Chennai, Jan 29 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has filed a police complaint on Saturday against the Tiruvottiyur MLA of the DMK, K.P. Shankar who had allegedly beaten up a corporation Assistant Engineer in the wee hours of Wednesday and stopped a road tarring work. The GCC authorities told IANS that they would post […]
Erode collector to hold meeting with public on ban of night travel in ghat road
Chennai, Jan 29 (BPNS) The Erode district collector will hold a meeting with people of the Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) area on the ban regarding night travel of public and private vehicles through the Bannari- Dhimbam ghat road connecting the Bengaluru- Coimbatore national highways. The Madras High Court has directed the collector to conduct meetings […]
One die , two injured in firecracker accident at TN
Chennai , Jan 29(BPNS)One person died and two others suffered serious burn injuries in a firecracker unit accident at Amathur in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday night.The incident occurred at 8.30 pm.The deceased person is identified as D. Arumugham (52)of Sankaramangalam village and his body was taken to Virudhanagar Medical college hospital for […]
Schools for classes X to XII likely to open in TN in February
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu school education department is contemplating reopening schools for classes X to XII in the month of February as board exams are to take place in May. The school education minister, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi has in a meeting of school principals, teachers, and bureaucrats which was held virtually on […]
TN Minister, MP’s, political parties flay RBI staff for not showing respect to Tamil state song
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Finance Minister, PTR Thiagarajan, MP’s Kanimozhi and Su Venkatesan, and several political parties and social organizations of Tamil Nadu have come out strongly against the staff of the Reserve Bank of India alleging that they have disrespected Tamil state song during Republic Day celebrations. The political leaders have flayed […]
Fierce contest in cards for Urban local body polls in TN
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) The Urban local body elections of Tamil Nadu to be held after a decade will witness a tough fight between the ruling DMK led alliance and the opposition AIADMK alliance. The Urban polls in the state are to be held in a single phase on February 19th and the political parties of […]
TN to form 500 acre mega sports city in outskirts of Chennai
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu State Industrial Development Corporation (TSIDC) has floated tenders for appointing consultants to study the techno-economic feasibility studies for a new sports city in a 500-acre area in the outskirts of Chennai on the East Coast Road. The estimated project cost is Rs 700 crores. The swanky sports city […]
TN to set up more Public Charging Stations in state as Electric Vehicles become popular
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (TANGEDCO) plans to set up more Public Charging (PCs) across the state as the demand for Electric Vehicles is on the rise in the state. Presently PCs are present only in Metro stations and users of Electric Vehicles (EVs) are of the opinion that more […]
NIA takes over fake passport case in Tamil Nadu, focus on former LTTE cadres
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS ) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case and commenced an investigation after three Sri Lankan nationals were arrested with fake passports. Two were arrested with fake Indian passports while a third was arrested with a fake Spanish passport. The arrests were made by the Tamil Nadu police in […]
Death of Wild animals: Madras HC concern over vehicle movement at night in Coimbatore- Bangalore NH
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has expressed concern over the movement of vehicles at night through the Coimbatore –Bangalore National Highway after reports of death of more than 152 wild animals in accidents. The NH 958 passes through the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) and 152 wild animals including […]



