Chennai, Nov 2 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC ) has taken action against a lower primary school for maintaining the attendance register of students on the basis of their caste. Instead of maintaining the attendance on an alphabetical basis, the school clubbed together students on the basis of their caste. The students were divided […]
PM, Vinod Rai must apologise to the nation on 2G spectrum issue, Salman Kurshid
Chennai, Nov 2 (BPNS) Senior leader of Congress party and former Union minister, Salman Kurshid has come out against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) Vinod Rai for maligning the Congress party in the 2G spectrum issue. He was addressing media persons at Chennai on Tuesday. The senior Congress leader […]
Union Territory of Puducherry has no Covid 19 deaths reported since October 24.
Chennai, Oct 29 (BPNS) The health department of Union Territory of Puducherry in a statement said that the territory has not reported any Covid 19 related death since October 24. The territory reported 45 fresh cases at 10 am on Friday and the number of persons recovered from Covid 19 in the last twenty-four hours […]
Mullaperiyar dam safe, TN Water resources minister, Duraimurugan
Chennai, Oct 29 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu water resources minister and senior leader of the DMK said that the Mullaperiyar dam was safe and that Tamil Nadu was operating it properly according to the directives of the supervisory committee constituted by the Supreme Court of India. In a statement of Friday, the senior leader said that […]
Stalin shocked over death of Puneeth Rajkumar, express condolences to family
Chennai, Oct 29 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin condoled the passing away of Kannada Superstar, Puneeth Rajkumar who died following a massive heart attack on Friday at Bangaluru. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said that he was deeply shocked and pained at the passing away of the popular actor of the Kannada film […]
Police on high alert in South Tamil Nadu over ‘Thevar Jayanthi’ celebrations
Chennai, Oct 29 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police is on high alert as the ‘Thevar Jayanthi’ celebrations are underway in several parts of South Tamil Nadu. Districts of South Tamil Nadu like Tirunelveli, Dindigul, Madurai, and Theni had witnessed clashes between two sections of people during the past several decades on caste lines and these areas […]
Stalin visits Keeladi excavation site
Chennai, Oct 29 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Friday visited the excavation sites and interacted with officials including the Archeological Survey of India officials. The Government of Tamil Nadu is building a museum at Keeladi at a cost of Rs 12. 21 crores in a two-acre campus and the artefacts unearthed from […]
Eyeing Thevar support, Sasikala pays floral tributes to Muthuramalinga Thevar
Chennai, Oct 29 (BPNS) Former Interim general secretary of AIADMK, V.K. Sasikala who was expelled from the party, has reached Pasumpon, 50 km from Madurai to garland the statue of freedom fighter and spiritual leader of the powerful Thevar community, Muthuramalinga Thevar ahead of his birth anniversary. The visit and garlanding the statue of the […]
TN fire mishap: Death toll touches 7
Chennai, Oct 28 (BPNS) The death toll in the Kallakurichi firecracker shop accident touched 7 after the fire and rescue persons recovered the body of a 11-year-old body under the debris of the shop where the accident took place. The body was identified as that of M. Dhanabal, nephew of the shop owner Selvaganabathy. The […]
Tamil Nadu to open spillways of Mullaperiyar dam on Friday morning
Chennai, Oct 28 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu government which is managing the Mullaperiyar dam located geographically in Idukki district of Kerala will open the spillways of the dam on Friday morning at 7 am. The Tamil Nadu water resources department has already communicated the same to Kerala government on Wednesday night as the evacuation in Kerala’s […]



