Kasargod, June 7 (BPNS) The interim report submitted by the Crime branch stated that the BJP state president K Surendran has been booked non-bailable section under the Prevention of Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe Atrocities Act, in connection with the Manjeswaram bribery case. The case registered in June 2020, alleged that K Surendran paid a BSP […]
TN HR&CE to conduct inspection of Sri Sabanayagar temple, Chidambaram today, tomorrow
Chennai, June 7( BPNS) Maintaining that the Sri Sabanayagar Temple, Chidambaram is a public temple, the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) department of Tamil Nadu will move ahead with the inspection of accounts of the temple on June 7th and 8th. The department in a statement said that it was competent to conduct an enquiry […]
Kerala High Court stays Kerala Education Rules’ recent amendments
Ernakulam, June 7 (BPNS) The Kerala High Court, on Monday, issued a stay on the recent amendment to Kerala Education Rules (KER), which were introduced in April, for a month. A petition alleging that the amendments made to the KER, amount to a violation of the Right to Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, […]
Embryo sale racket: TN health department probe Kerala, Andhra hospitals
Chennai, June 7(BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department has commenced a probe into the role played by the private hospitals of Kerala and Andhra Pradesh over the embryo sale racket on a 16-year-old girl at Erode. The minor girl had complained that she was forced into sexual relationship with her mother’s paramour and sold her embryos […]
Dhoni invests in TN Drone start up
Chennai, June 7 (BPNS) Former Indian captain, M.S. Dhoni has invested an undisclosed amount in a Tamil Nadu Drone start-up company. He has also agreed to become the brand ambassador of Garuda Aerospace Pvt Ltd is headquartered in Chennai. Garuda Aerospace is valued at 250 million US dollars and is raising around 30 million US […]
Artist Francis Kodankandath, Multi-faceted personality
Thiruvananthapuram/ June 6 (BPNS) Artist Francis Antony Kodankandath is a self-taught artist from Thrissur, Kerala, India. Artist is inspired by his father Prof. KP Antony (late). Francis other than being a honest and upright IRS officer with the Customs and Central excise has been an artist all along his life. He has balanced a chequered professional […]
Putin warns West against sending arms; Kyiv hit by missiles
Kyiv, Jun 6 (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s new warning to the West against sending longer-range rocket systems to Ukraine came as his forces claimed to have destroyed Western military supplies in their first such airstrikes on Ukraine’s capital in more than a month. The attack showed that Russia still had the capability and willingness to […]
UK PM Boris Johnson to face no-confidence vote over partygate scandal
By Aditi Khanna London, Jun 6 (PTI) UK’s embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a vote of confidence in his leadership of the Conservative Party on Monday, the chair of the party’s backbench committee announced, days after more details of the party gate scandal at Downing Street emerged. Sir Graham Brady, who is in charge […]
FinMin releases third instalment of revenue deficit grant of Rs 7,183 cr to 14 states
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) The finance ministry on Monday released the third monthly instalment of revenue deficit grant of Rs 7,183 crore to 14 states. The Fifteenth Finance Commission has recommended a total Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant of Rs 86,201 crore to 14 states for the financial year 2022-23. This is to be released […]
Kerala halves entry fees for senior citizens to tourist destinations
Dileep V Kumar/ Thiruvananthapuram/June 6 Lakhs of senior citizens in the state could now avail 50 percent discount on entry fees to tourist destinations under the Tourism Department. The decision to halve the price holds much significance as Kerala has the highest percentage of the elderly population in the country. The state had earlier made […]



