Chennai, June 18 (BPNS) The U.S. Consulate General in Chennai celebrated the 246th anniversary of U.S. independence as well as 75 years of U.S.-India partnership in Chennai on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Independence Day, also referred to as the Fourth of July in the United States, commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July […]
Chennai, June 17 (BPNS) Seven Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who are fleeing from the economic crisis in the island nation reached Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu on Friday. The Lankan Tamils were spotted by the local people at Mandapam and alerted the Coastal Security Police who reached the spot and took them into custody. Police said […]
Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu coastal police are on high alert after intelligence reports of a possibility of smuggling of essential commodities to Sri Lanka through a sea route from the state. The intelligence issued an alert after inputs on the Sri Lankan nationals also trying to reach Indian shores following acute financial […]
Cape Town ,June 11 (BPNS) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his country wants to see a “greater and deeper partnership” with other members of BRICS, an “attractive” bloc that many other countries have confidence in. BRICS groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, reports Xinhua news agency. Ramaphosa made the remarks when responding […]
New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) An woman diplomat was part of the Indian team that visited Afghanistan to oversee the delivery of India’s humanitarian aid to that country and meet with senior members of the Taliban. Deepti Jharwal is part of the external affairs ministry’s Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran (PAI) division, people familiar with the development said on […]
Chennai, June 2 (IANS) The Bangladeshi railway minister Mohammed Nurul Islam who is on a visit to the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) here has expressed interest in the LHB coaches and DEMU coaches made by the ICF. The minister inspected LHB, Vistadome, LHB AC II-tier, and LHB AC III-tier coaches and air-conditioned Self Propelled Inspection […]
Chennai, June 1 (BPNS) With Sri Lanka facing an acute economic crisis, the migration of people coming to India continues, and on Wednesday, 3 more from the island nation reached Tamil Nadu. Rameswaram Marine police found them at the seashore near the Gothandaramar temple during a routine inspection. The three who reached on the early hours […]
Chennai, May 11 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu coastal police are on high alert after inputs from Central agencies on the possibility of a heavy intrusion from Sri Lanka following political and economic uncertainty in the island nation. A senior officer of the Tamil Nadu home department told BPNS that the state is constantly in touch […]
Chennai, May 5 (BPNS) The Members of Parliament of Loksabha and Rajyasabha from DMK will contribute one month’s salary to the Sri Lankan relief fund following the appeal by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin. The money will be contributed to the Chief Minister’s Public relief fund. It may be noted that the Chief Minister […]
Chennai, May 3 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has appealed to the people of the state to contribute to the state government to buy food materials and ship to Sri Lanka to help the people of that country who are reeling under an economic crisis. Chief Minister Stalin also announced that his party, […]
