Several BJP, Congress leaders in Punjab join AAP New Delhi, Mar 14 Several BJP and Congress leaders from Haryana on Monday joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) here after its stupendous victory in the Punjab Assembly polls. The BJP’s former Gurugram MLA Umesh Agarwal and ex-minister and senior Congress leader Bijendra Singh are among those […]
Fresh Covid cases fall below 100 in TN after 2 years
Chennai, March 14 (BPNS) The state of Tamil Nadu recorded 95 fresh Covid cases on Sunday, the first time the state has reported less than 100 fresh cases since March 30, 2020. Tamil Nadu State Public Health department in a statement on Sunday said that 95 persons (48 men and 47 women ) tested positive […]
Congress, Left, and Secular parties should come together to beat BJP in 2024, VCK
Chennai, March 14 (BPNS) Founder leader of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and Member of Parliament, Thol Thirumavalavan has called upon a unity of Congress, left, and other secular forces to defeat the BJP in the 2024 general elections. In a statement on Monday, the noted Dalit leader said that BJP was speaking only about […]
Free bus service to students of Puducherry UT in a week, Education minister
Puducherry, March 14 (BPNS) The Education Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry, A. Namassivayam has said that free bus services for students in the Union Territory will commence in a week. The minister while speaking to media persons at an event organized by the Puducherry Directorate of School education said that the tenders for […]
Stalin writes to PM to drop neutrino observatory project in TN
Chennai, March 14 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has in a letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, March 14th requested his intervention to drop the proposed neutrino observatory project in Theni district of Tamil Nadu. Stalin in the letter said that the request was made in the larger interest of conservation […]
Stalin silent over obstructionist attitude of Kerala government towards repair in Mullaperiyar, OPS
Chennai, March 14 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O.Panneerselvam has in a statement on Monday said that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin was maintaining a studied silence over the ‘Obstructionist attitude of the Kerala government on the execution of repairs at the Mullaperiyar dam. He said that the […]
OPS thanks PM for evacuating Indians from Ukraine
Chennai, March 13 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O.Panneerselvam (OPS) has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for successfully evacuating Indians, especially students from war-hit Ukraine. He also said that ‘Operation Ganga’ was highly successful and even students from Bangladesh and Pakistan were evacuated by the Indians. The former Chief Minister […]
Vaiko wants TN Governor R.N. Ravi removed from the post
Chennai, March 13 (BPNS) Member of Parliament and firebrand leader of MDMK, Vaiko has called upon the removal of Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi from the post. In a statement on Sunday, the MDMK leader who is often equated with Tamil nationalism said that the Governor’s inaugural address at the South Indian Vice-Chancellors conference that […]
Left student bodies come out against Kerala transport minister
Thiruvananthapuram, March 13 (BPNS) The left student organizations, SFI and AISF, and the student body of Congress, KSU have come out strongly against the state transport minister, Antony Raju over his remarks on student concession in buses. The minister while interacting with media persons on Sunday said that a hike for bus ticket charges is […]