Chennai, September 9(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin said that the state government must scientifically prove that the history of the Indian subcontinent commenced from Tamil landscape. He was speaking at the legislative assembly on Thursday. Stalin was encouraged by the Carbon dating analysis of rice with soil found in a burial urn in Sivakalai […]

Chennai, September 8(BPNS) Former presidium chairman of AIADMK and renowned Tamil Poet, Pulamaipithan (86) passed away on Wednesday at a private nursing home. He was a close associate of AIADMK founder leader and former Chief Minister, Late M.G.Ramachandran. He was honoured with the Periyar award by the Tamil Nadu government and had penned hundreds of […]

Chennai, September 8 (BPNS) The Income Tax department has seized 11 properties belonging to expelled interim general secretary of AIADMK, V.K.Sasikala and her close relatives TTV Sudhakaran and Ilavarasi, sources said. 24 acres of land belonging to Sasikala and her relatives worth around 100 crore rupees has been seized by the IT department. The properties […]

Chennai, August 29 (BPNS) Tami Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has on Friday in the state legislative assembly announced a package of Rs 317.40 crore to the Sri Lankan Tamil refugee camps spread across the state. The money was for reconstruction of the camps as well as providing education to the children and for scholarships […]

Thiruvananthapuram, August 29 (bpNS) While the Congress party of Kerala had cited age as the criteria to deny Rajya Sabha seat to Prof P.J. Kurien in 2017 who was the sitting Deputy Chairman , the same party  have two septuagenarian leaders to head the District Congress Committees (DCC). The list of DCC presidents was released […]

Chennai, August 29 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Public Works Minister, EV Velu said that the carelessness of the contractor has led to the collapse of the under-construction Madurai- Nathan flyover and added that it should have been an avoidable incident. The minister was speaking to reporters at Madurai on Sunday in presence of state finance minister […]

Thiruvananthapuram, August 29(BPNS) The release of the list of District Congress Committee (DCC) president’s seems to have opened a pandora’s box in state Congress. The state Congress Chief and Member of Parliament,K Sudhakaran lashed out against the former Chief Minister and senior leader Oommen Chandy stating that the open statement of the latter over the […]

Chennai, August 29(BPNS) Union Minister of state for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Information and Broadcasting, L. Murugan has said that Community radio stations are perfect examples of “By the people, of the people for the people”. He was speaking after inaugurating the Community Radio Station (JSS Radio 91.2 MHZ) on the occasion of the 106th Jayanthi […]

Chennai, August 27 (BPNS) The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on August 31 is to take up the Cauvery- Vaigai- Gundar link canal scheme. The scheme executed by the Tamil Nadu government is to get approval from the CWMA to procure financial support. The Mekedatu dam project […]

Chennai, August 27 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin has announced schemes worth Rs 317.4 crore for the welfare of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees. Stalin while making a suo moto statement in the assembly on Friday said that the government would construct 7469 new houses for the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who are in various […]