Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to instruct Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) not to discuss on Mekedattu dam issue. Mekedattu dam issue has been a bone of contention between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with the Karnataka side allocating Rs 1000 crore for the […]
Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu coastal police are on high alert after intelligence reports of a possibility of smuggling of essential commodities to Sri Lanka through a sea route from the state. The intelligence issued an alert after inputs on the Sri Lankan nationals also trying to reach Indian shores following acute financial […]
Dileep V Kumar, June 13, Thiruvananthapuram The dengue prediction model is set to get a fillip in the country through the Thiruvananthapuram-based Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies (AMCHSS). The centre, which is a part of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, has developed a framework to understand the relationship […]
Chennai, June 13 (IANS) Five policemen including the inspector of Kodungaiyur police station were suspended following the alleged custodial death of a person at the station on Sunday. The officers who are placed under suspension are George Miller Ponraj who is the Inspector of Kodungaiyur police station, Sub Inspector of police Kanniyappan, head constables Jayasekhar […]
Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) A female wild elephant that got separated from its herd during a drive operation by the Tamil Nadu forest department at Theethipalayam village near Coimbatore, attacked an Anti Poaching Forest watcher on Monday. The condition of the anti-poaching watcher, Mohan (36), according to the forest department officials is stable. The elephant […]
Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation has sought a World Bank funding of Rs 376 crore for the drinking water project in the city. Sources in the corporation told BPNS that the project will be executed jointly by the Water Resources Department (WRD), Metro water, Chennai Corporation, and the Transport department. This project […]
Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department in a mega vaccination drive against Covid -19 has inoculated 13.83 lakh people on Sunday. The drive which is the 30th mega vaccine drive in the state that commenced on September 12, 2021, was held at 1 lakh centres. According to the Tamil Nadu health department data, the […]
Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) The Avadi police commissionorate in Tamil Nadu will be providing unarmed combat training to select women cops under it. A special team of women cops has been created for this under the Avadi commissionorate to be trained in unarmed combat techniques for effecting arrests of criminals without causing any harm to […]
Dileep V Kumar, Thiruvananthapuram, June 13 Out of 14 districts in the state, 12 districts were asked to prepare themselves to deal with natural calamities of one kind or another. The alert has been sounded by the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) in its Orange Book 2022. As either the southwest monsoon or the […]
Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai City police commissioner Shankar Jiwal has ordered an inquiry into an alleged custodial death at Kodungaiyur police station in North Chennai. The incident of alleged custodial torture and death happened on Sunday. S. Rajeshekar( 33), a history-sheeter was picked by the Kodungaiyur Police from Munthiri Thoppu in the […]
