Chennai, Jan 11 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police on Monday arrested nine persons including a 77-year-old at Gingee in Villupuram district for sexually abusing a 16-year-old minor girl. The arrested included a cousin of the 16-year-old girl as well as her aunt for abetting in the crime. The cousin is a 36-year-old man and the aunt […]
DMK looting under the pretext of Pongal gift hampers, Edappadi Palaniswami
Chennai, Jan 11 (BPNS) AIADMK coordinator and former Chief Minister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami has said that the DMK government was indulging in loot under the pretext of providing Pongal gift hampers. He was speaking to reporters at the AIADMK office on Tuesday. He said that the items were overpriced and procured from North India even […]
TN Police arrest Hindu activists over desecrating Periyar statue
Chennai, Jan 11 (BPNS) Two activists of the Hindu Munnani were arrested by the Podanur police in Coimbatore on Tuesday over the desecration of the statue of Periyar or E.V. Ramasamy Periyar. The statue in front of the Thanthai Periyar Study Centre was found desecrated on Sunday morning with saffron powder and garlanded with slippers. […]
Madras HC restrains TN government from prosecuting Isha foundation
Chennai, Jan 11 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday restrained the Tamil Nadu government from prosecuting the Isha Foundation for having constructed buildings without obtaining environmental clearance between 2006 and 2014. The court prevented the Coimbatore District Environmental Engineer (DEE) from proceeding further with the prosecution initiated against the foundation. Acting Chief Justice of […]
Stalin wants officials to make the state compete with foreign nations, not with other states
Chennai, Jan 11 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has called upon the secretaries of various state government departments to set targets to themselves by not competing with other state governments within the country but with developed South Asian nations as well as other countries. He was chairing a meeting to review the status […]
Madras HC strikes down more than 50 percent reservation for women in Chennai Corporation elections
Chennai, Jan 11 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday struck down an order providing reservation for women over and above the 50% cap in the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) elections. The first bench of the Madras High Court represented by Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice P.D. Adikesavalu struck down the order […]
TN records 15,379 fresh Covid cases, 20 deaths on Tuesday
Chennai, Jan 11 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu records 15, 379 fresh Covid cases on Tuesday. There are 62,767 active cases in the state on the day. 20 deaths were reported on Tuesday due to Covid -19. The state capital of Chennai reported 6484 cases on Tuesday. Tamil Nadu has a Test Positivity Rate (TPR) of 10.3%. […]
Actor Shobana contracts Omicron variant of COVID-19
Mumbai, Jan 10 Actor and Bharatanatyam dancer Shobana says she has contracted the Omicron variant of coronavirus and is experiencing “joint pains and chills”. The 51-year-old actor, known for her work in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films, took to Instagram on Sunday evening to update her followers about her health. Shobana said she tested positive […]
Thalaivas face Steelers, Dabang Delhi K.C. hope to maintain unbeaten run
Bengaluru, Jan 9 Tamil Thalaivas will take on in-form Haryana Steelers in the Pro Kabaddi League here on Monday. The team from Tamil Nadu have had an impressive start to the season with captain Surjeet Singh and Sagar marshalling the defence. They will however be facing a Haryana squad who are on a three-match unbeaten […]
Neha Dhupia, Angad Bedi name their son Guriq
Mumbai, Jan 8 Actor-couple Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi on Saturday said they have named newborn son Guriq Singh. The couple, who have a two-year-old daughter Mehr, had announced the birth of their second child on October 3 last year. Dhupia shared a candid picture of the newborn on her official Instagram page and revealed […]



