Chennai, March 13 (BPNS) Two thermal power plants in Tamil Nadu at Mettur and Thoothukudi (each 210 MW capacity), have been temporarily shut down due to the shortage of coal. Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) official said that this is due to the transportation of coal from Odisha which is the only source […]
Puducherry, March 13 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry has decided to open the L.K.G. and U.K.G classes in all four regions of the territory from Monday, 14th March. Classes for LKG and UKG had remained shut since March 2020 after the outbreak of the pandemic. Children were learning in online mode ever since the pandemic […]
Chennai, March 13 (BPNS) Chennai will host an international festival called toilet festival on April 2 and 3rd to create awareness on toilets and to study their working structure. The event will be conducted by Recycle Bin and Cheer team in collaboration with the Greater Chennai Corporation, Dutch ministry, International Institute for Infrastructural Hydraulic and […]
Chennai, March 12 (BPNS) After a gap of nearly two years, Tamil Nadu recorded zero Covid deaths on Friday, according to Tamil Nadu state public health department. The last time the state reported zero death due to Covid was on April 30, 2020. The number of fresh cases on Friday however stood at 112. Sixteen […]
Chennai, March 12 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) is for installing solar power plants of 20,000 Mw capacity at a likely cost of Rs 70,000 crore. A senior official of the Tangedco told IANS that this step is to reduce the volume of power purchased from private companies, to increase the renewable […]
Chennai, March 12 (BPNS) Poor road facilities and lack of hospital or Primary Health Centre have led to a tribal family in Isalattu near the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) in Tamil Nadu carrying an unwell, elderly woman in a cloth cradle to a general hospital in the main settlement. According to tribal leader Madhusoodanan, the […]
Chennai, March 12 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin thanked the Union External affairs minister, S. Jaishanker for evacuating all Indian students including those from Tamil Nadu from war-torn Ukraine. Chief Minister spoke to the Union minister over the telephone after receiving the last batch of students at the Chennai international airport on Saturday. […]
Arun Lakshman/ Chennai Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu are in dire straits after several arrests and jail terms for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) with Sri Lankan navy and police arresting them. Other than arrests and jail terms what is more worrying for these fishermen is the confiscation of their trawler boats and […]
Chennai, March 11 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government employees are expecting the DMK government in the state to revive the old pension scheme as the new pension scheme, according to the government employees is against their interests. The announcements made by the Rajasthan and Chattisgarh governments restoring old pension schemes for government employees in the […]
Chennai, March 11 (BPNS) Tiruppathur police arrested a 53-year-old quack, Sugumar, posing as a doctor and conducting scanning in the remote areas of the district adjacent to forest areas. He was arrested on Thursday and produced before a judicial magistrate court and was remanded in judicial custody. According to police, Sugumar and his accomplice and […]
