Chennai, Feb 15 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu state president of the BJP, K. Annamalai said that the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has forgotten about the promise he and DMK had made during the run-up to the 2021 assembly elections regarding payment of Rs 1000 per month to women. The former IPS officer turned politician said that […]

Chennai, Feb 15 (BPNS ) With only four days left for the Urban local body elections scheduled for February 19th, the ruling DMK is in a spot after party MLA from Tiruchirappalli (East), Inigo Iruthayaraj received the main accused in the Lavanya suicide case, Sagaya Mary outside the Tiruchirappalli central prison with a  shawl. The […]

Chennai, Feb 15 (BPNS) A special court for cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act ordered the attachment of fixed deposits of over Rs 110 crore, allegedly belonging to former Tamil Nadu Minister, S.P.Velumani. The fixed deposits were in the name of firms of his associates. He was a Minister for municipal administration, rural development, […]

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 13 (BPNS) Even as the Kerala Chief Minister has promised several industry-friendly measures to woo investors, a trader in the home district of Kannur was forced to down his shutters after he confronted the powerful headload workers union, CITU which is supported by the ruling CPM. SR Associates was into the hardware business […]

Chennai, Feb 14 (BPNS) The National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) has turned into a major election issue for the Urban local body polls to be held in Tami Nadu on February 19 after a gap of ten years. While the issue was not of major importance till the last date of filing of nominations […]

Chennai, Feb 14 (BPNS) With Urban local body polls to be held on February 19, the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) has identified 1139 booths in Chennai corporation as vulnerable booths. The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) commissioner Gagan Singh Bedi who is also the District Election Officer (DE0) in a statement on Sunday said […]

Chennai, Feb 14 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) department is for strict measures to recover the rents of temple lands across the state that are long pending. The department in a detailed study spread across the past four months has found that the HR&CE department is to get around Rs […]

Chennai, Feb 14 (BPNS) Nagaland Government has requested Tamil Nadu government for land in Chennai for constructing a Nagaland house. Public Works Minister of Nagaland, Tongpang Ozhukum met Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at the Secretariat on Monday and requested him to provide land for Nagaland to construct a Nagaland House in the state. According to […]

Chennai, Feb 11 (BPNS) Sultanpet and surrounding areas of Coimbatore remained tense after Kesavan (47), a Scheduled caste, daily wage earner died on Thursday evening after being assaulted by a group of caste Hindus three days before. Police arrested seven upper-caste Hindus in relation to the assault and subsequent death of Kesavan. The incident occurred […]

Puducherry, Feb 11 (BPNS) The BJP leadership of Puducherry which is aiming at grass root development of the party will soon be meeting the Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy to sort out the issues with the Independent legislators who are supporting the NDA government. It may be noted that these MLA’s had recently expressed their resentment […]