New Delhi, June 15(BPNS) Election Commission of India today organized a virtual conference of the Chief Electoral Officers of all the States and UTs. The conference primarily focused on key thematic issues like smooth, efficient and voter friendly services, updation/purity of the electoral roll, integration of IT Applications, extensive voter outreach program, Media & Communication strategy, […]

New Delhi, June 15(BPNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the keynote address at the 5th edition of VivaTech on 16th June 2021 at around 4 PM. The Prime Minister has been invited as a Guest of Honour to deliver the keynote address at VivaTech 2021. Other prominent speakers in the event include Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of […]

Chennai, June 15(BPNS) Even as the fishing ban in Tamil Nadu has ended on Monday midnight, less fishing boats are likely to venture into the sea for deep-sea fishing. Around 1200 fishing boats are attached to the Kasimedu Fishing harbour and only about 350 boats are likely to venture out into the sea on Tuesday. […]

Chennai, June 15(BPNS) A study conducted by a team of researchers from Anna University and St Josephs college of Engineering, Chennai has detected the presence of microplastics in water bodies near the corporation’s waste dumping yards. The micro plastics measuring less than 5mm was found in water sources near the Corporation dumping yards of Peungudi […]

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 […]