Chennai, June 16 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Thursday handed over gold medals to the district collectors of Karur, Coimbatore, and Thanjavur districts of the state for improving the child sex ratio in these districts. The awards were handed over as part of the State Child Protection Day programmes in Tamil Nadu. […]
TN forest department tracks leopard that killed cow in Erode
Chennai, June 16 (BPNS) The forest department officials of Tamil Nadu have warned people to stay indoors at Talavadi in Erode as a leopard that had killed a cow on Tuesday at the village is on the prowl. Officials of the Tamil Nadu forest department told media persons that they have installed drones to track […]
Second airport at Chennai: TN delegation to meet minister
Chennai, June 16 (BPNS) A Tamil Nadu delegation led by state industries minister, Thangam Thenarasu, and comprising of officials will meet the Union Civil Aviation Minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia in New Delhi on June 17th, Friday. The delegation is to discuss with the Union minister the improvement of civil aviation facilities in the state with special […]
India helping Sri Lanka fight economic crisis: Union Minister
Chennai, June 16 (BPNS) Union Minister of state for external affairs and senior leader of BJP, V. Muraleedharan has said that India is helping Sri Lanka fight its economic crisis. The Union minister was addressing the students of Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore on Thursday. He said that the Union government had […]
Kerala CPM MP lashes out against Agnipath recruitment
Thiruvananthapuram, June 16 (BPNS) Member of Rajya Sabha and former national president of Student Federation of India (SFI), the student body of the CPM, Dr. V. Sivadasan said that the contractual recruitment in defense forces like ‘Agnipath’ will result in reducing these youths to the status of mercenaries. In a letter to the Union defense […]
Covid : State launches six-day vaccination drive as cases shot up
Thiruvananthapuram, June 15 (BPNS) With the state’s Covid-19 case graph registering a steep increase, the health department has decided to focus on improving the vaccination coverage. As a first step, it has decided to organize a six-day vaccination campaign to boost the precaution dose coverage. The campaign will get kick-started on Thursday. The department has […]
Fresh cases spirals, 11 districts with positivity rate above 10
Thiruvananthapuram, June 16 (BPNS) After a gap of almost three months, the state’s daily Covid-19 case tally breached the 3000 mark. For the two consecutive days – June 14 and 15 – more than 3000 cases were reported. The cumulative case tally of the state stands at 18,345. At the same time, the union health ministry’s […]
TN idol wing commence probe on idols traced to museums in the United States
Chennai, June 16 (BPNS) The idol wing of the Tamil Nadu police has commenced a probe after two idols from the state were traced to museums in the United States of America. Idol wings sleuths told IANS that a tenth-century idol of Somaskandar was located in the North Simon Museum, California another Amman idol was […]
Confabulations, discussions in AIADMK over leadership change
Chennai, June 16 (BPNS) The opposition AIADMK is in the midst of a series of confabulations over whether a single leadership or a dual leadership as of now should continue in the party. The party-state leadership meet is to be held on June 23. The AIADMK is now having dual power centres with former Chief […]
Pilot error results in Lulu chairman’s helicopter accident
Dileep V Kumar, Thiruvananthapuram, June 14 The Civil Aviation Department has held the pilots responsible for the helicopter crash landing incident that occurred at Kochi on April 11, 2021. The helicopter that got crash-landed on a marshy land was carrying businessman MA Yusuf Ali, his wife, and two others who then escaped unhurt. The department’s […]



