Chennai, April 2 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu labour department has commenced proceedings to issue ‘release letters’ and sanction interim compensation of Rs 20,000 each to the bonded labourers who were rescued from a Virudhunagar paper mill by activists in 2020. This is following the Madras High Court issuing notice to the labour department on a Public […]
Chennai, April 2 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi has said that India is marching ahead towards the goal of Ramrajya envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was delivering the inaugural address of the 69th Ram Navami celebrations in Chennai organized by Sri Ram Samaj and described Sri Ram […]
Puducherry, April 1 (IANS) The health and family welfare department of the Union Territory of Puducherry in a statement on Friday said that the territory has no active or fresh Covid -19 cases with no patients admitted to hospitals or under home quarantine due to Covid -19. This is the first time in two years […]
Chennai, April 1 (BPNS) The cost of Text and notebooks will become high in Tamil Nadu as printing costs will go up by 30 percent from Friday. Speaking to BPNS, president of Coimbatore Printers Association, H. Nazar said, “ The cost of paper is increasing by the day and hence there are no options for […]
Chennai, April 1 (BPNS) The Madras High Court will be hearing the missing peacock idol with flowers on its beak from the Kapaleeswara Temple, Mylapore, Chennai on April 5th, Tuesday. This is following a Public Interest Litigation filed by Rangarajan Narasimham of Srirangam requesting the court to take a decision on the missing peacock with […]
Chennai, April 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board is to conduct an open house on Saturday at all its district and zonal offices and head office at Guindy. The open house is being conducted to build trust and confidence among various stakeholders including the public. The open house will be held on Saturday […]
Chennai, April 1 (BPNS) The Chennai City police will have the new drone unit commissioned in two months’ time. Tamil Nadu state government has sanctioned an amount of Rs 3.6 crore in the budget for the drone unit of the City police. Chennai City police commissioner Shankar Jiwal while speaking to BPNS said, “ The […]
Chennai, April 1 (BPNS) The World Wild Life Fund for Nature( WWF) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is providing officials at Chennai airports with capacity-building tools to prevent the smuggling of wildlife. TRAFFIC, an arm of WWF has conducted a recent study in which it found that a high incidence of wildlife smuggling […]
Chennai, April 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu tourism department is on an ambitious plan to promote adventure tourism, water tourism, and kayaking on a large-scale basis. The department is also planning to promote Caravan tourism in all the tourist spots of the state including Mahabalipuram, Kancheepuram, Udhugamandalam, Kodaikanal, and a few other places. The department […]
Chennai, April 1 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former law minister in the Tamil Nadu government CVe Shanmughan has come out against the DMK government and said that the government has not presented a strong case before the Madras High Court and Supreme Court of India regarding 10.5 percent internal reservation for the Vanniyar community. The […]
