Chennai, April 26 (BPNS) A class VI student of a school in Tiruppur has alleged that two teachers of her school tried to force her to convert to Christianity and mocked her as ‘Donkey with Vibuthi (Sacred Ash)’. The girl has informed the matter to her parents who have filed a police complaint. Tiruppur district […]
Chennai, April 26 (BPNS) AIADMK Chief coordinator and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam (OPS) have demanded a CBI probe into the alleged custodial death of a youth at the Secretariat Colony Police Station last week. The youth, V. Vignesh (25), and his friend Suresh were arrested by the Secretariat Colony police on […]
Chennai, April 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences(TANUVAS) is on an ambitious project to preserve local cattle breeds or ‘Naatu Kuttai Madugal’ that are prevalent in Chengalpattu, Tiruvallar, Kancheepuram and Villupuram districts. The preservation is aimed to prevent the local breeds from extinction, a statement from TANUVAS noted. The project cost is Rs […]
Chennai, April 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has announced a solatium of Rs 10 lakh to the family of V. Vignesh who died in alleged custodial torture on April 18th. The Chief Minister made the announcement while speaking at the Tamil Nadu assembly on Tuesday. The youth was allegedly tortured at the […]
Chennai, April 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin announced in the legislative assembly on Tuesday that a statue of former Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi would be installed at the Government Omandarur estate on June 3, the birth anniversary of the late DMK leader. He also said the government would observe the late Chief […]
Chennai, April 26 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Social Welfare department and police are on high alert over child marriages that are taking place in the state. While there were high incidences of child marriages during the lockdown period, the recent incident of a 40-year-old man trying to marry a 14-year-old girl has upped the ante […]
Puducherry, April 25 (BPNS) The Puducherry unit of the BJP is buoyed up by the visit of Union Home Minister, Amit Shah who has party’s national president and has scripted several successes to the saffron party in the electoral hustings. The Puducherry unit of the BJP had declared earlier that it would go alone in […]
Chennai, April 25 (BPNS) With Tamil Nadu facing unprecedented power disruptions, primarily due to the shortage of Coal and other distribution issues, the functioning of small and medium companies in the state is affected. The unit owners said that the regular disruptions in the past few days are a cause of worry as the use […]
Chennai, April 25 (BPNS) With the economic crisis continuing to loom large in Sri Lanka, 15 more Tamil refugees from the island nation reached the Indian shores on Monday early morning. The refugees have landed at Rameswaram. Tamil Nadu Coastal police received tips that some Sri Lankan refugees have landed up at the mount near […]
Chennai, April 25 (BPNS) The special team of the Idol Wing of the Tamil Nadu police is conducting searches at the premises of several antique dealers in various towns of the state. Sources told BPNS that this is following tips that some rare idols are being kept on the premises of these antique dealers. The […]
