Chennai, Nov 25 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police have commenced a crackdown on Pharmacies and medical stores that sell sedatives to children and youth. The Chennai police held a meeting of pharmacy and medical store owners and directed them not to sell sedatives to youngsters as part of its move in cracking down on drug use […]
Chennai, Nov 25 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government school education ‘14417’ has recorded a manifold increase in calls after the suicide of a plus two student of Coimbatore allegedly following sexually assaulted by her teacher. According to the councilors in the school helpline, they are receiving around 600 calls per day while it was only […]
Chennai, Nov 25 (BPNS) Heavy rains lashed several parts of Tamil Nadu including Tuticorin and Ramanathapuram districts. Tiruchendur Subramanya Swamy temple was fully inundated in water. Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an Orange alert for Chennai on November 26and 27. Ramanathapuram district collector held a meeting of officials of various departments and the […]
Chennai, Nov 25 (BPNS) The Tiruppur district Mahila court sentenced a 29-year-old man for double life imprisonment for raping and marrying a minor girl against her wish. The incident occurred in 2016 when the man was 24 years old and the minor girl 14. The man, a relative of the girl raped her while she […]
Chennai, Nov 23 (BPNS) A fisherman of Pudukottai district was missing after the boat in which he had gone for fishing on Monday night overturned in strong winds. Two fishermen, K. Ganeshan (45) and L. Manimuthu( 42) went for fishing in a fibre boat from Kottaipattinam village in Pudukottai district on Monday night. The boat […]
Chennai, Nov 23 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu government signed a Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with 59 companies leading to an attraction of investments worth 35,208 crores. The MoUs were signed during an investor meet at Coimbatore. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M.K. Stalin presided in the function held at Coimbatore. MoUs were signed with seven companies […]
Chennai, Nov 23 (BPNS) Five persons including a fire force personal were killed when a gas cylinder exploded at a residence in the early hours of Tuesday. Three houses collapsed in the blast and seventeen people were injured in the accident other than the five dead. R . Padmanabhan with the Tamil Nadu Fire and […]
Chennai, Nov 23 ( BPNS) A convict in the Coimbatore bomb blast case who had served eleven years in prison was killed by four youths for stealing a goat. The incident occurred on Tuesday at Coimbatore. The deceased M. Sait alias Sait Bakarudin was one of the convicts in the 1998 Coimbatore bomb blasts and […]
Chennai, Nov 22 (BPNS) The farmers of Tamil Nadu who have lost a huge quantity of crops to the recent rains and floods have petitioned the state agriculture department to provide compensation for their losses. During the rains, around 1,50,000 hectares of crop was inundated in water in the state leading to the total loss […]
Chennai, Nov 23 (BPNS) The Director-General of Police (DGP), Tamil Nadu, C. Sylendra Babu has directed the police personal to carry firearms for their self-protection while patrolling in remote and desolate areas. Tamil Nadu DGP said this after paying floral tributes to the slain Police Sub Inspector, S. Boominathan at Tiruchi who was killed by […]
