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 […]
Madras High Court to hear the missing peacock idol case next week
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 […]
TN Pollution Control Board to hold open house on Saturday
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 […]
Drone unit to join Chennai police in two months
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 […]
WWF, UNEP to support airport officials to prevent wildlife smuggling through TN airports
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 […]
TN to promote adventure tourism
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 […]
CVe Shanmugham lashes out against DMK over Vanniyar quota
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 […]
Heavy shelling between security, militants at JK’s Shopian
Srinagar, Mar 31 (PTI) An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. The security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation in Turkwangam village of Shopian after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a police spokesperson said. He said the […]
Randhir Kapoor in early stage of dementia, asked where is Rishi Kapoor: Ranbir Kapoor
Mumbai, Mar 31 Veteran actor Randhir Kapoor is in the early stage of dementia, his nephew actor Ranbir Kapoor has revealed. According to Ranbir, the 75-year-old actor recently saw “Sharmaji Namkeen”, which marks the last screen appearance of his younger brother, actor Rishi Kapoor. Rishi passed away at the age of 67 in April 2020 […]
Shilpa Shetty-starrer ‘Nikamma’ to hit theatres in June
Mumbai, Mar 31 “Nikamma”, starring Shilpa Shetty, Abhimanyu Dassani and Shirley Setia, is set to be released theatrically on June 17. Billed as an action entertainer, the film is directed by Sabbir Khan of “Heropanti” and “Baaghi” fame. Khan said he is thrilled that “Nikamma” will finally hit the screens after the makers held on […]



