Chennai, August 27( BPNS) Tamil Nadu water resources minister and senior leader of the DMK, S. Duraimurugan has said that the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) has no jurisdiction over the Mekedatu dam issue. He said that the issue was sub judice. Duraimurugan while speaking in the legislative assembly said that there were reports on […]

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin or MK Stalin has said that the DMK government under him would take stringent action against all corrupt practices and will not allow any corrupt individual to go scot-free. He said that there is no politics of vindictiveness or vendetta but only legal actions against those who had […]

Puducherry, August 25 (BPNS) Senior leader of the All India NR Congress (AINRC) and member of Puducherry legislative assembly, P Rajavelu has filed nomination papers for the post of Deputy Speaker in the assembly. Rajavelu, a legislator from Nettapakam (SC) reserved constituency is the candidate proposed by the AINRC, BJP combine of the NDA, the […]

Chennai, August 25 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K . Stalin has said that the state government does not have any plans to demolish the building where the architect of Mullaperiyar dam, Colonel John Pennycuick had stayed for erecting the Kalaignar Karunanidhi memorial library. The Chief Minister was responding to the allegations made by AIADMK […]

Chennai, August 22 (BPNS) The ruling DMK has nominated M.M. Abdulla as the party candidate for the September 13 Rajya Sabha elections from Tamil Nadu. Abdulla is a young DMK leader and is an upcoming leader from the Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu. He was made the joint secretary of the party’s NRI wing in […]

Puducherry, August 22 (BPNS) Puducherry Chief Minister, N Rangasamy on Sunday received the first dose of vaccine at his official residence. A  team of doctors, nurses, and paramedics from the Department of Health were present during his inoculation,a statement from the Chief minister’s office said. Puducherry Chief Minister had undergone Covid -19 treatment at a […]

Thiruvananthapuram, August 22 (BPNS) The Union government has airlifted a group of Indians and around forty-five Keralites are in the group who have reached New Delhi on Sunday. A person from North Kerala who was in Afghanistan for the past few years and who is back in New Delhi while speaking to IANS on conditions […]

Chennai, August 19 BPNS) Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and senior leader of AIADMK, Edappadi K Palaniswami has said that the DMK government is interested only in politics of vendetta and vindictiveness. He was speaking to media persons after meeting the Tamil Nadu Governor ,Bhanwarilal Purohit. The senior leader said that the DMK government […]

Chennai, August 19 (BPNS)  The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), a political movement for the rights of the backward classes and Dalits have said that the party would conduct protest marches across the state for renaming of Villages and Towns. Party leader and Member of Legislative Assembly, M. Sinthanai Selvan has in the state legislative assembly […]

Chennai, August 19 (BPNS)       The  U.S. Consulate General, Chennai launched its Madras Week celebrations with a virtual tour titled “America in Chennai—Sites, Streets, Structures” This was organized by the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) in collaboration with the University of Madras.  U.S. Consul General in Chennai Judith Ravin joined Indian Fulbright-Nehru alumnus Prof Suresh Sethuraman on the virtual tour.  The Fulbright Program, the U.S. Department […]