Lindsay Rose Jordy /Chennai, Sept 15 (BPNS) Woman : Everyone is so eager to define her, too quick to find their own perfect mould for her. “She is a mother, a daughter, a sister, a wife or a beloved”. “She is the backbone of a household, an obeying wife”. “She is the symbol of purity, […]
Chennai, July 11 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu voluntary organisation working for transparency and accountability in governance, Arappoor Iyyakam has demanded Governor R.N. Ravi to accord sanction to prosecute former minister and AIADMK leader, KC Veeramani. Jayaram Venkatesan, Convenor, Arapoor Iyyakam in a letter to the Governor said, “It has come to our notice through the letter […]
Chennai, July 4 (BPNS) Villagers of Allikulam and Servaikaranmadam in Tamil Nadu have come out against groundwater being illegally sold to industries even as villagers are into acute shortage of drinking water. The villagers have petitioned the Thoothukudi district administration to seal the borewells that were operating illegally. The two grama sabha meetings held on […]
Chennai, June 22 (BPNS) The noted anti-graft organization of Tamil Nadu, Arappor Iyyakam has raised corruption to the tune of Rs 136 crores in cooperative societies of the state. In a statement, the organization said that as per an RTI response corruption has taken place in the cooperative societies in the last six years. Arappur […]
Thiruvananthapuram, October 27 (BPNS) With India set to assume the presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1st, it has activated Civil 20 (C20), an official engagement group of the G20. It will be Mata Amritanandamayi who will chair the country’s C20. The G20 is the premier intergovernmental forum for the world’s developed […]
Chennai, Oct 14 (BPNS) The old age homes in Tamil Nadu are under scanner with the state social welfare department directing all the district collectors, to take stock of the old age homes in their respective districts. A team of officials from the Vellore district administration had shut down an old age home at a […]
Chennai, Oct 14 (BPNS) Families of people working in various parts of Kerala who had left their native villages for seeking better jobs are returning back to their respective villages. Padma (52), one of the victims of the twin sacrifice in Kerala, was a native of Erapetty in Dharmapuri of Tamil Nadu and had gone […]
New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court judgement refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the state. While Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the appeals against the high court verdict, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia allowed them. […]
Thiruvananthapuram, October 10 (BPNS) For the first time, a headcount of migrant laborers will be conducted in the state. The counting will come as part of the government’s decision to examine the impact of migrant workers, who are also known as guest workers, on the social and economic spheres of the state. The director of, […]
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 […]
