Chennai, April 10 (BPNS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have commenced investigation into the drug smuggling on the Indian coast after 11 Iranians were apprehended off the Chennai coast on Saturday. Sources in the NCB told BPNS that the 11 Iranians were detained by the Indian Coast Guard after […]
Ram Chandra Dome from Bengal to become the first Dalit Politburo member: CPM sources
Thiruvananthapuram, April 10 (BPNS) Seven-time Member of Parliament and the CPM Central Committee member from West Bengal, Ram Chandra Dome will be the first Dalit representative in the Politburo, which is the highest decision-making body of the CPM. Sources in the CPM told IANS that party Central committee meeting which is being held at the […]
21 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees land in Rameswaram
Chennai, April 10 (BPNS) 21 Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka have reached Rameswaram during the early morning hours of Sunday. The refugees were found at a sand mound at Dhanushkodi near Rameswaram. Indian Coast Guard and Tamil Nadu Marine police took them into custody and they are being interrogated at the Mandapam police station. Mandapam […]
Son hacks father, mother to death in Thrissur , Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, April 10 (BPNS) In a bizarre incident on Sunday morning, a thirty-year-old man hacked to death his parents at Thrissur in Kerala. Police sources told BPNS that the incident occurred at 9 am on Sunday. Kuttan (60) and Chandrika( 55) were cleaning their courtyard when their son, Aneesh hacked the duo with a sickle. […]
Antony led disciplinary committee to recommend action against KV Thomas: K.C. Venugopal
Thiruvananthapuram, April 10 (BPNS) General Secretary (Organisation) of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) , K.C. Venugopal has said that the party disciplinary action committee led by senior leader A.K. Antony will recommend action against Prof. K.V. Thomas. The AICC general secretary was speaking to reporters at Kannur on Sunday. Venugopal said that the final […]
With 49 lakh yet to get first dose, TN health minister calls for people to inoculate themselves against Covid -19
Chennai, April 10 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has called upon the people of the state to inoculate themselves against Covid -19. In a statement on Sunday, the state minister said that 49 lakh people in the state are yet to take the first dose of vaccine to date. He also said that […]
CPM leader M.C. Josephine passes away a day after fainting at party congress
Thiruvananthapuram, April 10 (BPNS) CPM central committee member and senior leader of the party, M.C.Josephine (73) passes away at Kannur on Sunday. Josephine who was participating in the 23rd party Congress of the party at Kannur fainted during the party programme on Saturday and was rushed to the AKG Cooperative hospital in Kannur where she was […]
‘Loyalty rewarded’. IT firm gifts five senior employees with BMW cars
Chennai, April 10 (BPNS) Information Technology (IT) firm, Kissflow Inc handed over five BMW 6 series cars to its five top employees as a reward for their performance and staying with the company in its hard times during the Covid -19 pandemic. The cars were handed over on Friday afternoon and the big event was […]
Third term for Sitaram Yechury as CPM general secretary
Thiruvananthapuram, April 10 (BPNS) CPM general secretary, Sitaram Yechury will continue in the post for a third term. This was announced at the CPM 23rd party Congress venue on Sunday. He was re-elected as general secretary along with a 17 member politburo and an 85 member central committee during the 23rd party Congress. Sitaram Yechury was elected […]
DMK organ ‘Murasoli’ hits out against imposition of Hindi language
Chennai, April 10 (BPNS) Mouthpiece of the ruling DMK, ‘Murasoli’ has come out strongly against the statement of Union Home minister Amit Shah on April 7th that Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages. The mouthpiece in an article on Sunday said that the party patriarch and former Chief […]



