Chennai, Sept 18 (BPNS) Union Minister for Education entrepreneurship and skill development, Dharmendra Pradhan said that the National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020 recognizes all Indian languages as national languages. He was speaking at the 36th convocation ceremony of SASTRA Deemed to be University at Thanjavur on Sunday. The minister said that the country has the knowledge […]
PM Modi releases cheetahs in special enclosure at Kuno Park.
Sheopur (MP), Sep 17 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday released cheetahs brought from Namibia into a special enclosure at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh as part of the programme to reintroduce the feline in India seven decades after it was declared extinct in the country. Modi, who is celebrating his 72nd […]
Kerala HC: Ensure free medical care to victims of stray dog bites
Thiruvananthapuram, September 17 (BPNS) The victims of dog bites in the state will now get free medical care at government hospitals. This has been facilitated by a division bench of the Kerala High Court as it considered the rising stray dog bite cases in the state. According to the court, free medical care also includes […]
Threat by Dravidar Kazhagam, other outfits : Heavy police posse in Tiruchi
Chennai, Sept 17 (BPNS) Tiruchi district administration and district police have deployed heavy police protection to Sree Ranganatha Swamy temple following a threat by Dravidar Kazhagam and other outfits like Makkal Adhikaram. The outfits have threatened that they would burn the Manu Smriti and other Hindu Vedic texts in front of Sree Ranganatha Swamy temple, […]
IIT- Madras student found dead in hostel room
Chennai, Sept 16 (BPNS) A fourth-year student of aeronautical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras was found dead in his hostel room on Thursday evening. The student, identified as Subhranshu Sarkar and hailing from Odisha, was, according to his classmates in a state of depression for the past couple of days. Kotturpuram […]
Will lead AIADMK at the appropriate time:V.K. Sasikala
Chennai, Sept 16 (BPNS) Ousted interim general secretary of the AIADMK, V.K. Sasikala said that she is on a comeback path and will lead the party at the appropriate time. She also said that she and O. Panneerselvam are together and that she would soon visit the party headquarters in Chennai. Sasikala in a statement […]
TN unit of the BJP to gift gold coins to children born on PM’s birthday
Chennai, Sept 16 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP will gift gold coins to children born on the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP state unit has identified RSRM hospital Chennai and all children born at this hospital on September 17, the birthday of the Prime Minister will be gifted a […]
One dead, ten injured in bus-lorry collision at Dindigul, TN
Chennai, Sept 16 (BPNS) One person was killed and ten persons were grievously injured in an accident involving a bus and a lorry on Friday early morning. The accident occurred at Veerasikampatti near Dindigul. In the accident, the lorry driver, S. Madasamy died on the spot. Dindigul police said that the bus was traveling towards […]
TN Pastor arrested for impregnating minor girl in orphanage
Chennai, Sept 16 (BPNS) A Chennai-based pastor who was running an orphanage home was arrested by the police on charges of impregnating a teenage girl. The Pastor, Charles (58) had raped the minor girl who was admitted to his orphanage. The minor girl delivered a baby in 2021 and Charles kept her in the care […]
Specially designed vehicle to transport rescued vulture from Kanniyakumari to Jodhpur
Chennai, Sept 16 ( BPNS) A vulture that was rescued from the street in Kanniyakumari a few months ago will be transported to the Machia Biological park in Jodhpur in a specially designed vehicle. The specially designed vehicle will have a spacious plywood cage for the Cinereous vulture (Aegipius monachus) which was rescued from the […]