Chennai, April 22 (BPNS) 18 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees including a 4-month pregnant woman reached the shores of India and landed up at Rameswaram on Thursday late night. With the arrival of the 18 refugees, the total number of refugees from Sri Lanka who have reached Indian shores has touched 60. The island nation is […]
Chennai, April 22 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu has made wearing masks mandatory and violators will be charged with Rs 500 as a fine. The Tamil Nadu public health department in an order issued on Friday said that considering the rising cases of Covid -19 in the country especially in Delhi, the state was making the wearing masks […]
Chennai, April 22 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department officials on Friday said that 18 persons including students and staff tested positive for Covid -19 on Friday. With 18 more testing positive for Covid -19, the total number in IIT Madras who have tested positive for the pandemic in the last two days is 30. The […]
Chennai, April 22 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) has floated tenders for the transportation of coal from Odisha. The Tamil Nadu power company has called for bidders to transport coal from Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd which is a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd. The tender will close on April 27th. According […]
Chennai, April 22 (BPNS) Environmentalists and Social Activists of South Tamil Nadu are up in arms against the police turning a blind eye toward trucks overloaded with minerals. The activists are sore that the Motor Vehicles (Amendment )Act 1988 is not implemented in the case of trucks overloaded with minerals thus bringing huge losses to […]
Chennai, April 21 (BPNS) The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder leader, Dr. S. Ramadoss has warned the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) to bring an end to the regular power cuts in the state. He called upon the Tamil Nadu electricity minister to take steps to reduce the regular power cuts and to […]
Chennai, April 21 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu revenue department is to provide housing sites to Tribals in Anamalai Tiger Reserve after the tribal activists conducted a prolonged fight for the same. The revenue department of Tamil Nadu has conducted a survey in Kadamparai near Anamalai to study the sites to be provided for the tribal […]
Puducherry, April 21 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry reported zero Covid 19 cases on Thursday after a span of nine days. The one patient who was detected with Covid -19 recovered on Thursday. Puducherry health department in a statement said that of the 198 samples tested for Covid -19 infection on Thursday. The Union […]
New Delhi [India]: Even as some of the States and Union Territories are seeing a significant rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, the top scientist believes that the surge in infection will not lead to the fourth wave by any chance. Speaking to BPNS, the former Chief Scientist of the Indian Council of Medical […]
Banaskantha (Guj), Apr 19 (BPNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India produces milk worth Rs 8.5 lakh crore annually, more than the turnover of wheat and rice, with small farmers being the biggest beneficiaries of the dairy sector. “Today, India is the world’s largest producer of milk. When the livelihood of crores of […]
