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 […]
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 […]
