Chennai, Dec 27( BPNS) The Students of the elite Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) will be conducting a menstrual awareness programme,’ Unmute’ focusing on menstrual hygiene management. The students of the premier institute will also be conducting awareness programmes on self-defence techniques to prevent sexual assault. A statement from the IIT- Madras said that […]
Balrampur (UP), Dec 27 A village head was shot dead here and another person injured allegedly over election rivalry, police said on Monday. Radheshyam Verma (55), gram pradhan of Rupnagar, was returning home from his field on Sunday when some people shot him in the Maharajganj Terai police station area of the district, they said. […]
Thane, Dec 27 A court here in Maharashtra has convicted a 66-year-old man on the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for the term which he has already undergone in jail since his arrest in April 2015. In the order passed on December 21, a copy of […]
Ravi Shastri backs split captaincy for Indian Cricket Team Mumbai, Dec 27 Former India coach Ravi Shastri has supported the splitting of captaincy in the red and white ball formats, saying it is the right way to go. While Virat Kohli remains the Test skipper, one of the finest white-ball exponents and star opener, Rohit […]
Chennai, Dec 27 (BPNS) The mortal remains of a three-member family who were washed away in Palar river in Chengalpatu on Christmas day morning while trying to click selfies are yet to be recovered. Those missing are identified as Leonsingh Raja (38), who was running a grocery shop at Tirusulam, his daughter Percy (16), and […]
Chennai, Dec 27 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department in a statement said that it has inoculated 17.31 lakh, people, during the 16th mega vaccination drive conducted on Sunday. According to information from the health department around 50,000 centres were set up for the mega vaccine drive, the 16th of its kind in the state. 5,17,126 people […]
Chennai, Dec 27 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department has decided to approach the state Industries department and a private company to hand over part of their unsurveyed salt pans and swamp areas measuring about 28000 hectares to develop the Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary into one of the world’s best flamingoes and waders […]
Chennai, Dec 27 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Government Doctors association in a representation to the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has requested to shift school and college classes purely to online mode and to shut down the offline classes. The TN Government Doctors association president, Dr. K. Senthil in a representation to the Chief Minister said that […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 26 (BPNS) Five policemen including a Circle Inspector of Police were injured after two groups of guest workers at Kizhakkambalam in Ernakulam district of Kerala fought against each other and also directed their ire at the police. The incident occurred on Saturday night following a dispute over the Christmas Carole music team. Around […]
Chennai, Dec 26 (BPNS) The Salem district crime branch on Saturday arrested a person, K. Selvakumar (45) of Kadayampatty for allegedly taking money from an engineer promising him a job in a government department during the previous AIADMK regime. The accused was a close aide of G . Mani alias Nadupetti Mani who was the […]
