airport Authority of India had visited the Union […]
20000 govt employees in TN to retire, state has huge pension bill to foot
Chennai, June 1 (BPNS) The pension bill of Government of Tamil Nadu is to increase to Rs 40,000 crore this financial year as around 20000 government employees are retiring from service. 5200 Tamil Nadu government employees retired on Tuesday and around 15000 will retire in December 2022 thus leading to a huge number of vacancies […]
TN fishing department inspection in Nagapattinam reveals unregistered vessels including trawlers
Chennai, May 31 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu fishing department in its annual inspection report in the Nagapattinam district has found that 119 fishing vessels were not registered. The department of fishing in Tamil Nadu has undertaken an annual inspection of vessels between May 25 and 26. The department, according to a statement on Tuesday said it […]
Flood mitigation work to commence in Tamil Nadu, State highways accord sanction
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 […]
TN Startup and Innovative Mission to support startups for branding, launch
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 […]