Chennai, Sept 24 (BPNS) The firecracker hub of India, Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu is lifeless after the Delhi Chief Minister Aravind Kejriwal announced a ban on the sale, use, storage of firecrackers for the festival of lights. Pollution is said to be the reason behind the ban which was announced some days ago […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 24 (BPNS) Two sisters from Kerala, Teresa, 21, and Agnes, 18 won the hearts of millions of people after they recited the national anthem of 193 countries on World Peace day, (September 21). The sisters who live in Brisbane, Australia recited the national anthem from the St. Johns Cathedral in Brisbane and entered […]
Chennai, Sept 23(BPNS) Post-Covid, the situation in rural Tamil Nadu is miserable after loan sharks including Self-help group members are taking rounds to pester people who have taken money from them. The loan sharks are on the prowl in the villages of Tamil Nadu with several people losing their motorbikes, four-wheelers and pick-up vans, and […]
Chennai, Sept 23 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) state leadership is on a firefighting mode to try and persuade several party local leaders who have filed nomination papers against the party ally and big brother in the state coalition, DMK. When the last date for filing of nominations for the rural local body polls […]
Chennai, Sept 23 (BPNS) A twenty-year-old student, Swetha who was a diploma student for Medical lab technology at the Madras Christian College continuing education department, was stabbed to death by her former boyfriend. The incident occurred on Thursday outside the Tambaram Railway station in Chennai. The assailant, Ramachandran who was an employee in a private […]
Chennai, Sept 23 (BPNS) The state of Tamil Nadu will be holding a mega vaccination camp on September 26, Sunday. This was announced by the state health minister, Ma Subramanian on Thursday. Buoyed by the success of the mega vaccination camps held on September 12 and September 19, the Tamil Nadu health department is going […]
Chennai, Sept 23 (BPNS) A flood alert is issued in five districts of Tamil Nadu after the Krishnagiri Reservoir Project Dam almost reached its full capacity of 52 ft. The five districts where flood alert is issued are Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, and Cuddalore. Public works department (PWD) officials said that the water level in […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 23 (BPNS) Babu George Valavi ,73, a Kochi-based businessman, and his four close relatives had brought 3500 shares of Udaipur-based Mewar Oil & General Mills an unlisted company that was making edible oils at that time. This was in 1978 and over the years the company changed its name to Pi industries and […]
Chennai,Sept 22(BPNS)Tamil Nadu Finance minister ,PTR Thiagarajan has drawn flak over usibg the word ‘ Schizophrenic’ against Tamil Nadu BJP unit president ,K.Annamalai.In a tweet on Tuesday night ,Thiagarajan came out heavily againt Annamalai in the tweet ” So .. The schizophrenic’ Kannadiga till I die’, except when 100% Tamil or ” IPS version threat […]
Chennai, Sept 22 (IANS) Puducherry will have local body polls in three phases from October 21 to October 28 after a gap of fifteen years. The previous elections were held in 2006 and the period ended after five years in 2011. The announcement was made by the Puducherry State Election Commissioner, Roy P. Thomas in […]
