Chennai, Sept 22(BPNS) In a shocking incident a 59-year-old woman, Nirmala Devi was beheaded as revenge for the killing of Dalit leader, Pasupathi Pandian who was murdered in 2012. The decapitated head of the woman was placed in front of the residence of Pandian. The gruesome murder occurred at Chettinayikanpatti in Dindigul on Wednesday. Dalit […]
Chennai, Sept 22 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu state election commission has given a directive to the district collectors of the nine districts where rural local body elections are to be held to take stringent action on the possibilities of “auction” of president post. Auctioning of posts of village panchayath presidents and panchayath union ward councilors […]
Puducherry, Sept 22(BPNS) BJP leader and former legislator,S. Selvaganabathy will become the first Member of Parliament of the saffron party from the Union Territory of Puducherry. The BJP leader filed his nomination papers on Wednesday, an hour before the concluding time of filing of nomination papers. He will be elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha. […]
Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) The Non-Governmental Organisations of Tamil Nadu who are into conservation of environment have requested the state Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to announce a Carbon neutral policy for the state. Ina a statement on Tuesday the NGOs requested the Chief Monster to adopt the Carbon neutral policy. Coimbatore-based NGO, ‘Osai’ organized the […]
Chennai, Sept 21 (2021) The first rehabilitation ward of South Tamil Nadu at the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) in Madurai for the destitute, opened in December 2020 is now deserted as no caregivers are present to take care of the abandoned. This is the second such centre in the state after the one in Chennai […]
Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) Madras High court on Tuesday upheld a notification issued by the central government in December 2017 prohibiting the use of crash guards and bull bars in vehicles. The court was disposing of two public interest litigation petitions (PIL) that insisted on effective implementation of the 2017 notification banning crash guards and […]
Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian has called upon the Union government to export vaccines to other countries only after making sure that the entire population of Indians is given at least one dose of the vaccine. He said that according to the data presented by the Union government, only one-third […]
Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) A 17 year old Plus two student in a private school at Tambaram, Chennai has helped the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) fix a bug in its online ticketing platform. This flaw could have exposed millions of passengers and their private information. The student, Ranganathan said that the critical […]
Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) Two DMK leaders Kanimozhi NVM Somu and KRN Rajesh Kumar have filed nomination papers for the two vacant seats to Rajya Sabha. The elections are to be held on October 4 and with the floor strength in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, victory for both the DMK candidates is a foregone […]
Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) A Chennai-based couple, Govindarajau Durgapurn Vaishali and her husband Maachavaram Sudhakar who had been living at Kovilpatti for the past eight years were arrested in Bhuj, Gujarat for importing narcotic drugs from Afghanisthan under the guise of Talcum powder. Officials said that consignment had arrived in two containers with one having […]
