Chennai, Jan 21 (BPNS) Madras High Court on Thursday restrained filmmaker and social activist, Leena Manimekalai and singer Chinmayi Sripada from making defamatory statements against Tamil film director, Susi Ganesan. This has brought in a major reprieve for the beleaguered director who was charged with rape allegations by filmmaker Leena Manimekalai during the ‘Me Too’ […]
Chennai, Jan 21 (BPNS) The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) sleuths of Tamil Nadu are conducting searches at the premises of certain granite factories linked to former Tamil Nadu minister and AIADMK leader, K.P. Anbalagan. The DVAC team from Tamil Nadu had conducted raids and searches at 58 places in Tamil Nadu linked […]
Chennai, Jan 21 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government will be amending the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments ( HR&CE) Act. The advisory committee meeting of the HR&CE department held on Thursday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has decided to amend the present HR&CE Act. It is to be noted that the HR&CE […]
Chennai, Jan 21 (BPNS) Madras High Court on Friday refused to grant an interim stay to the conduct of Urban local body elections in the state. The court while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Dr. A. Nakkeeran, Rtd Joint Director of Health Services, did not allow a stay to the conduct of […]
Chennai, Jan 21 (BPNS) The next phase of archeological excavations in seven sites of Tamil Nadu will commence from February 2022 and would help establish that the history of Indian subcontinent began from the landscape of Tamil Nadu. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M.K. Stalin in a statement on Thursday said that the findings […]
Chennai, Jan 21 (BPNS) Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) working in the disability sector have demanded the government of Tamil Nadu to withdraw circular issued by the Commissionerate for the Welfare of Person with Disabilities asking all persons with the NGOs in the sector to get a police verification report. The circular was issued on January […]
Chennai, Jan 21 (BPNS) A 35-year-old tusker, ‘ Shankar’ who was captured at Gudalur as a wild elephant after killing three men will soon become a trained ‘Kumki’ elephant to be used against wild herds. The elephant is being trained at the Madumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) by a team of mahouts to make him a […]
Chennai, Jan 21 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Friday announced a total and complete lockdown on Sunday to prevent the spread of Covid -19 in the state. Chief Minister in a statement on Friday said that the decision was taken considering the increasing caseload in the state and in the interest of […]
Chennai, Jan 21 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu state president of the BJP and former IPS officer, K. Annamalai has demanded a detailed and impartial probe into the suicide of a 17-year-old plus two student of a Christian missionary school at Thirukattupalli. The girl student had consumed poison on January 9th and the Thirukattupalli police got the information […]
Chennai, Jan 20 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) sleuths are conducting raids at the residences and other premises of former higher education minister of the state, K.P. Anbazhagan, and his relatives including his daughter in laws residence on Thursday morning. This is following registration of cases under the Prevention […]
