Chennai, Dec 30 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu minister for cooperatives, I. Periyasami said that 10.18 lakh people have benefitted from the jewel waiver scheme of the government as per the poll promise of the DMK. The minister while speaking to reporters at Dindigul on Thursday said that the number of people who have taken loans against […]
Chennai, Dec 30 (BPNS) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder leader, Dr. S.Ramadoss Thursday called upon the state government to direct schools and colleges to cancel physical classes and shift to online mode due to the surge in Omicron cases in the country. The PMK leader said that the increase in Covid -19 cases was an […]
Chennai, Dec 30 (BPNS) Heavy rains in Chennai led to three deaths due to electrocution and four subways were shut down. Around 100 streets in Chennai city were waterlogged and the officials and employees of the Greater Chennai Corporation are at work to clear the water logging in the city. Tamil Nadu revenue and disaster […]
Chennai, Dec 30 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department has constituted a special team of experts to investigate whether temple elephants in the state are being subject to harassment and whether these elephants are in a position to be held in captivity. The team constituted by the Chief Wild Life Warden of the Tamil Nadu […]
Chennai, Dec 30 (BPNS) A 21-year student of first-year MA course at Presidency College, Chennai, M. Kumar ended his life by jumping before a double-decker train on Tuesday night after sending an audio message to his friends and family that he was unable to bear the insult of a rival student gang of another college. […]
Jaipur, Dec 29 Two men were arrested with illicit liquor with an estimated value of 45-50 lakh rupees in Udaipur district, police said Wednesday. The liquor was seized when it was allegedly being smuggled to Gujarat for a New Year party, they said. Udaipur Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar said 853 boxes of Rajasthan-made illicit […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 The standing committee of the BJP-led East Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday rejected a proposal in the EDMC budget, to increase property tax levied on residential and commercial properties, officials said. The move by the civic body’s panel, the highest decision-making body of the corporation, comes ahead of the civic polls […]
Mumbai, Dec 30 Actor Shilpa Shirodkar, known for films such as “Hum”, “Khuda Gawah” and “Aankhen”, on Thursday said she has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In an Instagram post, the 1990s popular star shared that she had tested four days ago. “COVID POSITIVE!!! #day4,” the actor, who was the first Indian celebrity […]
Chennai, Dec 30 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former minister Rajenthra Bhalaji who is on the run and absconding after the Madras High court rejected his anticipatory bail plea in the recruitment scam is being probed on his role in the sale of ghee at the milk cooperative Aavin. The Vigilance department of the milk cooperative […]
Chennai, Dec 30 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Narcotic Intelligence Bureau CID along with the Health officials are conducting surprise checks at medical shops across the state after information was received on the illegal sale of ‘prescription drugs in the state. The raids were conducted after instructions from the DGP, C. Sylendra Babu as several complaints were […]
