Chennai, August 10(BPNS) Aruppor Iyyakam, the Chennai based Non-Governmental Organisation has called for detailed and deeper probe into the alleged corruption charges against former minister and AIADMK leader, S.P. Velumani. It may be recalled that the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti- Corruption (DVAC) wing had conducted raids on the premises of the former minister and […]
Chennai, August 9(BPNS) The DMK which is gearing up for the upcoming rural body elections to be held in the nine new districts of the state of TN in the month of September will be projecting the welfare measures of its government as the major poll plank. In the recent meetings held with the party-state […]
Chennai, August 9(BPNS) The Cyber wing of the Tamil Nadu police have booked actor, model Mira Mithun for an alleged slur against Scheduled Caste (SC) in a video that has gained traction in social media. The case was booked following a complaint by the Viduthalai Chiruthagai Katchi (VCK), a political party supporting the Dalit cause […]
Chennai, August 9(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Finance minister PTR Palinivel Thiagarajan has said that the Revenue deficit situation in Tamil Nadu is alarming since 2013- 14 and that the state fiscal situation is in an “unsustainable” position. The state finance minister was releasing a white paper on the state’s finances as a prelude to the paperless […]
Chennai, August 9(IANS) The Enforcement Directorate has registered a case under Tamil Nadu minister for Electricity, Prohibition, and Excise, Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering (PML)Act. The central agency has summoned the minister to appear before it on August 11, sources told BPNS. The Central Crime Branch of Tamil Nadu police has registered […]
Chennai, August 6( BPNS) With back to back incidents of communal distrust surfacing in the state, the state government is contemplating a new law to protect communal harmony in the state. A Catholic priest , Father George Ponniah was booked by Tamil Nadu police over hate speech at Kanyakumari in a public function on July […]
Chennai, August 6(BPNS) Plagued by the two years of pandemic followed by financial constraints, the state of Tamil Nadu is continuing with the retirement age of government employees at 60 years. The retirement age of government employees of Tamil Nadu was raised to 59 and then to 60 by the previous AIADMK government of Edappadi […]
Chennai, August 6(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has on Friday extended lockdown will August 23. The government has also decided to open schools in the state for classes IX, X, XII, XII on September 1. The new lockdown rules will come into effect from August 9. The state school education department has been […]
Chennai, August 5(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP buoyed up after winning four assembly seats in 2021 legislative assembly polls is gearing up for the ensuing local body polls to the new nine districts of the state and the urban local body polls. BJP has constituted a 17 member committee on Wednesday with […]
Chennai, August 5(IANS) The opposition AIADMK has come out strongly against the failure of the DMK government to defend the law against online games with stakes in the Madras High court. The court had on Tuesday struck down a recent amendment to the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act passed in 1930, which imposed a ban on […]
