Sri Lankan Navy arrests 16 Indian fishermen, two boats also seized

Chennai, March 24 (BPNS) Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 16 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu and seized two mechanized fishing boats they were traveling for violation of the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL). The arrests, according to fishermen leaders of Mandapam and Rameswaram were made late at night on Wednesday. Since January 2022, 72 Indian […]

TN tourism department gears up for tourists inflow

Chennai, March 23 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu tourism department is gearing up for the inflow of tourists to the state as international flights are to be resumed from March 27th in the state. Tamil Nadu tourism secretary, Chandramohan told BPNS that the state has already geared up for the tourist inflow and that it will engage celebrity […]

TN reports 48 fresh Covid -19 cases, no deaths

Chennai, March 23 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Directorate of  Public health and Preventive medicine in a statement said that the state has reported 48 fresh Covid -19 cases in the 24 hours ending Tuesday. There are no deaths reported due to Covid -19 during this period, the statement said. The statement also said that of […]

DCLM comes out against appointment of non- Dalit as new archbishop

Chennai, March 23 (BPNS) The Dalit Christian liberation movement, an organization working against the discrimination of Dalits in the Catholic church hierarchy has come out strongly against the appointment of a non –Dalit as the Archbishop of Puducherry and Cuddalore. It may be noted that Francis Kallat, Archbishop of Meerut was recently appointed by the […]