TASMAC liquor sale crosses 252 crore a day on Saturday
Chennai, April 26(BPNS) TASMAC , the state government run liquor outlets of Tamil Nadu crossed 252 crore sales on Saturday ahead of the Sunday lockdown in the state. A release from TASMAC said that this was the second time in April that the corporation’s liquor sale had crossed the 250 crore mark a day when […]
Election commission most irresponsible institution in the country and be charged for murder :Madras High court
Chennai, April 26(IANS) The Madras High Court on Monday lashed out against the Election Commission of India and said that it is the most irresponsible institution in the country and put on murder charges for not preventing political parties from misuse of Covid 19 protocol. The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice […]
Chennai administration warns bars of stern action if found violating Covid protocols
Chennai, April 26(BPNS) The Chennai district collector has warned of strict action against private licensed bars if they violate the closure order issued by the government. The Tamil Nadu government has on Saturday issued orders that all private bars should remain shut from Monday. This was as part of the efforts to control the rise […]
Madras High Court suggests complete lockdown in TN and Puducherry on May 1 and 2
Chennai, April 26(BPNS) Madras high court on Monday suggested complete lockdown in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on May 1 and May 2. The first bench of the high court of Chief justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said that the vehicles required for counting purposes and emergency services only be allowed on these two […]
JIPMER director denies allegation of conducting surgery in wrong leg
Chennai, April 26(BPNS) Jawaharlal Institute of PostGraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) director, Dr Rakesh Aggarwal has in a statement denied the institute having conducted surgery on the wrong leg of a patient as alleged by some of the relatives of the patient. The director, in a statement said that an accident victim was admitted […]
Kerala in mini lockdown mode
Thiruvananthapuram, April 25(BPNS) The state is continuing with tough measures on Sunday also as the Covid cases are surging ahead with Saturday recording 26,685 fresh cases. Relaxations are provided only for essential services and public transport with restrictions being effected and police have taken cases against 5371 people for having violated the Covid protocols. 36 […]
Sunday lockdown effective: No vehicle traffic in streets, people stays indoors
Chennai, April 25(IANS) The Sunday lockdown turns effective in Tamil Nadu with people preferring to stay indoors and no vehicular movement across the state. Roads in Chennai wore a deserted look and police blocked the interior side roads of the city to prevent movement of vehicles and public. Police had conducted awareness across the state […]
Migrant workers divided over returning home during second wave of pandemic
Chennai, April 25(BPNS) The migrant workers of the Industrial hubs of Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore and Tirupur are a divided lot returning back to their home town in the midst of the second wave of Covid -19. It is to be noted that Tiruppur has around 2.5 lakh migrant workers drawn from West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya […]
Chief Minister Edappady K Palaniswami writes to PM over diversion of Oxygen to Andhra, Telangana
Chennai, April 25(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday, wrote a letter to Prime minister Narendra Modi on the diversion of Oxygen produced in TN to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. Chief minister in his letter mentioned that with 1 lakh more active cases in Tamil Nadu the requirement of medical oxygen […]