Chennai, Aug 31 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu state Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes which was constituted 10 months before is turning ineffective after it lacked operational funds and shortage of staff. Sources in the commission told BPNS that the SC/ST body has not yet received any funds from the state government. Interestingly due […]

Thiruvananthapuram, July 11 (BPNS) A village in Kozhikode district of Kerala is coming together for collecting a massive amount of Rs 18 crore to treat 9-month-old Siya Fathima who is suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Medicine for this rare disease has to be imported from the United States of America (USA) and a single […]

Chennai , July 9 The Governor of Goa , P. S.Sreedharan Pillai has said that the Indian economy has emerged through Atmanirbhar Bharat of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was speaking at a function on the launch of Green Silver Nanoparticle treated Natural fibre Sarees here on Saturday. The Goa Governor said that the British […]

Chennai, July 4 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF) has called upon the state government to formulate separate laws for honour killings that are taking the lives of several people from the Dalit and deprived communities. TNUEF General secretary, P. Samuel Raj in a statement on Monday said that the front would appeal to […]

Chennai, June 20(IANS) The Dalit movements of Tamil Nadu that have been raising the issue of Upper castes and backward classes killing the couple, if a Dalit boy marries an upper-caste or backward class girl, has faced a major backlash after the honour killing at Kumbakonam a few days ago. In a gruesome incident Shakthivel […]

Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) A national-level survey done by Help Age India conducted in 22 cities across the country has found that 49% of the elderly in Chennai city were dependent on their families for their financial needs. The survey also revealed that 14% of the elders in the city are facing abuse including verbal […]

Kolkata, June 4 (BPNS) The Public Police has been incorporated as a registered trust (NGO) in Delhi with the blessings of its Chairman, Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, former Chief Justice of India and ex-Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, and with guidance from former high court judges, former senior IAS officers, ex-law secretaries and other […]

Kolkata, Jun 4 Age is just a number for Lakshmi Maity, a 102-year-old vegetable seller who, for the past five decades, has never let financial constraints come in the way of her family’s basic needs. Every day, Maity, a resident of Jogiberh village in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district, buys vegetables in bulk at Kolaghat […]