Chennai , March 21(BPNS)Tamil Nadu waterworks minister and senior DMK leader, S. Duraimurugan has moved a resolution in state legislative assembly against the Karnataka government allocating money in budget for building Mekedatu dam over Cauvery river. In the resolution, the minister petitioned the Government of India not to grant permission to Karnataka to build a […]
Chennai, March 21 (BPNS ) The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), the political arm of the powerful Vanniyar community of North Tamil Nadu has urged the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to create 1 lakh government jobs to reduce unemployment and to help people secure their lives. PMK founder leader, Dr. S. Ramadoss in a […]
Chennai, March 21 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu’s traditional wind instrument, ‘Narasinghapettai Nagaswaram’ made by traditional village artisans of Kumbakonam has got the prestigious Geographical Indication (GI) tag. The GI registry has issued the registration certificate based on the application filed on January 31, 2014. Nodal officer for GI registration of products of Tamil Nadu government, P. […]
Chennai, March 21 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has laid the foundation stone for a new multi-specialty hospital coming up at the King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Guindy. The 500 bedded hospital to be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 230 crore will have medical and surgical treatment in specialties as cardiology, […]
Chennai, March 21 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam appeared before the Arumughaswamy commission on Monday. The commission is constituted to probe the circumstances leading to the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa. Sister in law of V.K. Sasikala, Ilavarasi also appeared before the commisison on Monday. […]
Chennai, March 21 (BPNS) Students of Government Arts College at Kurumbalur and Veppanthattai in Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu have said that most of the male students of the college resort to open defecation owing to unhygienic toilets. There are around 2500 students pursuing their studies at Kurumbalur college while 1500 students are studying at Veppanthattai […]
Chennai, March 21 (BPNS) Manithaneeya Makkal Katchi (MMK) party MLA, A.M. Jawahirullah has urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to clarify the issue of wearing hijab in educational institutions of Tamil Nadu. He called upon the Chief Minister to pass an appropriate order to clarify that there was no ban on Muslim girl students […]
Arun Lakshman/ Chennai Ramgopalratnam is now a pracharak of Bhagwad Gita and is on a mission to take Gita across the villages and slums of South India. A Mtech in Mechanical Engineering, social life has always been the passion and mission for this Tamil Nadu native-born and brought up in Nagpur. He passed Btech and […]
Chennai, March 20 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin has written a letter to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for including the Naikuruvar community under the Scheduled Tribe category. Both Nairkuruvar community and Kuruvikarar community are presently under the Most Backward Community category. He informed the Prime minister that the Registrar General of India has agreed […]
Chennai, March 20 (BPNS) Two youths from the football-crazy Malappuram district of Kerala, who were driving to Goa to watch the finals of the Indian Super League (ISL) died in a road accident at Uduma in Kasargod district of Kerala on early Sunday morning. The youths, Jamsheer and Mohammed Shabir were traveling in a two-wheeler […]
