Kochi, Sep 2 (PTI) The Kerala High Court on Friday declined to stay the trial in the 2015 Assembly ruckus case in which General Education Minister V Sivankutty and some other prominent LDF leaders are also among the accused. Justice Ziyad Rahman A A asked all the accused, including LDF convener E P Jayarajan and Left […]
Judge found dead in Odisha
Cuttack, Sept 2 (PTI) A special POCSO judge in Odisha’s Cuttack was found dead at his official residence here on Friday, police said. The deceased 49-year-old judge was identified as Subash Kumar Behari. The body of the POCSO court judge was found hanging from a ceiling fan and there were injury marks on his neck, said […]
PM Commissions INS Vikrant
Kochi, Sep 2 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant here on Friday, which put India into a select league of countries with domestic capability to build such large warships. The Prime Minister commissioned the carrier, built at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore, at a […]
Cotton, Maize cultivation in TN hit by incessant rains
Chennai, Sept 2 (BPNS) Incessant and untimely rains in Tamil Nadu has affected the Cotton and Maize cultivation in the state. In Permbalur district of the state, a stream breach has led to the total destruction of more than 100 acres of Cotton and Maize cultivation. At Keezha Permbalur in Veppur Union of Permbalur district, […]
Stalin, Pinarayi meet on Friday: Siruvani water sharing to be discussed
Chennai, Sept 2 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin will be meeting his Kerala counterpart, Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday at Thiruvananthapuram. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister is reaching Kerala to participate in the South Indian ,Chief Minister’s conference at the Kerala capital in which Union Home Minister, Amit Shah is attending. The discussions between […]
TN Water Resources dept issues high alert along Cauvery, Kollidam river banks
Chennai, Sept 2 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department has issued a high alert along the banks of rivers Cauvery and Kollidam as almost all the reservoirs along the western ghats reaching their maximum capacity and catchment areas getting incessant rains. According to officials of the Western Ghats, the Stanley Reservoir, the Bhavani Sagar […]
Scarcity of food, usage of chemicals: Egyptian vultures dwindling in TN
Chennai, Sept 2 (BPNS) Even as the Tamil Nadu government restricted the use of anti-inflammatory drugs ketoprofen and flunixin considering the adverse impact it causes to predatory birds, the Egyptian vulture population in the state is on the decline. Arulgam, an organization that works in the field of vulture conservation said that there is no […]
OPS expulsion is valid, he has no political future, AIADMK leader, D. Jayakumar
Chennai, Sept 2 (BPNS) Senior leader of the AIADMK and former minister, D. Jayakumar has said that the order of the division bench of the Madras High Court nullifying the single bench judge order, has clearly stated that the expulsion of O. Panneerselvam from the party is valid. Addressing media persons outside the residence of […]
AIADMK will move SC against Madras HC order, O.Panneerselvam
Chennai, Sept 2 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam(OPS) said that the party would move Supreme Court against the order of the division bench of the Madras High Court setting aside the order of a single bench judge of the same court nullifying the general council meeting of the […]
DMK MP lashes out against minister Sekar Babu for Vinayaka Chathurthi wishes
Chennai, Sept 2 (BPNS) Member of Parliament of DMK, S. Senthilkumar came out strongly against the HR&CE Minister and DMK leader, P.K. Sekar Babu over the later for extending Vinayaka Chathurthi wishes. Senthil Kumar in a social media post quoted late Chief Minister and DMK ideologue, M. Karunanidhi who had said that it was not […]