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 […]
Avadi police Commissionorate in TN to provide unarmed training to women cops
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 […]
12 districts to prepare for various disasters, state to study lightning
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 City Police commence investigation on alleged custodial death
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 […]
Minister orders probe as dead body gets released without postmortem
Thiruvananthapuram, June 12, (BPNS) In a case of grave medical negligence, Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital authorities hand over the dead body of a person without completing formalities. It’s the dead body of Yusuf, who succumbed to road accident injuries, which got released without a postmortem. As the incident came to light, health minister Veena […]
Rising Covid cases :TN Parents worried as schools set to reopen on June 13
Chennai, June 12 (IANS) With Covid -19 fresh cases crossing 200 per day in Tamil Nadu, the parents of school-going children are worried as schools are all set to reopen on Monday, June 13. Priya Sethumadhavan, a housewife said that she is worried over he daughter Akansha going to school on Monday with the Covid […]
No black dress, mask for Catholics in Pinarayi programme
Thiruvananthapuram, June 12 (BPNS) The Kozhikode archdiocese of the Catholic church has asked the devotees not to attend the centenary celebration function at Kozhikode wearing black clothes and black masks. This is in view of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurating the programme and his newfound aversion to black colour. It may be noted that Kerala […]
Stalin for eradication of Child labour
Chennai, June 12 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has appealed to people not to employ children below the age of 14 in their workplaces and asked the parents to take a pledge that they will not send their children to work. In a statement on the World Day Against Child Labour, the Tamil […]
Bike racers hit 60-year-old woman driving on scooty to death at Chennai
Chennai, June 12 ( BPNS) Even after several complaints from local people against unabated bike racing at Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), the racing continues. On Sunday morning the bike racers hit a 60-year-old woman who was seeking directions to turn to Tambaram area in the city. The unidentified woman was hit by a high-end race […]
Kerala Police prevents removes black masks from people fearing protests against CM
Thiruvananthapuram, June 12 (BPNS) Kerala police have forced even elderly people to remove black masks worn as a precaution against Covid , in fear of protest in Malappuram and Thrissur districts as part of security measures for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who is in the districts for public programmes. The Chief Minister’s unprecedented security measures […]



