Puducherry, Sept 9( BPNS) Fishermen in Puducherry have objected to the construction of a fishing harbour at the mouth of Then Pennai River as severe coastal erosion has commenced along the southern coast of Puducherry. According to people residing in the fishing villages of Moolavalli and Pudukuppam, the sand has started eroding heavily in the […]
Chennai, Sept 9 (BPNS) The BJP has taken a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly wearing a costly T-shirt during his ‘Bharath Jodo Yatra’ that commenced from Kanniyakumari on Wednesday. BJP in a tweet said,” Bharat, deko (India look),” and posted two photos, one of Rahul wearing the TShirt and the other showing […]
Chennai, Sept 7 (BPNS) The Coimbatore municipal corporation sealed two micro-industrial units that were allegedly operating without a license. The units were functioning in TVS Nagar, Coimbatore. The units were shut down after complaints had come up that the units were creating environmental pollution. The owners however alleged that the civic officials did not conduct […]
Chennai, Sept 7 (BPNS) The leadership tussle in the main opposition party of Tamil Nadu, AIADMK has reached the Supreme Court with the party leader and former Chief Minister, O. Panneerselvam (OPS) moving the apex court against a September 2 judgment of the Madras High Court division bench. It is to be noted that a […]
Chennai, Sept 7 (BPNS) With the increased discharge of water from Mettur dam in Salem, a flood alert has been sounded in the banks of the Kollidaam river in Cuddalore. An alert has been sounded across the banks of River Kollidam as water has been discharged at the rate of 90,000 cusecs from the Mettur dam. […]
Chennai, Sept 7 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest and wildlife department are on high alert after several incidents of smuggling live Star tortoises were reported. The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau of Tamil Nadu found that Star tortoises that were smuggled to Kolkotta in a train were recently confiscated and the arrested were from Chennai. According […]
Chennai, Sept 7 (BPNS) The Madurai bench of the Madras High directed the Tamil Nadu government to give proper counseling to teenage sexual offenders. The court called upon the state government to bring up a mechanism wherein counseling is given to teenagers who are involved in sexual offenses. The division bench of the Madurai bench […]
Chennai, Sept 7 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K. Palaniswami said that ten DMK MLA’s were in touch with his camp to switch sides to the AIADMK. He however refuted rumours that AIADMK legislators were not switching sides to the DMK. He accused DMK as a family-run political party […]
Thiruvananthapuram, September 7 (BPNS) Very soon each school in the state will have a ‘warrior’. This warrior’s job will be to identify those who fall victim to drug and substance abuse in their respective schools and spearhead awareness programme against drugs. In the first phase, 1000 warriors will be employed with this task. The initiative […]
Thiruvananthapuram, September 6 (BPNS) The state has finally constituted an expert committee to enquire and submit a report on the cause of deaths due to dog bites. The seven-member expert committee chaired by Dr Thomas Mathew, director of medical education (DME) has been asked to submit the report at the earliest. The committee has also […]
