Chennai ,Nov 12 (BPNS) The Coir industry at Pollachi in Tamil Nadu will be affected after the Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has reclassified the coir industry under the category of polluting industry. While Coir was earlier under White category of the Pollution Control Board and did not require a license. Environmentalists had […]
Puducherry, Nov 12 (BPNS) Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry, N. Rangasamy has announced relief for the flood-hit people of the territory on Friday. The Chief Minister announced Rs 20,000 per hectare for paddy crops damaged in rains. Those whose houses were damaged would be given Rs 25,000, the Chief Minister said. Chief […]
Chennai, Nov 12 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin launched 200 special medical camps in association with Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) limits. This is to examine and treat people in the Chennai limits. The inauguration was conducted at the Austin Nagar in Teynampet. The camps involving private hospitals linked to the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health […]
Chennai, Nov 11 (BPNS) Agriculture crops cultivated in 3500 hectares of land were destroyed by the heavy rains that lashed Tamil Nadu for the past few days. Around 55000 hectares of agricultural crops are inundated in water for the past three days out of which 3500 hectares of agriculture is destroyed. The state revenue and […]
Chennai, Nov 11 (BPNS) Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N.Ravi spoke to the State Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin over telephone and took stock of the rescue and relief operations undertaken by the state government in Chennai and other parts of the state. An official statement from the Rajbhavan on Thursday said that the Governor also spoke […]
Chennai, Nov 11 (BPNS) The Airport Authority of India has suspended operations of flights arriving in Chennai has been stopped f till 6 pm. However, departure will function as usual. This was stated by the Chennai airport director, Dr. Sharad Kumar and in a statement, he said that the decision was taken for the safety […]
Chennai, Nov 11 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin has constituted a team of ministers to take stock of the crop loss due to heavy rains in several parts of the state. There are reports that 1.5 lakh acres of standing crops in delta districts of Tamil Nadu have been inundated. The team of ministers […]
Chennai, Nov 11 (BPNS) The DMK while in opposition had presented a 97-page report of corruption to the then Tamil Nadu Governor, Bhanwarilal Purohit, against the then transport minister, M.R. Vijayabhaskar of AIADMK for having favoured two companies regarding the purchase of retro-reflective stickers for trucks. Interestingly after DMK came to power in the state […]
Chennai, Nov 11 (BPNS) A woman police officer of the Chennai police, E. Rajeswari rescued a man from underneath a tree that fell upon him at T.P. Chatram. The woman police officer told media that she received a call from the control room stating that a man was dead after a tree fell upon him. […]
Chennai, Nov 11 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin has written a letter to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi requesting him to re-include Chennai as the Haj embarkation point for Haj pilgrims. The Haj Committee had earlier removed Chennai from the list of cities from Haj embarking points. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister in his letter […]
