Puducherry, June 8 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry has joined hands with Vitamin Angels India, a charitable organization to prevent malnutrition and child mortality. Office of the Chief Minister of Puducherry in a statement said that the NGO Vitamin Angels will extend technical assistance to frontline health workers of the territory and provide uninterrupted […]
Customs foils smuggling bid in Chennai International Airport, Arrest passenger
Chennai, June 8 (BPNS) The Customs wing of the Chennai International Airport foiled the smuggling bid of a passenger who arrived on an Emirates flight in the early morning of Wednesday. The gold was concealed as foils and bits in four refurbished phones and it was worth Rs 30 lakhs, Customs officials told BPNS. The […]
TN , Karnataka forest departments in pursuit of tiger that killed three cows in Erode
Chennai, June 8 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu and Karnataka forest officials are in joint combing operations to capture a tiger that had killed three cows in broad daylight at Talavady in Erode district in three separate incidents in the past two weeks. Forest officials in Tamil Nadu told BPNS that farmlands were 1 km from […]
TN minister refutes BJP state president’s allegation of favouring private builder
Chennai, June 8 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Minister for Housing and Urban Development, S. Muthusamy has denied the allegations of the state BJP president, K. Annamalai that the government supported a private builder in development projects. The BJP president had alleged that Muthuswamy’s ministry was granting permissions at an unusually faster pace for the proposals by […]
Madras HC commutes death sentence to life in honour killing
Chennai, June 8 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence imposed by a trial court on one of the 13 convicts in the 2003 Kannagi- Murugesan honour killing case. Justices A.A. Nakkiran and P.N. Prakash commuted the sentence awarded to D. Maruthupandian brother of Kannagi while answering a reference from the […]
TN Museum of Possibilities for the disabled turns into a major attraction
Chennai, June 8 (BPNS) The Museum of Possibilities for the Disabled opened by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has turned into a major attraction for the disabled and the common people alike. There are several assistive and adaptive devices that help persons with disabilities at the Commissionerate for the Welfare of Differently Abled […]
Puducherry government, NGO to prevent malnutrition among children
Puducherry, June 8 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry has joined hands with Vitamin Angels India, a charitable organization to prevent malnutrition and child mortality. Office of the Chief Minister of Puducherry in a statement said that the NGO Vitamin Angels will extend technical assistance to frontline health workers of the territory and provide uninterrupted […]
Customs arrest passenger at Chennai airport foils smuggling attempt
Chennai, June 8 (BPNS) The Customs wing of the Chennai International Airport foiled the smuggling bid of a passenger who arrived on an Emirates flight in the early morning of Wednesday. The gold was concealed as foils and bits in four refurbished phones and it was worth Rs 30 lakhs, Customs officials told BPNS. The […]
PMK to conduct protest against online gambling on June 10th
Chennai, June 8 (BPNS) The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), the political arm of the powerful Vanniyar community has called upon a protest against online gambling in the state. The protest march will be conducted at Rajarathinam playground at Egmore at 11 am on June 10th. President of PMK and former Union Health Minister, Dr. Anbumani […]
TN Police to crack down on money lenders after constable commits suicide
Chennai, June 8 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police have launched ‘Operation Kanthuvatti’ across the state against usurious money lenders. The trigger to the crackdown has come after a police constable committed suicide after being harassed by a usurious moneylender at Cuddalore. A constable with the Xth Tamil Nadu Special police battalion, M. Selvakumar of Cuddalore district, […]



