Chennai, May 31 (BPNS) Forest officials of Gudalur forest range are on high alert after two elephants- a makana and a tusker killed two people in Baram and Arattuparai forest areas on Thursday and Friday. While a 46-year-old tea shop owner was killed on Thursday by an elephant, a 40-year-old woman was killed on Friday […]
Chennai, May 31 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu fishing department in its annual inspection report in the Nagapattinam district has found that 119 fishing vessels were not registered. The department of fishing in Tamil Nadu has undertaken an annual inspection of vessels between May 25 and 26. The department, according to a statement on Tuesday said it […]
Chennai, May 31 (BPNS) The praise of DMK mouthpiece ‘Murasoli’ on Vice President of the country, M. Venkiah Naidu’s speech while unveiling the statue of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, late M. Karunanidhi has given rise to speculation whether the party would support Naidu if he is a contestant in the Presidential polls. The […]
Chennai, May 31 (BPNS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras are developing zinc-air batteries as an alternative to lithium-ion batteries for use in electric vehicles. IIT- M researches,according to information available have already applied for patents for the technology. A senior researcher at IIT-M who is in the know of things told IANS […]
Chennai, May 31 (BPNS) Farmers in Dharmapuri are in an agitated mood after wild elephants destroy sugar cane and mango orchids in their farms. Farmers complained that the elephants had come to the farm land in search of water and had destroyed around 10 acres of sugar cane and mango orchids. Karuppanan, a farmer from […]
Thiruvananthapuram, May 31 (BPNS) Tovino Thomas, Malayalam actor who shot to fame through the superhero movie,’ Minnal Murali’ and Nimisha Sajayan whose ‘Great Indian Kitchen’ was a big hit on the OTT platform are uniting in the national award-winning director, Dr. Biju Damodaran’s movie ‘Adrishya Jalakangal’. Thomas and Sajyan had earlier worked in the movie […]
Chennai, May 31 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP has threatened a state wide hunger strike and a massive rally in Tiruchi if the state government does not slash fuel prices as per the poll promise of DMK. BJP Tamil Nadu state president K. Annamalai told party cadres in a public meeting at Chennai […]
Chennai, May 30 (BPNS) The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), a political party for the upliftment of Dalits has demanded that the central government pay a royalty to Tamil Nadu for the mineral wealth extracted from the state. The VCK founder president and Member of Parliament, Thol Thirumavalavan in a statement said that the state’s mineral […]
Chennai, May 30 (BPNS) The flood mitigation work is to commence soon in Chennai and thirteen other districts of Tamil Nadu after the state highways department accorded sanction for the same. According to the state highways authorities, an amount of Rs 392.16 crore has been allocated for the same. A Government order has been issued […]
Chennai, May 30 (BPNS) The diskshitars of Nataraja temple , Chidambaram who are already chagrinned at the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment(HR&CE) sending a notice to keep the details of accounts and assets of the temple ready for inquiry by a department level official team on June 7 and 8. It is to be noted […]
