Chennai, March 21 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government has for the time being delayed the opening of river sand quarries following stiff opposition from the farmers and social activists. The state industries department had announced the opening of river sand quarries by the end of March 2022. However, farmer’s bodies and activists from different parts […]
Chennai , March 21(BPNS)Tamil Nadu waterworks minister and senior DMK leader, S. Duraimurugan has moved a resolution in state legislative assembly against the Karnataka government allocating money in budget for building Mekedatu dam over Cauvery river. In the resolution, the minister petitioned the Government of India not to grant permission to Karnataka to build a […]
Chennai, March 21 (BPNS ) The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), the political arm of the powerful Vanniyar community of North Tamil Nadu has urged the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to create 1 lakh government jobs to reduce unemployment and to help people secure their lives. PMK founder leader, Dr. S. Ramadoss in a […]
Chennai, March 21 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has laid the foundation stone for a new multi-specialty hospital coming up at the King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Guindy. The 500 bedded hospital to be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 230 crore will have medical and surgical treatment in specialties as cardiology, […]
Chennai, March 21 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam appeared before the Arumughaswamy commission on Monday. The commission is constituted to probe the circumstances leading to the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa. Sister in law of V.K. Sasikala, Ilavarasi also appeared before the commisison on Monday. […]
Chennai, March 20 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin has written a letter to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for including the Naikuruvar community under the Scheduled Tribe category. Both Nairkuruvar community and Kuruvikarar community are presently under the Most Backward Community category. He informed the Prime minister that the Registrar General of India has agreed […]
Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 (BPNS) Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee ( KPCC) president, K. Sudhakaran has said that the state party has issued a ban on party leaders participating in the national level seminar to be organized by the CPM as part of its National Conference at Kannur and if anyone violates that they would have to […]
Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 (BPNS) Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran has said that instead of the K-rail semi-speed rail corridor that affects land acquisition and rehabilitation of people leading to protests across the state, a town to town flight service is more feasible. While the K-Rail project has a whopping 1,15,000 crore budget […]
Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 (BPNS) The Opposition UDF in Kerala is gripped with controversy after the constituent partner of the Congress in the front, RSP has come out stating that the Kerala state woman Congress president Jabi Mather was fielded as Congress candidate through a payment process. RSP state secretary, A.A. Azeez while delivering the inaugural […]
Puducherry, March 18 (BPNS) The local body elections in the Union Territory of Puducherry is likely to be held in the last week of April. Elections were not held for the past eleven years after the term of the elected bodies expired in 2011. Puducherry State election commission, Roy P. Thomas told IANS that there […]
