Arun Lakshman/Chennai (IANS) Rudrakumaran Visvanathan is the Prime minister of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) which aims to realize accountability of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide committed by Sri Lanka against Tamil minority. It aims to create a separate homeland for Tamils. He was the former legal rights advisor to the […]
Chennai, Feb 10 (BPNS) The fourth phase of the Sero surveillance study conducted by the Tamil Nadu health department has revealed that around 87 percent of people tested in the state have anti-bodies to Covid. The cross-sectional survey was conducted in December 2021 at the beginning of the Omicron variant triggered the third wave. It […]
Chennai, Feb 8 (BPNS) The special session of the Tamil Nadu assembly being convened on Tuesday to pass a Bill seeking exemption to the students of the state from the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) will be telecast live. This is the second time the Tamil Nadu assembly is being convened for passing a […]
Chennai, Feb 8 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department (WRD) will reopen sand quarries in the state on February 25 after the Urban local body polls that are to take place on February 19. The state government had on January 6, announced that 16 river sand quarries for heavy vehicles and 21 sand quarries […]
Chennai, Feb 8 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu State election commission has rescinded the urban local body polls at Kadambur Town panchayat in Thoothukudi district that was to be held on February 19. It may be noted that a total of 21 Municipal corporations, 138 municipalities, and 489 town panchayats are going for urban local body […]
Chennai, Feb 8 (BPNS) While Sri Lanka has been assuring the Government of India that they would not be troubling the Indian fishermen, the Tamil Nadu ‘Q’ branch police has said that 16 Indian fishermen from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy at Deft island in the wee hours of […]
Chennai, Feb 8 (BPNS) The ruling DMK has won the Periya Negamam town panchayat in Pollachi district even before votes are being polled for the Urban local body elections. Interestingly AIADMK candidates withdrew their nomination papers on the last date of withdrawal on Monday. However, Ravi Ramasamy of the AIADMK also got elected unopposed. He […]
Chennai, Feb 8 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu assembly on Tuesday passed the anti–NEET bill moved by the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin. While the opposition AIADMK supported the bill, the BJP legislators staged a walkout from the assembly. The bill was for seeking exemption from NEET for the state of Tamil Nadu for the second time. […]
Chennai, Feb 8 (BPNS) The Kerala Catholic diocese has moved the Tirunelveli district court for bail of Bishop Samuel Mar Irenios who was arrested by the Tamil Nadu Crime Branch CID at Ambasamudram. Vicar General Shaji Thomas Manikulam and four other priests were also arrested with the Bishop. The bail application at Tirunelveli court will […]
Chennai, Feb 8 (BPNS) Six people including three Sri Lankan nationals were apprehended by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) while busting a major drug syndicate in Chennai on Tuesday. 11 kg of the drug, amphetamine was seized from those arrested from the Chennai –Gummidipoondi national highway during the early hours of Tuesday. The NCB officers […]
