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Chennai, June 15(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation(TASMAC) has on Monday, the day of reopening of the liquor outlets and bars sold liquor worth 164 crore rupees in the state. According to reports from the TASMAC, Madurai zone accounted for the maximum sales at Rs 49.54 crore followed by Chennai region with sales worth […]
Puducherry, June 15(BPNS) The Union territory of Puducherry reported 355 fresh Covid -19 cases taking the total tally of those affected by the pandemic to 1.13 lakhs. The fresh cases in the past 24 hours as on Tuesday 10 am, shows that there is a fall in the number of fresh cases giving relief to […]
Chennai, June 15(BPNS) The Post graduate medical students and medical interns across Tamil Nadu wore black badges during work demanding hike in their stipend and complaining that the TN is paying the lowest amount as stipend to PG Medics and medical interns. The PG students and medical interns conducted peaceful demonstrations wearing black badges under […]
Chennai, June 15(BPNS) Firebrand leader of the MDMK and Member of Parliament Vaiko had urged the Government of Tamil Nadu to revoke the ban on comorbid workers above 55 from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(MGNREGA) scheme. In a statement on Tuesday, the senior leader said that Government order excluding comorbid workers from […]
Chennai, June 15(BPNS) The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) has urged the Higher education department of the Tamil Nadu government to speed up filling of backlog vacancies of Scheduled Castes in higher educational institutions in the state. Villupuram MP and senior leader of VCK, D Ravikumar in a letter to the TN Minister for Higher Education, […]
Chennai, June 15(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister ,M.K. Stalin conducted a meeting of the newly appointed district collectors at the Secretariat on Tuesday. In the meeting the Chief minister called upon the district collectors to take steps to prevent the spread of Covid -19 in their respective districts. An official release from the Chief minister’s […]
Chennai, June 15(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Minister for Medical and Family Welfare, Ma Subramanian has said that the Children whose parents were Covid -19 positive but turned negative during their death is also eligible for the Rs 5 lakh aid announced by the state government for children whose parents die due to Covid-19. Ma Subramanian was […]
Puducherry, June 15(BPNS) BJP leader and first-term MLA, Embalam R Selvam is all set to become the new Speaker of the Puducherry legislative assembly unopposed. The DMK, Congress opposition did not file any nomination paper against his candidature till the deadline ended on Tuesday afternoon. The election for the Speaker will be held on Wednesday. […]
Chennai, June 15(BPNS) AIADMK Chief coordinator and Deputy Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu assembly O Panneerselvam( OPS) has called upon the government hospitals in the state to treat non-Covid patients. In a statement released here on Tuesday, the senior leader said that the non-Covid patients should be treated with utmost care and warned of […]
New Delhi, June 14(BPNS) A total of 850 oxygen plants are being set up in various districts of the country from PM Cares Fund for catering to the needs of the country to fight the pandemic COVID-19, Dr C Satish Reddy, Secretary, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), highlighted at the Department of Science & […]