Chennai, Jan 7 (BPNS) DMK leader and Member of Parliament from Madurai Lok Sabha constituency, Su Venkatesan has written a letter to the Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to take action against Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) officials who had discriminated against non- Hindi medium candidates who had taken up the CA inter examinations […]
Stalin welcomes SC ruling over 27% reservation to OBC’s
Chennai, Jan 7 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has welcomed the Supreme Court judgment on 27 percent reservation for Other backward classes for admission to All India Medical courses. He said that the DMK’s relentless struggle for the past several years in the courts and in political arena had fructified due to the […]
Rly minister flags off revamped Puri-Hatia express train
Bhubaneswar, Jan 6 Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav on Thursday virtually flagged off the upgraded Puri-Hatia Tapaswini Express, fitted with Rajdhani-like coaches, from Bhubaneswar station. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also graced the occasion over a video conference from New Delhi. Vaishnav said the railways decided to replace conventional coaches of the Puri-Hatia Tapaswini Express with […]
Jayant meets Akhilesh, discuss poll issues
Lucknow, Jan 6 RLD president Jayant Chaudhary on Thursday met Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav here and had detailed discussions on the upcoming assembly elections which the two parties have decided to fight together. The RLD chief who reached here in the afternoon met the SP president for about two hours, a senior RLD leader […]
TN assembly to conclude on Friday considering pandemic situation
Chennai, Jan 6 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu legislative assembly which commenced session on Wednesday with the customary address of the state Governor will conclude on Friday. The period of the session is cut short for three days due to the rising Covid -19 cases in the state. Assembly Speaker, M. Appavu on Wednesday called a […]
TN assembly to conclude on Friday considering pandemic situation
Chennai, Jan 6 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu legislative assembly which commenced session on Wednesday with the customary address of the state Governor will conclude on Friday. The period of the session is cut short for three days due to the rising Covid -19 cases in the state. Assembly Speaker, M. Appavu on Wednesday called a […]
Former TN Minister Rajenthra Bhalaji under judicial custody till January 20
Chennai, Jan 6 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu minister for Milk and Diary development in the previous government, Rajenthra Bhalaji who was arrested in Karnataka on Wednesday was remanded to judicial custody till January 20th. The former minister was arrested in cheating cases related to job scam in the state-run Milk cooperative Aavin […]
OPS seeks intervention of TN government in sugar mills for sake of cane farmers, workers
Chennai, Jan 6 (BPNS) Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and Chief Coordinator of opposition AIADMK, O. Paneerselvam (OPS) has called upon the DMK government of the state to immediately intervene in the resumption of work at National Cooperative Sugar mills in Madurai district for the sake of 10,000 cane farmers and 500 workers. In […]
CPI wants National Youth Festival at Puducherry to be postponed in view of third wave
Puducherry, Jan 6 (BPNS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) has requested that the National Youth Festival scheduled to be held at the Union Territory of Puducherry on January 12th be postponed in the wake of rising Covid -19 cases. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the CPI state secretary, A.M. Saleem said that conducting […]
BJP walks out from Delhi assembly over Sisodia reply
New Delhi, Jan 4 BJP MLAs staged a walkout on the second day of the Delhi Assembly session when Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia blamed Union Home Minister Amit Shah of taking away the government’s power to grant compensation to COVID victims’ kin. He also cautioned BJP MLA Vijender Gupta against indulging in worthless talk. […]



