Chennai, June 11 (BPNS) The International Association of Tamil Research (IATR) has said that it would organize the 11th World Tamil Research Conference in Sharjah in July 2023. The IATR in a statement on Saturday said that the meeting also called International Conference- Seminar on Tamil Studies will focus on the challenges faced by the Tamil […]
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 […]
US stocks fall sharply as inflation reading hotter than expected
New York, June 10 US stocks fell sharply ON Friday after an eagerly awaited inflation reading came in much hotter than expected, indicating the Federal Reserve will need to keep pressing hard on the brakes to get surging price pressures under control, media reports said. The May consumer price index showed a monthly rise of […]
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 […]
AirAsia India deploys taxibot at Bengaluru airport
New Delhi, Jun 10 AirAsia India has started using taxibot, a vehicle that helps a plane to move between parking stand and runway without running engines, at the Bengaluru international airport, a statement said on Friday. The airline had on November 23 last year started using taxibot to tow two modified A320 planes at the […]
Third edition of Lanka Premier League to be held from July 31 to August 21
Colombo, June 10 Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced on Friday that the third edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will take place from July 31 to August 21. The announcement means that doubts over the tournament’s hosting due to the immense economic and political crisis in the country were quashed, especially with Sri Lanka […]
‘Shabaash Mithu’ starring Taapsee Pannu unveils new poster, trailer to drop on June 20
Mumbai, June 10 A new poster from Taapsee Pannu’s Mithali Raj biopic ‘Shabaash Mithu’ was released on Friday. It shows Taapsee’s character holding the cricket bat as she prepares to step on the field with her back facing the camera. The film is based on the life of Mithali Dorai Raj, the celebrated skipper of […]
First schedule of Vijay Antony-starrer ‘Valli Mayil’ wrapped up
Chennai, June 10 Actor and music director Vijay Antony on Friday announced that the first schedule of shooting for director Suseenthiran’s ‘Valli Mayil’ had been wrapped up. Taking to Twitter, Vijay Antony said, “‘Valli Mayil’ first schedule ‘inithey mudinthathu’ (The first schedule of ‘Valli Mayil’ ended on a sweet note).” The film, the shooting of […]



