TN food safety department conducts raids across Tamil Nadu after ten-year-old dies eating stale biriyani

Chennai, September 11 (IANS) The food safety department officials of Tamil Nadu conducted raids across the state on eateries specifically non-vegetarian restaurants and hotels and wayside eateries on Friday and Saturday.  Sources in the department told IANS that the raids were conducted after a ten-year-old girl in Arni, Tiruvannamalai district died of food poisoning after […]

NGT turns watchdog for protection of environment in TN

Chennai, September 11 (IANS) The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal( NGT) is turning into a major savior and a watchdog for the protection of environment in the state of Tamil Nadu. The agency has intervened in several environmental degradation issues and has brought the erring agencies to task by timely action getting praise […]

VCK, Congress welcomes TN assembly resolution against CAA

Chennai, September 9 (BPNS) The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) has welcomed the resolution adopted by the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly against the Citizen Amendment Act (CAA). Thol Thirumavalavan, Member of Parliament and VCK president in a statement on Wednesday said, “The Union government has been stating that it will implement a National Register of Citizens […]

Four women die in lorry, van collision at Tamil Nadu, 15 Injured

Chennai, September 9(BPNS) Four women were killed when the passenger van in which they were traveling rammed into a water tanker  lorry on Thursday morning at Sillanathanam village at Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. The deceased women identified as G. Selvaranai (48), Santhiya (48), Jothi ( 40) and Manimeghalai (20) were workers of a home […]

IIT Madras best institute in the country in NIRF ranking

Chennai, September 9 (BPNS) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras retained the position of the top institute in the country  in the Ministry of Education’s National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF) which was announced by Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi on Thursday. Indian Institute of Management(IIM), Ahmedabad retained the position of the best […]

Tamil Nadu HR&CE department to carry out extensive land surveys to trace lost land of temples

Chennai, September 9( BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable  Endowments (HR&CE) department is to carry out extensive surveys using different global positioning systems(DGPS) to trace lost land of temples in the state. The HR&CE department has already engaged 150 licensed surveyors to complete the work. It may be noted that the land records […]