Chennai, Feb 6 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu assembly will meet on February 8 once again as a special session to pass the Bill seeking exemption to Tamil Nadu from the National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET). The bill will be sent to Governor R.N. Ravi for his assent after he has returned the earlier bill. It […]
TN forest officials arrest two for killing wild elephant
Chennai, Feb 6 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department arrested two people for killing a wild elephant at the Anchetty forest range. The two V. Muthu (35) and C. Kaliyappan (28) of Ezhumanaidodi near Anchetty were arrested on Saturday night and remanded in judicial custody. According to Forest department officials, villagers who had gone to […]
TN HR&CE brings out SOP for elephant care
Chennai, Feb 6 (BPNS) The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) has brought out Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for caring for elephants in temples that are under its control. There are 31 elephants in temples and mutts under the HR&CE and the SOP directs that the elephants are kept in enclosures that are airy and […]
TANGEDCO to float tenders to buy 400 MW of power
Chennai, Feb 6 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) is to procure a total of 1000 Meg watts of power to meet the summer demand of which tenders are to be floated for a purchase of 400 Mw of power. Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has given the go-ahead to TANGEDCO […]
Kerala Governor , CM condoles death of Lataji
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6( BPNS) Honorable Kerala Governor, Shri Arif Mohammed Khan condoled the death of Lata Mangeshkar. The Governor in his message said, “ Deeply grieved by the sad demise of Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar, the Nightingale of India. She will live in our minds through countless melodies which her mellifluous voice immortalized. However, Latajis’s […]
K.S. Chitra, Kerala music fraternity condole Lataji’s death
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (BPNS) Kerala’s nightingale K. S. Chitra said that Lata Mangeshkar was a great singer who has immortalized music by her great songs and with her departure, the voice of India has lost. Chitra while speaking to IANS said,” During her 80th birthday, I had sung a music album rendering her songs and sent […]
TN vaccinates 7, 91,889 people during 21st mega vaccine camp
Chennai, Feb 6 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu state public health department in a statement on Sunday said that the state vaccinated 7,91,889 (Seven lakh ninety-one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine) people during the 21st mega vaccination camp held across the state on Saturday. The state has been conducting mega vaccination camps since September 12th. Of the 7,91,889 […]
Mother, daughter to fight against each other in Urban polls in TN
Chennai, Feb 6 (BPNS) In politics, there is no blood relationship and elections will be fought against father, mother, brother, or sister and in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, a mother and daughter are locked in a straight contest for the Urban local body elections. Priya (32) filed her nomination papers from ward 18 in […]
BJYM activists wave black flag at Kerala CM’s convoy in Kannur
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6(BPNS) The youth activists of the BJP, Bharatheeya Janatha Yuva Morcha waved black flag at Kerala Chief Minister, PinarayI Vijayan, and his convoy at Kannur, where he has arrived on a private visit. The protest was on the revelations made by the gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh, who had in a television […]
Tribal village in Kerala in constant fear of attacks from wild animals
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (BPNS) A tribal hamlet near the famous Sabarimala temple in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district is facing threats from wild animals including leopards, elephants, bears, bison, and deadly poisonous snakes like cobra’s. 430 families in Kombukuthi tribal village near Koruthodu in the Pathanamthitta district are fearing for their lives due to attacks by wild […]



