Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) Panic gripped the textile capital of South India, Tiruppur after a leopard attacked two people including a forest watcher on Thursday. The incident occurred at Ammanapalayam in Tiruppur and the leopard is still on the prowl, according to forest department officials. Forest personnel and police officials are on the lookout for […]
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) S. Damodaran and his organization ‘Gramalaya’ are names that reverberate in several villages of South India that are now free of open defecation and the villagers consider him as their messiah who has saved them single-handedly from the trauma of open defecation. Much before the NDA government under Prime Minister Narendra […]
Chennai, Jan 27( BPNS) Two seventeen-year-old boys were killed when the roof of a dilapidated building collapses in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu on Thursday. The deceased are identified as Verasekar and Sathishkumar of Vandikuppam near Cuddalore. The injured, Bhuvanesh (16)is admitted at Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry. Police said that […]
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday announced the extension of lockdown norms in the state for two more weeks. However, the state Chief Minister announced a few relaxation including allowing physical classes in schools for students of classes 1 to 12 from February 1. Playschools, LKG and UKG will […]
Chennai, Jan 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu forest department officials on Thursday captured a male leopard after tranquilizing it with sedatives at Ammapalayam near Tirumuruganpoondi municipality in Tiruppur district. Forest officials said that the leopard would be translocated to the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR). The forest officials of Coimbatore had captured another leopard from a godown […]
Chennai, Jan 26 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Water Resources department is planning to restore, repair, and renovate water bodies across the state to increase the storage capacity and groundwater levels. The Water Resources Department (WRD) is taking this forward with the support and assistance of the Central Water Resources Department and Groundwater department. A recent […]
Chennai, Jan 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Forest Department is in the final stage of drafting a new Tiger reserve in Erode forest range. This is after the central government has approved the Srivilliputhur- Megamalai Tiger reserve as the state’s fifth Tiger Reserve a year ago. Erode forest division is spread over 82144 hectares of land […]
Chennai, Jan 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Wednesday unfurled the national flag near the Gandhi square on Kamarajar salai in Chennai in the presence of Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on the occasion of the 73rd Republic day celebrations in the state. 6800 police personnel are on duty as part of the security aspect […]
Chennai, Jan 26 (BPNS) The Tableaus proposed by the Tamil Nadu state and rejected in the third round by the Central government for the National Republic day parade was used by the state government at the parade at Chennai during the 73rd Republic day parade. The tableaus titled ‘Tamil Nadu in Freedom Struggle’ depicting V.O.Chidambaranar, ‘Mahakavi’ […]
Chennai , Jan 26 (BPNS) In an attack by a group of Sri Lankan assailants, four Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu were injured grievously on Tuesday evening. The fishermen from Nagapattinam Ariyanaatutheru fishing hamlet were fishing in a motorboat at about 15 km from Kodiyakarai (Point Calimere) when they were attacked by unidentified assailants. The […]
