State Congress wants CM to come back and take the lead in fight against Covid Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30 (BPNS) Senior leader of Congress party and former leader of Opposition in Kerala legislative assembly, Ramesh Chennithala has said that the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan must cut short his visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and […]
TN BJP to demand 30 percent seats from AIADMK for Urban elections
Chennai, Jan 29(BPNS) With Tamil Nadu going for Urban local body elections on February 19th, the state unit of the BJP will demand 30 percent of the total seats from the AIADMK. The seat-sharing between the BJP and AIADMK will commence on Sunday. It may be noted that the BJP had demanded 30 percent seats […]
PMK planning to make a mark in Urban local body elections
Chennai, Jan 29(BPNS) The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), the political arm of the powerful Vanniyar community which was part of the AIADMK led coalition in the 2019 general elections and 2021 assembly elections has declared that it would contest alone in the 2022 February Urban local body polls. Party founder president, Dr. S. Ramadoss has […]
Central agencies, ‘Q’ branch of TN police on high alert on possible regrouping of LTTE
Arun Lakshman/ Chennai The Central agencies and the elite ‘Q’ branch of the Tamil Nadu police are on high alert after the NIA registered Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against three people in a fake passport case which was registered in Tamil Nadu in October 2021 by the ‘Q’ branch. The NIA registered a case […]
Chennai corporation files police complaint against Tiruvottiyur MLA
Chennai, Jan 29 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has filed a police complaint on Saturday against the Tiruvottiyur MLA of the DMK, K.P. Shankar who had allegedly beaten up a corporation Assistant Engineer in the wee hours of Wednesday and stopped a road tarring work. The GCC authorities told IANS that they would post […]
Schools for classes X to XII likely to open in TN in February
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu school education department is contemplating reopening schools for classes X to XII in the month of February as board exams are to take place in May. The school education minister, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi has in a meeting of school principals, teachers, and bureaucrats which was held virtually on […]
TN Minister, MP’s, political parties flay RBI staff for not showing respect to Tamil state song
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Finance Minister, PTR Thiagarajan, MP’s Kanimozhi and Su Venkatesan, and several political parties and social organizations of Tamil Nadu have come out strongly against the staff of the Reserve Bank of India alleging that they have disrespected Tamil state song during Republic Day celebrations. The political leaders have flayed […]
Fierce contest in cards for Urban local body polls in TN
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) The Urban local body elections of Tamil Nadu to be held after a decade will witness a tough fight between the ruling DMK led alliance and the opposition AIADMK alliance. The Urban polls in the state are to be held in a single phase on February 19th and the political parties of […]
TN Governor, Chief Minister participate in Republic Day Celebrations
Chennai, Jan 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Wednesday unfurled the national flag near the Gandhi square on Kamarajar salai in Chennai in the presence of Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on the occasion of the 73rd Republic day celebrations in the state. 6800 police personnel are on duty as part of the security aspect […]
Tableaus rejected in National Republic Day parade displayed prominently in Chennai
Chennai, Jan 26 (BPNS) The Tableaus proposed by the Tamil Nadu state and rejected in the third round by the Central government for the National Republic day parade was used by the state government at the parade at Chennai during the 73rd Republic day parade. The tableaus titled ‘Tamil Nadu in Freedom Struggle’ depicting V.O.Chidambaranar, ‘Mahakavi’ […]



