Chennai, Jan 6 (BPNS) The firecracker unit blast at Sattur in Virudhunagar district that took place on Wednesday killing four has now claimed the life of one more person. The deceased have been identified as Muniyasamy who was a worker at the ill-fated unit at Sattur in Manjalodaipatti village in Virudhunagar district. The blast, according […]
Chennai, Jan 6 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government has geared up for facing the third wave in the state with the Omicron variant of Covid -19 increasing the number of fresh cases in the state. The state, according to health officials has already readied up 1.16 lakh beds of which more than 20,000 are oxygen […]
Chennai, Jan 6( BPNS) The ship crew change which was taking place periodically at Chennai port has got struck following the stringent Covid standard protocol that is in place at Chennai port. RTPCR negative tests are mandatory for a crew change in vessels and this has led to inordinate delay in effecting the changes with […]
Chennai, Jan 6 (BPNS) Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and Chief Coordinator of opposition AIADMK, O. Paneerselvam (OPS) has called upon the DMK government of the state to immediately intervene in the resumption of work at National Cooperative Sugar mills in Madurai district for the sake of 10,000 cane farmers and 500 workers. In […]
Chennai, Jan 6 (BPNS) The Coimbatore district Mahila court has sanctioned two youths for 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping the younger sister of a friend in Pollachin during 2016. The district court pronounced the verdict on Thursday. R. Vimal (38) and B. Karthi (38), both autorickshaw drivers were sentenced to 20 years of […]
Puducherry, Jan 6 (BPNS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) has requested that the National Youth Festival scheduled to be held at the Union Territory of Puducherry on January 12th be postponed in the wake of rising Covid -19 cases. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the CPI state secretary, A.M. Saleem said that conducting […]
Puducherry, Jan 6 (BPNS) The administration of the Union Territory of Puducherry has issued new curbs in the four regions of the territory following the rising Covid -19 cases and the surge of third wave. The order comes into immediate effect and will be valid up to January 31. A statement issued by the Secretary […]
Bengaluru, Jan 4 Bottom dwellers Puneri Paltan will look to change their fortunes when they take on a struggling Gujarat Giants in a Pro Kabaddi League match here on Wednesday. Dabang Delhi KC will lock horns with Telugu Titans in the second match of the day. The team from Pune has just one win in […]
New Delhi, Jan 4 Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh will be among a host of former stars in the India Maharaja team which will take part in the inaugural edition of the Legends League Cricket (LLC), starting on January 20 in Oman. The first season of LLC, which is a professional cricket league […]
New Delhi, Jan 4 BJP MLAs staged a walkout on the second day of the Delhi Assembly session when Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia blamed Union Home Minister Amit Shah of taking away the government’s power to grant compensation to COVID victims’ kin. He also cautioned BJP MLA Vijender Gupta against indulging in worthless talk. […]
