Chennai, Jan 20 (BPNS ) The Sri Lankan Navy seems not to end the attacks that it has been carrying out on Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu with the latest incident of a fishing boat being rammed by a Sri Lankan Naval boat leading to the boat developing cracks and sinking in water. Seven fishermen […]
Police arrest Tribal school principal, warden after 16-year-old pregnant tribal girl commit suicide
Chennai, Jan 20 (BPNS) Principal of Ekalavya Model Residential School (EMRS), Chengalpattu, Kumaragurubaran (51), and school hostel warden, Shenbagavalli (37) were arrested and remanded to judicial custody after they were charged for concealing the rape and pregnancy of a 16-year-old tribal student of the school. The girl consumed rat poison and died on Tuesday night […]
DVAC raids on former minister Anbalagan’s premises part of political vendetta, AIADMK
Chennai, Jan 20 (BPNS) AIADMK leaders and former Chief Ministers, O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi K. Palaniswami have said that the raids conducted by the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) on the residence and premises of former higher education minister and AIADMK leader, K.P. Anbalagan was part of political vendetta and vindictiveness […]
Fishermen in TN yet to be paid for flood relief and rescue work
Chennai, Jan 19(BPNS) Fishermen in Tamil Nadu who had been saviours and rescuers for the people who were stranded in floods during the months of October, November 2021 when floods lashed Chennai and adjacent areas are still to receive the compensation they were promised. Fisheries department officials while speaking to BPNS said that the compensation […]
14-year-old leopardess dies in Chennai zoo
Chennai, Jan 19 (BPNS) The Postmortem report of a 14-year-old leopardess at Arignar Anna Zoological park has revealed that esophageal rupture and pulmonary hemorrhage as the primary reasons for the death of the big cat. The leopardess, Jaya had died on Monday after it was squeezed inside the poorly maintained rusty cage at the zoo. […]
TN Police chief to ensure that only stipulated fares are collected on lockdown days
Chennai, Jan 19 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Police Chief C. Sylendra Babu has directed the police officers including Superintendents of Police to ensure that the autorickshaws and taxis collect only the stipulated fare from passengers on Sundays, the total lockdown days. The DGP in a circular to all the Police superintendents said that he had received […]
TN to develop alternatives for single-use plastics
Chennai, Jan 19 (BPNS) As part of its ambitious Meendum Manjapai (return of cloth bag) campaign, the Tamil Nadu government is to develop alternatives for single-use plastics. The state is also planning an extensive campaign among youth and children against the bad effects of plastic and how to get rid of it and instead use […]
Madras HC judge(Rtd) , C.T. Selvam to head 4th police commission
Chennai, Jan 19(IANS) Retired Judge of Madras High Court, Justice C.T. Selvam will head the fourth police commission constituted by the Government of Tamil Nadu, a statement from the Chief Ministers office on Wednesday said. Retired Senior IAS officer, K. Alauddin, K. Radhakrishnan IPS (Rtd), Dr. C. Ramasubramaniam, and Professor( Rtd) Nalini Rao are the […]
Political parties in TN want single-phase Urban local body polls
Chennai, Jan 19 (BPNS) The Political parties in Tamil Nadu urged the State Election Commission (SEC) to conduct single-phase elections to the Urban local bodies. The 11 parties that took part in the meeting including DMK, AIADMK, Congress, and BJP wanted the commission to hold the polls in a single phase. Tamil Nadu will go […]
Covid surge: AIADMK wants liquor shops, bars to be shut down.
Chennai, Jan 19 (BPNS) Opposition AIADMK has come out strongly against the DMK government for not shutting the Tasmac liquor shops and bars across the state even after Covid -19 fresh cases in the state have touched 24000 cases daily. AIADMK coordinator and former Chief Minister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami in a statement on Wednesday said […]



