Chennai, June 2 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department is on high alert over the increase in number of Covid -19 positive cases in the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Kelambakkam campus. The campus has around 15000 students of which 5600 are first-year students. The health department has conducted 4092 RT-PCR tests and 163 students […]
AIADMK general and executive council to be held on June 23rd
Chennai, June 2 (BPNS) The opposition AIADMK will conduct its general and executive council meetings on June 23rd. The meeting will be held at a private wedding hall at Vengaram near Chennai from 10 am onwards on June 23, a statement from the party headquarters said. AIADMK interim chairman A. Tamilmagan Hussain will preside in […]
Bangladesh Railways in discussion to buy rail coaches of ICF, Chennai
Chennai, June 2 (IANS) The Bangladeshi railway minister Mohammed Nurul Islam who is on a visit to the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) here has expressed interest in the LHB coaches and DEMU coaches made by the ICF. The minister inspected LHB, Vistadome, LHB AC II-tier, and LHB AC III-tier coaches and air-conditioned Self Propelled Inspection […]
Kamal Haasan’s Vikram to be super duper hit
Chennai, June 2 (BPNS) South Indian Superstar Kamal Haasan’s much-awaited movie, ‘Vikram’ is all set to become a super-duper hit. The movie which is to be released on June 3rd in theaters across the world has a record Rs 200 crore sales indicting that the movie is all scheduled for a major hit. OTT and satellite […]
Madras HC reserves orders on PIL against Karunanidhi’s statue in Tiruvannamalai
Chennai, June 1 (BPNS) Madras High Court on Wednesday reserved orders on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against installing a statue of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late M. Karunanidhi at Tiruvannamalai. The court deferred the verdict after it had been informed that the statue would be unveiled on June 3rd, the birth anniversary of […]
3 more Sri Lankans arrive in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, June 1 (BPNS) With Sri Lanka facing an acute economic crisis, the migration of people coming to India continues, and on Wednesday, 3 more from the island nation reached Tamil Nadu. Rameswaram Marine police found them at the seashore near the Gothandaramar temple during a routine inspection. The three who reached on the early hours […]
Tamil Nadu music industry mourns KK’s death
Chennai, June 1 (BPNS) Tuesday night turned out to be a sad day for the music lovers across the country, Tamil Nadu being no exception. It was a day when Indian music industry’s poster boy Krishnakumar Kunnath, or ‘KK’ passed away after a stage performance in Kolkotta. With the passing away of KK, several music […]
20000 govt employees in TN to retire, state has huge pension bill to foot
Chennai, June 1 (BPNS) The pension bill of Government of Tamil Nadu is to increase to Rs 40,000 crore this financial year as around 20000 government employees are retiring from service. 5200 Tamil Nadu government employees retired on Tuesday and around 15000 will retire in December 2022 thus leading to a huge number of vacancies […]
Specially abled girl gagged, gang-raped in K’taka; one arrested
Haveri (Karnataka), June 1 (BPNS) In a shocking development, a case of alleged gang-rape on specially abled girl has been reported from Haveri district of Karnataka, police sources said on Wednesday. The incident took place in a village near Hanagal city. The police have arrested one of the accused in connection with the case and […]



