DVAC raids former AIADMK legislator KPP Baskar’s premises

Chennai, Aug 12 (BPNS) The Department of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) bureau is conducting raids and searches at 26 premises of former AIADMK  MLA, KPP Baskar since Friday morning. The former MLA is a close associate of the AIADMK interim general secretary and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K. Palaniswami. Sources told […]

Stalin directs authorities to crack on drug peddlers

Chennai, Aug 10 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has directed authorities to act strongly against those selling drugs and to seize their properties. He called upon the officers to be more vigilant near educational institutions. He was speaking at a meeting of top police officials and senior police officers with an agenda to […]

Puducherry assembly adjourned sine die after Lt Governor’s address

Puducherry, Aug 10 (BPNS) In a first-of-its-kind development, the Puducherry legislative assembly which commenced for the budget session, adjourned sine die after the address of the Lt. Governor, Dr. Tamilisai Sounderarajan. During the address, the Lt Governor said that the Union Territory government had incurred an expenditure of Rs 9793.29 crores against the total outlay […]

Welfare schemes not freebies, says KCR’s daughter Kavitha

Hyderabad, Aug 9 (BPNS)  Telangana Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Tuesday said welfare schemes for poor people are not freebies but “waiving loans of duping agencies are actual freebies”. The daughter of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said that there are 250 welfare schemes that are being run by the state government […]

TN Rajbhavan turning into a political camp: CPI-M

Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) Communist Party of India –Marxist, Tamil Nadu unit secretary, K. Balakrishnan has said that the Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan was turning into a political camp. He was referring to the meeting between Tamil super star Rajanikanth and the Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi on Monday. In a statement on Tuesday, […]