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 […]
Chennai, March 18 (BPNS) Social activists and the CPM have urged the Tamil Nadu government not to evict the Scheduled Caste families of Samalapuram village in Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu. The activists also called upon the government to provide ‘Patta’ or land documents to the residents. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and […]
Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu state government power utility, Tangedco has signed 2900 MW power purchase deals on Wednesday. The power generation and distribution company in a statement said that it has signed power purchase agreements with Neyveli Lignite Corporation, Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd and Power Trading Corporation of India Ltd for […]
Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) The idol wing of the Tamil Nadu police department arrested a 75-year-old temple priest for stealing two metal idols at Nenmeni village near Sirkazhi on Wednesday. The idols are of Shri Pradoshanayagar and of Shri Pradoshanayagi. Police said that the suspect, N. Satiyamoorthy hid the idols at the Sri Visalakshi Viswanathar […]
Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) In a major embarrassment to the DMK government in Tamil Nadu, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court ordered the removal of a Government pleader in Periyakulam district munsiff court in Theni district. The action of the court is due to pending criminal case against him. An advocate practicing in […]
Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against two persons, S. Bava Bharuddeen(42) of Mananrgudi in Tiruvarur district and J. Ziyavuddin Baqavi (41) of Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district. Police said that Thideer Nagar police station in Madurai had registered a case against a person, Mohammed Iqbal, for sharing […]
Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Public health department in association with local bodies and school education department will vaccinate 21.2 lakh children in the age group of 12-15 years age group. The state health minister Ma Subramanian in a statement on Thursday said that the school authorities and health department must ensure that the […]
Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) The container shipment at VO Chidambanar port in Thoothukudi is affected by the economic crisis that has gripped neighbouring Sri Lanka. The crisis has gripped the VOC port as due to sudden inflation in Sri Lanka the movement of cargo shipment at Colombo port has come down drastically. It is to […]
Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) Tamil marriages are synonymous with traditional music, both during the marriage and during the reception time. The traditional musicians who plays ‘ Nadaswaram’, ‘Thavil drums’ generally charge for a four to five-hour performance Rs 20,000 to 25000 for a four-member team and they were in high demand all through the marriage […]
Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu O. Pannerselvam on Thursday demanded that the first semester examinations for the first-year engineering students be postponed by one month. The exams were scheduled for March 21 after which they could be held on online mode. The former Chief Minister said that […]
