Chennai, Feb 28 (BPNS) AIADMK coordinator and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K.Palaniswami has made a serious allegation that the ruling DMK won the recent urban local body elections due to massive malpractices in the Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs). The AIADMK leader was addressing a political meeting of the party at Salem in […]
Chennai, Feb 28( BPNS) at Hill shrine The Hindu Munnani of Tamil Nadu has come out strongly against the state forest department collecting an entry fee of Rs 100 from the devotees who visit the Velliangiri Andavar temple in Velliangiri Mountains near Coimbatore. The hill shrine which has a trek of 5 km from the […]
Puducherry, Feb 28 (BPNS) Puducherry Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy has in a letter to the Union External affairs minister, S. Jaishankar appealed to the Government of India to airlift students from the territory who are stranded in war-torn Ukraine. The Chief Minister in the letter said that 23 students from the Union territory were stranded […]
Chennai, Feb 28 (BPNS) A Coimbatore couple who had posted an advertisement for renting out their house lost 5.8 lakh rupees to a fraudster. S. Kalaiselvi of Madukkarai, Coimbatore in a complaint to the National Cybercrime reporting portal (NCRP) stated that she posted an advertisement in a portal in January. On January 22, a person […]
Chennai, Feb 28 (BPNS) With the indirect elections to the post of Mayor taking place on March 4th, the tussle for the coveted posts is on in Madurai. The seat is reserved for women and senior DMK leaders have thrown their weight behind the candidates. The DMK led alliance had won 80 of 100 seats […]
Chennai, Feb 28 (BPNS ) Congress leader and former AICC president, Rahul Gandhi released the first part of the autobiography of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, ‘ Ungalil Oruvan’ (One among You). The first copy of the book was received by senior DMK leader and Tamil Nadu waterworks minister, S. Duraimurugan. Kerala Chief Minister […]
Chennai, Feb 27 (BPNS) Even as the environmentalists and social activists have been crying hoarse, the Tamil Nadu government is moving ahead with the opening of six sand quarries in the districts of Myladuthurai and Thanjavur. The sand quarries will be opened on March 5th, after the election to the Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts […]
Chennai, Feb 27 (BPNS) A 35-year-old man, Venikitesh Kumar Babu working as a driver was arrested by the Ettayapuram police in Tuticorin district after he issued death threat to a child who played the role of Periyar in a Tamil skit. The child had on February 19 delivered a powerful speech on women empowerment in […]
Chennai, Feb 27 (BPNS) AIADMK chief coordinator and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam has called upon the Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to initiate steps to prevent blasts in firecracker units in the state. In a statement on Saturday, the former Chief Minister said that 12 people were killed in firecracker unit explosions […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 27 (BPNS) Comrade Allungal Sreedharan who was a hero of the Pulpally police station attack on November 24, 1968, along with Comrades Vargheese, Philip M. Prasad, and K. Ajitha passed away on Friday in the Idukki district of Kerala. Sreedharan had changed his name as Mavady Thankappan and was living in the high […]
