Chennai, Feb 23 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government will form two units of the Marine Elite Force to combat marine wildlife crimes including smuggling, prevention, and poaching of marine animals, especially in the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. Each unit will have five marine watchers who will be moving around in two deepwater boats. […]
Chennai, Feb 23 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday declared as valid the election conducted for South Indian Film Artists Association (SIFAA) , popularly known as Nadigar Sangam in 2019. The court also ordered counting of votes from ballot boxes which have been kept in a bank locker since then. Justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana and […]
Chennai, Feb 22 (BPNS) Parents of children who are studying in Ukraine for medicine and engineering courses are worried over the heightened crisis with Russian troop movement near the Ukrainian borders. Tamil Selvam, Teynampet, Chennai while speaking to BPNS said, “ My daughter Saranya is a third year student of Medicine at Keiv Medical college […]
Chennai, Feb 22 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin extended his congratulations to Chess prodigy, Praggnanandhaa who defeated Chess legend, Magnus Carlson in the eighth round of rapid online chess competition, Airthings Masters. The Chief Minister in a statement on social media said, “ My heartiest Congratulations to 16-year-old Grandmaster, R. Pragngnanandhaa from Tamil […]
Chennai, Feb 22 (BPNS) Twenty-one fishermen from Tamil Nadu and Karaikkal who were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) on January 31 were ordered to be released by a court in Point Pedro in Sri Lanka. The fishermen will be repatriated to India in a week after […]
Chennai, Feb 22 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu state forest department has raised objections against dilution of powers to State Wild Life board. The forest department has in a communique to the Union environment ministry said that certain new rules inserted in the Wild Life Protection Act amendment Bill 2021 are against the spirit of the […]
Chennai, Feb 22 (BPNS) The DMK led alliance has swept the urban local body elections of Tamil Nadu when 75 % of the results were declared. The urban polls are held after a gap of eleven years in the state and the win of the DMK is considered as a stamp of approval for the […]
Chennai, Feb 22 (BPNS) AIADMK Chief coordinator and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam said that the victory of the DMK was artificial. He said that the elections did not truly reflect the people’s feelings and that if the polls were held in a free fair and just manner, AIADMK would have seen […]
Chennai, Feb 22 (BPNS) BJP candidate Narendran who contested the Urban local body polls from Bhavanisagar town panchayat in Erode district got only one vote in the elections. A visibly upset, Narendran told media persons that even his own family did not cast their votes on him. Narendran while speaking to media persons said, “ […]
Chennai, Feb 21 (BPNS) The opposition AIADMK has demanded the presence of more security forces in the 268 counting centres for the February 19 urban local body polls. The counting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 22. The party has given a memorandum to the Chief Election Observer stating that the DMK workers will create problems […]
