Chennai, July 21 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation(GCC) has declared no hawking within 100 metres of educational institutions, religious places and hospitals and has directed all the five zones within the corporation to remove any hawkers found within these areas. The directive of the GCC is following an order of the Madras High Court in […]

Chennai, July 20 (BPNS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought a sanction from the Tamil Nadu government to prosecute two former ministers, two retired Director General of Polices, and eight other persons in the multi-crore Gutkha scam that had rocked the state during the AIADMK regime. The CBI’s anti-corruption unit has, according to […]

Chennai , July 19(BPNS) The revenue development of Tiruppur district in Tamil Nadu is studying the prospects of razing down a 300 feet long wall constructed allegedly by Upper caste people at Mettupalayam in Kangeyam taluk of the district Villagers on Monday lodged a complaint with the Tiruppur district collector who immediately directed the taluk […]

Chennai, July 19 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday transferred the Kallakurichi district collector and Superintendent of Police after the Sunday incident in which a mob took law and order into their hands and vandalized a private school. Kallakurichi district collector, P.S. Sridhar, and District Superintendent of Police,P. Selvakumar was transferred.  Sravan Kumar Jatavath […]

Chennai, July 17 (BPNS) Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) general secretary and nephew of former AIADMK general secretary V.K. Sasikala, TTV Dhinakaran has called for the state government to bring out an ordinance to ban online games in Tamil Nadu. In a social media post on Sunday, the AMMK leader said that recently a policeman […]

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 […]

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, 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]