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Colombo, Mar 3 Sri Lanka’s economy was facing “mounting challenges” with public debt reaching “unsustainable levels”, the IMF has said, calling for urgent reforms in the island nation’s economy as it is facing the worst economic crisis. Sri Lanka is currently reeling under a severe foreign exchange crisis with falling reserves and the government is […]
Chennai, March 3 (BPNS) A couple who were traveling in a goods autorickshaw along with their daughter died when the vehicle plunged into a roadside well. The daughter managed to get out of the vehicle and escape. The incident occurred on Thursday in Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu. The deceased are N. Vadivel (55) and […]
Chennai, March 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu idol wing with the support of IIT –Madras is to set up a virtual museum at www.tnidols.com. Sources in the police idol wing informed BPNS that there are at present 374 idols that include 36 metal objects, 265 stone objects, and 73 wooden objects. The website is under reconstruction […]
Chennai, Feb 27 (BPNS) The 41st edition of the annual Natyanjali festival where dancers from across the country will participate will be held in Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu from March 1. The festival will be held on the premises of Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar Trust in Chidambaram from March 1. The secretary of Natyanjali trust in […]
Chennai, Feb 24 (IANS) Parents of students at higher educational institutions in Ukraine including medical colleges and engineering colleges from Tamil Nadu are worried over the missile and bomb attack carried out by Russia in Ukraine on Thursday. R. Vadivelu (45), a businessman from Madurai, whose daughter Amritha Sivam is a student of medicine at […]
Chennai, Feb 22 (BPNS) Parents of children who are studying in Ukraine for medicine and engineering courses are worried over the heightened crisis with Russian troop movement near the Ukrainian borders. Tamil Selvam, Teynampet, Chennai while speaking to BPNS said, “ My daughter Saranya is a third year student of Medicine at Keiv Medical college […]
Thiruvannathapuram, Feb 20 (IANS) A congregation of ‘Aghori Sanyasis’ will participate in the ‘Maha Kali Yagam’ to be held in Thiruvananthapuram from May 6 to May 16 at the ‘Balabadra Temple’. The Yaga, according to the organizers will have the participation of prominent people in the country including Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, and several delegates […]
Chennai, Feb 18 (BPNS) With Tamil Nadu going for Urban local body polls on Saturday, February 19th, People with Disabilities (PwD) are at a loss as several booths don’t have facilities for them to assess the booths. During the assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI )had done a yeoman service in providing all […]
Chennai, Feb 16( BPNS) Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Tamil Nadu State Election commission officials to remove all the posters pasted on walls in Chennai by the candidates contesting Urban local body elections. The first bench of the Madras High Court comprising of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy […]
Chennai, Feb 8 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department (WRD) will reopen sand quarries in the state on February 25 after the Urban local body polls that are to take place on February 19. The state government had on January 6, announced that 16 river sand quarries for heavy vehicles and 21 sand quarries […]