Chennai, April 19(BPNS) The Deputy Election Commissioner of India, Chandra Bhushan Kumar on Monday held a review meeting with the Chief Electoral Officer Tamil Nadu, Satyabrata Sahoo and other officials on the counting arrangements at the centres. The meeting was held through video conferencing. Election commission officials of Tamil Nadu said that it was a […]

Chennai, April 18(BPNS) Anson Thomas (54), a Keralite from Ranni in Pathanamthitta district  was born and brought up in the city of Mumbai, represented Mumbai  in National Hockey tournament ,donning the role of the team Goalkeeper and later played for Indian Customs team as a goalkeeper after joining the elite department. However, Anson is known […]

Chennai, April 18(BPNS) While the authorities are not contemplating a lockdown in Tamil Nadu, stringent measures will be taken to curtail the spread of the contagious disease. With Covid cases surging up, the Chief minister, Deputy Chief Minister, senior administrative officials including Chief Secretary and DG of Police are meeting virtually on Sunday to finalise […]

Chennai, April 18(BPNS) Trichy corporation has embarked on an ambitious project to retrieve its 42 crore tax dues including that of property tax and user charge arrears from top defaulters. The  Trichy corporation has in a press release said that there are top 100 defaulters and the corporation has already sent notice to them for […]

Chennai, April 18(BPNS) The  Tamil Nadu Public health department is taking blood samples and plasma randomly in 888 clusters for the state’s second sero survey. The survey will continue till April last as some districts have commenced the survey after the elections. A total of 26000 samples will be collected for testing from these 888 […]

Thiruvananthapuram, April 18(BPNS) The Universities in Kerala has postponed all offline exams scheduled from Monday onwards. This was following a communique from the Kerala Governor, Arif Mohammed Khan that all offline university exams are to be postponed due to the surge in Covid 19 cases in the state. Calicut University ,MG University, Kannur University, Health […]

Thiruvananthapuram, April 18(BPNS) The “Metro Man of India” ,Dr E Sreedharan is a late entrant to politics and he entered with a bang bringing in both bouquets and brickbats. While there has been an overwhelming response to his politics from the middle and upper class, there has been harsh criticism from the ruling Left Democratic […]

Chennai, April 18(BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation opened a telecounseling centre on Sunday. The counselling centre will have 100 lines to help those in home isolation. The Chennai corporation commissioner G Prakash while speaking to BPNS said, “Last year the tele counselling centre did a commendable job and as cases are increasing we have opened […]

Chennai, April 18(BPNS) In view of the surge in Covid cases, Tamil Nadu government has on Sunday postponed the Class XII board examinations. More than 8 lakh students were to appear for the examinations scheduled to be held between May 5 to 31. The practical examinations which is being held will continue as planned till […]

Thiruvananthapuram, April 18(BPNS) With the Covid spread increasing in Kerala with Test Positivity Rate (TPR) crossing 17%, the Tamil Nadu government has shut the by-roads to the state from Kerala to TN. The by-roads from the border to Kanyakumari from the state capital Thiruvananthapuram are shut with only a main road open at the Kaliyakavilai […]