Mullaperiyar dam safe, TN Water resources minister, Duraimurugan
Chennai, Oct 29 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu water resources minister and senior leader of the DMK said that the Mullaperiyar dam was safe and that Tamil Nadu was operating it properly according to the directives of the supervisory committee constituted by the Supreme Court of India. In a statement of Friday, the senior leader said that […]
Stalin visits Keeladi excavation site
Chennai, Oct 29 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Friday visited the excavation sites and interacted with officials including the Archeological Survey of India officials. The Government of Tamil Nadu is building a museum at Keeladi at a cost of Rs 12. 21 crores in a two-acre campus and the artefacts unearthed from […]
Eyeing Thevar support, Sasikala pays floral tributes to Muthuramalinga Thevar
Chennai, Oct 29 (BPNS) Former Interim general secretary of AIADMK, V.K. Sasikala who was expelled from the party, has reached Pasumpon, 50 km from Madurai to garland the statue of freedom fighter and spiritual leader of the powerful Thevar community, Muthuramalinga Thevar ahead of his birth anniversary. The visit and garlanding the statue of the […]
Tamil Nadu to open spillways of Mullaperiyar dam on Friday morning
Chennai, Oct 28 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu government which is managing the Mullaperiyar dam located geographically in Idukki district of Kerala will open the spillways of the dam on Friday morning at 7 am. The Tamil Nadu water resources department has already communicated the same to Kerala government on Wednesday night as the evacuation in Kerala’s […]
VCK comes out against TN Governor meeting Vice-Chancellors of Universities
Chennai, Oct 27 (BPNS) The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) leader and Member of Parliament, Thol Thirumavalavan has said that the Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi calling a meeting of Vice-Chancellors of Tamil Nadu Universities is to be opposed. In a statement on Wednesday, he said that the Governor was trying to politically interfere in the […]
Anbumani Ramadoss comes out against Thermal power plants in TN over emission of toxic gases
Chennai, Oct 28 (BPNS) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) youth wing leader and former Union Minister for Health in the AB Vajpayee cabinet, Anbumani Ramadoss has come out strongly against the Thermal power plants in Tamil Nadu that emit toxic gases. In a statement on Thursday, the senior leader expressed shock over the Thermal power plants […]
TN Chief Minister to visit new museum being constructed at Keeladi on Friday
Chennai, Oct 28 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin will be visiting the excavations at Keeladi and inspect the construction of a museum at the site. The Tamil Nadu archeology department is financing the museum construction coming up at a cost of Rs 11.03 crore. Seven phases of excavations have been completed at Keeladi […]
TN Political parties laud Supreme Court move to appoint panel on Pegasus issue
Chennai, Oct 28 (BPNS) Super Star turned politician Kamal Haasan led Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) has welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of India to constitute an expert technical committee under the supervision of Justice R.V. Raveendran, retired from the Apex court. The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) led by Thol Thirumavalavan and the Naam […]
Stalin to meet Pinarayi Vijayan in December on Mullaperiyar issue
Chennai, Oct 27 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin will meet the Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan at Chennai in December to resolve the decades’ long issue of the Mullaperiyar dam. Sources in the Tamil Nadu water resources department told IANS that the meeting would discuss the strength of Mullaperiyar dam and the pitfalls […]