Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) A special team of the Tamil Nadu police which is investigating the Kodanad estate murder and heist case questioned late Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa’s driver Kannan on Wednesday. Sources in the police told BPNS that he was quizzed for several hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. Kannan while working with Jayalalithaa as […]
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) general secretary, TTV Dhinakaran has come out strongly against the reported recommendation of a panel for bringing postal services under the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The AMMK leader in a series of tweets on Wednesday called upon the central government not to act on […]
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) The Edappadi K . Palaniswamy faction of the AIADMK which has gained upper hand in the party, is trying to convince the former Chief Minister, O. Panneerselvam who has not yet relented to single-party leadership for the party. Sources in the AIADMK told BPNS that senior leaders including former ministers, S.P. […]
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation has appointed a transperson for flying drones used for spraying larvicide to control the mosquito menace in the corporation. The corporation in its council meeting on Tuesday adopted a resolution to this effect. The appointment which is on a contract basis will be provided to E. Prem […]
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) With the menace of drugs increasing by the day, the Tamil Nadu police have chalked out new strategies to curb the drug supply in the state. The state home department has merged the Narcotics Intelligence Wing (NIW) of the state police with the Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW) and this will lead […]
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is to rent out bus shelters, electric posts for advertisements in a bid to spruce up revenue for the corporation. The corporation has joined hands with the World Bank for this project of increasing revenue for the GCC and the bank will be providing an amount […]
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Governor has asked Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to prove majority tomorrow. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has written to the Assembly Secretary Rajendra Bhagwat calling for a special session at 11 am. Immediately after the demand to prove majority, Team Thackeray approached the Supreme Court claiming the Governor’s request is illegal as 16 […]
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray faces a floor test tomorrow. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has written to the Assembly Secretary Rajendra Bhagwat calling for a special session at 11 am for Mr. Thackeray to prove his majority. The rebel MLAs led by Eknath Shinde, who are staying at a five-star hotel in Assam’s Guwahati, […]
Thiruvananthapuram, June 28 (BPNS) Veteran CPI-M leader and former Finance Minister T.Sivadasa Menon passed away at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Tuesday, party sources said. He was 90. Menon, a teacher by profession, had quit his job in 1986 and plunged into full time politics. He won three times from the Malampuzha Assembly constituency in […]
Udaipur, June 28 (BPNS) Rajasthan police have arrested two persons for the gruesome broad daylight beheading of a tailor in Udaipur on Tuesday afternoon, Director General of Police, M.L. Lather, said, adding that different teams were deployed to arrest the culprit duo. The arrested persons have been identified as Gos Mohammad, son Rafiq Mohammed, and Riaz, […]
