Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 (BPNS) The 23rd edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) that commenced on March 18th was special in that it honoured two women who had fought back in life with exemplary courage. While Kurdish filmmaker Lisa Calon was given the Spirit of Cinema award, Bhavana was given a standing ovation by the […]
Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 (BPNS) Many spectators who were injured when a temporary gallery collapsed at Malappuram district during a football tournament on Saturday are recouping at hospitals. According to the Malappuram police around 200 people were injured and five people were said to be serious. However, hospital authorities in Malappuram when contacted told BPNS that […]
Puducherry, March 18 (BPNS) The local body elections in the Union Territory of Puducherry is likely to be held in the last week of April. Elections were not held for the past eleven years after the term of the elected bodies expired in 2011. Puducherry State election commission, Roy P. Thomas told IANS that there […]
Chennai, March 18 (BPNS) Southern Railway informed the Madras High Court that it was not possible to reduce the speed of trains plying between Palakkad and Podanur to under 45 kmph to prevent hitting elephants. The Railway also told the court that it is not possible to divert some of the trains in the Palakkad- […]
Chennai,March 18 (BPNS) After a lull of six days, Tamil Nadu reported one Covid death on Thursday from Cuddalore district. The state had 70 Covid -19 fresh cases on Thursday with 17 districts reporting no Covid -19 cases and nine other districts having one Covid -19 case each. The Cumulative death toll in the state […]
Chennai, March 18 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Finance minister, PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan has said that the driving force for the DMK government under M.K. Stalin will be Dravidian ethos and philosophies. He was addressing the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly while presenting the state budget for the financial year 2022-23. The minister said that the state government […]
Chennai, March 18 (BPNS) The school education department received the highest allocation in the Tamil Nadu budget for the financial year 2022-23 presented in the state assembly by the state Finance minister, PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan. Finance minister allocated an amount of Rs 36,895.89 crore which is the highest amount allocated in the budget. The state […]
Chennai, March 18 (BPNS) The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the low-pressure area over South East Bay of Bengal is likely to gradually intensify into a cyclonic storm by March 21. The storm is then likely to move north- northeastwards and reach the Bangladesh Myanmar coast around March 22. The rare cyclonic storm may […]
Chennai, March 18 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Finance minister, PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan has in the budget for 2022-23 presented in the legislative assembly on Friday allocated an amount of Rs 10 crore for early flood warning systems. The Tamil Nadu government has decided to establish an advanced early warning system with supercomputers, a system of weather […]
Chennai, March 18 (BPNS) In a shocking incident, the Tiruvallur Mahila court sentenced a 102-year-old retired headmaster of a government school in Tamil Nadu, Parasuraman for 15 years in prison and a fine of Rs 5000 for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl. The incident occurred in 2018 when Parasuraman was 99 years old. Parasuraman has […]
