AR Rahman hosts wedding reception for daughter; Honey Singh, Sonu Nigam bless couple

Mumbai, June 11  Oscar and Grammy-winning composer A.R. Rahman recently hosted a wedding reception for his daughter Khatija Rahman, who took wedding vows with audio engineer Riyasdeen Shaik Mohamed last month. As per a report by ‘Hindustan Times’, the reception, which was held in Chennai, registered many of Rahman’s industry friends and colleagues in attendance […]

Casinos will benefit from Mopa airport: Baghel

Panaji, June 11  Union Minister of State (MoS) for Law and Justice S.P. Singh Baghel on Saturday said that Mopa airport will help boost Casino business in Goa. Baghel, while on a Goa’s north district tour, said that (another) airport was needed for Goa. “Not only to Goa but it will benefit country,” he told […]

Tangedco to set up solar power plants across TN, report awaited

Chennai, June 11 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) is in the process of producing 20000 MW of solar power in the state in ten years’ time to reduce the dependence on Coal-based power plants. The power utility has already commissioned a private technical consultancy firm to produce a project report within […]

TN health department concerned over low Covid  vaccine rates in districts 

Chennai, June 11 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department has sent missives to district collectors of  Chennai, Chengalpattu, Ranipet, Tiruppatur, Tiruppur, Madurai, Myladuthurai, and Theni for increasing the vaccination rate and to coordinate with the district health officials as vaccination rate is low in these districts. With the mega vaccination drive on June 12, Sunday with […]

Stalin directs officials to contain Covid spread

Chennai, June 11 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin directed the officials to contain Covid -19 spread without any further escalation. In an official statement on Saturday, Chief Minister said that the officials must make sure that treatment facilities are ready even as the virus has been found to be minimal. The Chief Minister […]

Kerala: Vigilance ADGP shunted out over Swapna’s revelations

Thiruvananthapuram, June 10 (BPNS) The Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Vigilance, M.R.Ajith Kumar was shunted out of his post following the revelations by the gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh. Swapna had in an audio clip that she released to media at Palakkad on Friday said that the middle man, Shaj Kiran who had […]

2K plus Covid cases for fourth straight day, 4 children got HFMD

Thiruvananthapuram, June 10, BPNS With the state having a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases, the health department has decided to strictly monitor influenza-like-illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) cases. The state for the fourth straight day had more than 2000 cases, as Friday recorded 2,471 cases. With this, the active case tally rose […]

120 kg of poppy recovered from truck in Udhampur

Jammu, June 10  Police on Friday recovered 120 kilogramme of poppy from a truck on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur district but the driver managed to escape, officials said. A police party during routine checking intercepted a truck on the highway at Chenani area and was subjected to search, they said. During the search, a […]