Chennai, June 28(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has written a letter to Union health minister Dr. Harshvardhan to reduce the allocation of Covid-19 vaccines to private hospitals from 25% to 10%. In a three page letter written on Monday, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said that there was underutilization of the allocated vaccines […]

Chennai, June 26(BPNS) The ministers of the N Rangasamy cabinet will be swearing-in on Sunday with two BJP ministers and three All India NR Congress ministers joining the cabinet 51 days after Chief Minister N Rangasamy assumed office on May 7. While the BJP which contested 10 seats in the assembly elections won 6 seats […]

Chennai, June 27(BPNS) Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and AIADMK Chief  Coordinator, O Panneerselvam has called upon Chief Minister M.K.Stalin to expedite lakhs of vaccines that are unused in private hospitals of the state with immediate effect. In a statement on Saturday, the senior leader said that the state would need 16 crores more […]

Chennai, June 27(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has announced a cash prize of Rs 3 crore for those athletes who wins gold in the Tokyo Olympics to commence from July 23 at Tokyo, Japan. The Chief Minister made the announcement at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Saturday while addressing athletes and sportspersons […]

Chennai, June 27(BPNS) The temples of Tamil Nadu are getting ready for opening from Monday onwards following the relaxation in lockdowns.  The temples in the districts of Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpettu, and Tiruvallur districts have begun cleaning, setting up barricades to restrict the entry of devotees as well as sanitizing the temples. A senior officer with […]

Chennai, June 27(BPNS) The Madras High court has in a bid to clear the pending backlog cases – both civil and criminal, is contemplating to appoint retired judges on an ad-hoc basis. Sources in the Madras High court told IANS that the proposal is under serious consideration with the Chief Justice of the Madras HC, […]

Chennai, June 27(BPNS) DMK Deputy General Secretary Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan and former Tamil Nadu assembly Speaker R Avudiappu are the front runners for two of three vacant Rajya Sabha seats in the state. A senior leader of the DMK who is also a minister in the M.K. Stalin cabinet while speaking to BPNS on conditions of […]

Chennai, June 27(BPNS) Union health Ministry has called on the Tamil Nadu government to take steps to immediately contain the delta plus variant of Covid as according to research reports, the variant is more transmissible and deadly. Union health secretary, Rajesh Bhushan in a letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary, V . Irai Anbu on […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 27(BPNS) Annie Siva, 31 is a proud Sub Inspector of Police at the Varkala police station, under whose jurisdiction comes the famous Sivagiri Mutt founded by Sree Narayana Guru, one of the main spiritual leaders of the state who led a renaissance movement against caste, untouchability, and the necessity of education leading to […]

Chennai, June 27(BPNS) The Pattali Makkal Katchi(PMK) has released a shadow agriculture budget for the state of Tamil Nadu for the year 2021-22 just like the previous years wherein it releases shadow budgets before the government present a budget in the assembly. The founder president of the party, Dr.S. Ramadoss released the party’s 14th shadow agriculture […]