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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
New Delhi, June 7 (BPNS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said incidents of violence have reduced by about 70 per cent in the northeast in the eight years of the Narendra Modi government. Speaking at the inauguration of the National Institute of Tribal Research (NITR) in the national capital, Shah said that several […]
Thiruvananthapuram, June 7 (BPNS) After explosive revelations by Kerala gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh, state Congress president K. Sudhakaran on Tuesday demanded Vijayan’s immediate resignation. “In the country such a thing is being heard of for the first time where a Chief Minister is alleged to have smuggled gold in a biriyani vessel. We […]
Chennai, June 7 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Tuesday launched a training programme for fishermen youth on life-saving skills. Training is provided for 1000 fishermen youth of 14 districts of the state on life-saving skills. Chief Minister also flagged off a training programme in Kovalam in Chengalpattu district where 25 youths will be trained. […]
New Delhi, Jun 7 (BPNS) US Army’s Pacific Commanding General Charles Flynn held talks with Army chief General Manoj Pande on Tuesday on ways to boost military cooperation. General Flynn is on a visit to India. “General Charles A. Flynn, Commanding General United States Army Pacific #USARPAC called on General Manoj Pande #COAS & discussed […]
