Chennai, Nov 14 (BPNS) Heavy rains that lashed the state has resulted in hampering the vaccination drive against Covid-19 pandemic carried out by the state health department. While rains have inundated many parts of Chennai since past Sunday, vaccination has taken a beating and the state health department is planning mega vaccination camps to vaccinate […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 14 (BPNS) After heavy rains lashed the catchment area of Idukki dam a shutter was opened as the water level touched the red alert level. The third shutter of the dam was the one which was opened on Sunday afternoon to a height of 40 cm and 40 to 50 cumecs of water […]
Chennai, Nov 15 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam has demanded the state government to increase the compensation be hiked to Rs 10 lakh to the families of each of those who died during the floods. Panneerselvam said that when Cyclone Nivar struck last year when AIADMK led government […]
Chennai, Nov 14 (BPNS) Chanuka Thananayaka,38, an aide of the dead Sri Lankan underworld don, Angoda Lokka who was in hiding at Bengaluru was arrested by a team of Crime Branch CID police from Coimbatore. The arrest was recorded on Saturday. Police also arrested another person Jayapal alias Gopalakrishnan (46) for sheltering Chanuka Thananayaka. According […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 14 (BPNS) The district collectors of Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, and Kasargod districts have declared a holiday on Monday due to heavy rains. The holiday is applicable to professional colleges also. The state government has earlier announced that the district collectors would decide on declaring holiday for schools and colleges in their respective districts […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 14 ( BPNS) A Keralite priest who was brought up in a Leprosy hospital in Bengaluru owing to his mother being a nurse at the hospital is now the next Bishop of Loughborough in the United Kingdom. The 42-year-old who will be consecrated as a Bishop in January 2022 will be the youngest […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 14 ( BPNS) The Kerala state SC/ ST commission has directed the police to book a case under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities )Act 1989. The panel will also conduct a sitting on Monday following complaints of eight scheduled caste and scheduled tribe families. The SC/ST families have lodged […]
Chennai, Nov 12 (BPNS) About 237 lawyers practicing before the Madras High Court have written a letter to the Supreme Court collegium against the transfer of Madras High Court Chief Justice, Sanjib Banerjee as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court. The lawyers in the letter pointed out that Justice Sanjib Banerjee had served Madras High […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 12 (BPNS) The Kerala High Court has served notice to the producers and makers of the Malayalam movie ‘Kurup’ that hit theaters on Friday, November 12. Public interest litigation was filed by a Kochi native stating that the movie will infringe upon the privacy of the family of wanted Criminal Sukumara Kurup on […]
Chennai, Nov 12 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Friday felicitated the Woman police inspector of the state police, E. Rajeswari who carried a person, Udhayakumar who was unconscious and found under a tree at a cemetery during Chennai rains. The Chief Minister felicitated the woman police officer at his camp office in […]
