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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thane, Jul 5 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have assured him full support for the development and growth of the state. Addressing hundreds of Shiv Sainiks on Monday night during his first visit to hometown Thane after taking over as the CM, […]
Puducherry, July 5 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry will present its full budget in August and the state planning board will meet on Wednesday, July 6 for finalizing the draft for the budget. The Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Tamilisai Soundararajan will preside over the planning board meet in which Chief Minister N. Rangasamy, ministers, […]
New Delhi, July 5 (BPNS) The Indian High Commission in Canada, following a controversy over poster of a documentary ‘Kaali’ that was showcased at Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, has urged the organizers to withdraw all provocative material. In a statement, the High Commission said that they have received complaints from leaders of the Hindu […]
Chennai, July 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has written to Union External Affairs minister, S. Jaishankar to immediately intervene in the arrest of 12 Indian fishermen (7 from Tamil Nadu and 5 from Puducherry) who were taken into custody by the Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday. Stalin in his letter mentioned that […]
Chennai, July 4 (BPNS) Ex- paramilitary officers and constables are on the path of protest in Tamil Nadu after the state government scrapped the 5 % reservation for them in recruitment of police sub-inspectors and constables in state police. In a recent notification issued by the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board(TNUSRB) it was clearly […]
Chennai, July 3 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Department of cooperation has commenced feasibility studies to provide WiFi connection at nominal rates to residents who live within a 200-meter radius near ration shops. A team of cooperation department officials under the Joint Registrars of cooperation is conducting feasibility studies to convert ration shops into data centres. It […]
