Chennai, Sept 19( BPNS) The Villupuram district administration has ordered a detailed probe into the alleged auctioning bid that had taken place for the post of Panchayath president at the behest of the village elders on Saturday. Villupuram district collector, D. Mohan and a group of officials conducted a probe in Ponnankuppam and Sitheri Panchayaths […]
Kamal Haasan to campaign extensively for MNM candidates in rural local body polls in TN
Chennai, Sept 17 (IANS) Superstar turned politician Kamal Haasan will campaign extensively for his party Makkal Needhi Maiam(MNM) candidates in the ensuing rural local body elections to be held in nine districts of the state. The MNM chief has already announced that his party would contest alone in the elections. The polls in the nine […]
Wild Elephant tramples farmer to death in Coimbatore on Friday morning
Chennai, Sept 17 (BPNS) R. Chinnaswamy ( 63), a farmer from Valliyur village in Coimbatore district was trampled to death by a wild elephant on the early morning of Friday. The tragic incident occurred at his agricultural field at Boluvampetti in Coimbatore district. The farmer, according to local people used to go to his agricultural […]
Periyar sowed the seeds of Social justice in TN, Stalin
Chennai, Sept 17 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin said that Dravida leader E.V. Ramasamy popularly known as Periyar sowed the seeds of social justice in the minds of Tamil people in all walks of life. Chief Minister in a tweet on Friday said “ Today on his birthday we pay homage to Periyar, […]
R.N. Ravi to be sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu on Saturday
Chennai, Sept 17( BPNS) Ravindra Narayan Ravi or R.N. Ravi IPS( Rtd) , Kerala cadre will be sworn in as the 26th Governor of Tamil Nadu on Saturday. The Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Justice Sanjib Banerjee will administer the oath of office to him. The swearing-in will take place at the lawns of the […]
Parents in TN alleges private schools, aided schools, self-financing colleges for overcharging in fees
Chennai, Sept 17 (BPNS) Parents of Children studying in aided schools and self-financing colleges of Tamil Nadu have alleged that the institution managements were over charging in fee even during the pandemic. R. Sathyamoorthy, parent of Bavya Lakshmi a tenth-standard student of a private aided school in Salem while speaking to BPNS said, “ School […]
AIADMK, BJP wooing PMK to remain in NDA fold in TN
Chennai, September 15 (BPNS) The opposition AIADMK and the BJP are trying to reach out to the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) to remain in the NDA fold. This was after the PMK has on Tuesday announced that it would contest the ensuing rural local body poll elections on October 6 and October 9 alone. PMK […]
TN to conduct second mega vaccination camp against Covid -19 on September 19
Chennai, September 16 (BPNS) After the success of the first mega vaccination camp against Covid -19 conducted on September 12, the state health department would hold the next camp on September 19. In the first mega vaccination camp, a total of 28.91 lakh beneficiaries were inoculated which was much above the target of 20 lakh […]
Students, parents upbeat over helpline for NEET aspirants
Chennai, September 16 (BPNS) Students who have taken NEET examination and their parents are upbeat at the latest initiative of the Tamil Nadu government of opening a helpline for stress relief to students who have taken NEET. The helpline “104” was launched on Wednesday after a third student, T. Soundharya of Vellore district committed suicide […]
117 School students tested Covid 19 positive since September 1, 34 on Wednesday
Chennai, September 16 (BPNS) Even as the authorities are mulling on the reopening of schools for junior classes in Tamil Nadu, a spike in Covid -19 cases among school students have become a matter of worry for the state health and education departments. A few teachers were also tested positive for Covid -19 since the […]



