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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dileep V Kumar, Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 The Air India Express plane crash in Kozhikode on August 7, 2020, which resulted in the death of 21 persons including the two pilots, has come up for discussion again. This time, the conversation has been triggered by a Twitterati who highlighted an unusual factor that resulted in the […]
Chennai, June 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) and senior DMK leader, P.K. Sekar Babu said on Monday that the government would act as a bridge between the ‘Dheekshithar’s of Sri Sabanayagar temple in Chidambaram. He also said that the government would take a just and balanced decision without […]
Chennai, June 6 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Water Resources department is working against time to complete the flood mitigation work in Chennai and to augment the water storage before the commencement of monsoon. The department has pegged 22 tmcft as the drinking water requirement for Chennai for two years which would mean around 1 tmcft of […]
Chennai, June 6 (BPNS) Two people were killed and six others grievously injured when the car in which they were traveling rammed into a tipper lorry that was parked on the side of the road. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Monday at Tindivanam. Those dead are Murugan 38 and S. Shanthi […]
Chennai, June 6(BPNS) Member of Parliament and DMK leader, TKS Elangovan has raked up a controversy stating that Hindi is the language of underdeveloped states and implementing that language would make Tamil people ‘Shudras’. The MP on Monday said that Hindi is the native language in underdeveloped states like Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, and Uttar […]
Chennai , June 6( BPNS) The estranged former interim general secretary of AIADMK , V.K.Sasikala is coming out strongly fora reunification of the party . She said that the party leaders and workers who are trying to prevent her entry to the AIADMK was supporting the DMK indirectly. In a statement on Monday she said […]
