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 […]

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 […]

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 […]