Chennai, Sept 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu power minister, Senthilbalaji got a reprieve after the Madras High Court quashed the summons issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED ). The probe was initiated on the job racketing cases booked against Senthilbalaji and two others. The local police had booked cases against them on job […]
Madras HC grants bail to action choreographer, ‘Kanal’Kannan
Chennai, Sept 1 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Thursday granted bail to Tamil action choreographer, ‘Kanal’ Kannan alias V. Kannan (59) in a case booked by the Chennai Crime Branch Police for a provocative speech calling for the demolition of the statue of Tamil rationalist and Dravidian ideologue, ‘Thanthai’ Periyar located outside the Sri […]
Heavy rains lash Chennai, low lying areas inundated
Chennai, Sept 1 (BPNS) Heavy rains lashed Chennai and its surrounding areas on Thursday with several low-lying areas in the state capital inundated in water. The rains which commenced at 12 pm on Thursday are continuing unabated and have thrown normal life out of gear. Weathermen have predicted heavy to very heavy rains in many […]
Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry suspends six lawyers including murder accused
Chennai, Sept 1 (BPNS) The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Thursday suspended six lawyers from practicing. Among the six who are suspended one is facing murder charges while another is an accused in POCSO case. The action has been initiated either due to the complaints received against them or because of registration […]
Teachers cannot be booked for advising students to study well, Madras HC
Chennai, Sept 1 (BPNS) The Madras High Court single bench judge, Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan has in an order passed recently said that teachers cannot be booked for abetment of suicide of students merely because they had asked the concerned student to study well. The observation of the single bench judge came while granting bail to […]
Vizhinjam: Kerala HC pulls up protestors, grants police protection on Adani Ports’ petition
Thiruvananthapuram, September 1 (BPNS) The ongoing fisherfolk protest against the Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited (VISL) suffered a major setback on Thursday as the Kerala High Court observed that the right to protest doesn’t mean the right to obstruct the ongoing construction activities. Allowing a petition of Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Limited, the court granted police […]
Kerala HC Division Bench’s observations on marital relationships courts controversy
Thiruvananthapuram, September 1 (BPNS) The Kerala High Court has courted controversy as one of its division benches came out with a slew of observations on the younger generation’s approach to marital relationships. It’s while declining a decree of divorce that the Division Bench of Justices A Muhammad Mustaque and Sophy Thomas made the observations that […]
TN idol wing begins probe after two Idols seized from Chennai
Chennai, Aug 31 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Idol wing police are probing into the background of two 300-year-old idols seized from an Anna Nagar residence in Chennai following tip-offs. The idols, according to the police are worth crores of rupees. A senior officer with the Tamil Nadu idol wing told BPNS that the bronze statues […]
PMK to protest against Andhra constructing check dams across Kosasthalaiyar
Chennai, Aug 31 (BPNS) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), the political arm of the powerful Vanniyar community is to rake up protests against Andhra Pradesh constructing check dams across Kosasthalaiyar. The PMK has already contested protest marches against Andhra Pradesh constructing reservoir across the river without the consent of Tamil Nadu. The PMK state president Dr. […]