Chennai, Sept 24 (BPNS) The ruling DMK of Tamil Nadu is campaigning extensively in all districts to make the ‘Bharath Bandh’ of September 27 a success in the state. The party has appealed to the people to make the bandh a success as it was for protecting the rights of the farming community of the […]
Madras HC directs TN State Election commission to respond to AIADMK’s plea on rural polls in a week
Chennai, Sept 24 (BPNS) The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission to respond to the plea of the principal opposition party, AIADMK regarding the conduct of the rural local body polls and security aspects. The first bench of the Madras High Court comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice […]
Sri Lankan President’s promise to engage Tamil diaspora a ‘Drama’, PMK
Chennai, Sept 24 (BPNS) The founder leader of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Dr. S. Ramadoss has said that the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s promise to engage Tamil diaspora on civil war-related issues is a ‘political drama. In a statement of Friday, the senior PMK leader said that the Sri Lankan President is now […]
Police on high alert in South Tamil Nadu after 4 beheadings in ten days
Chennai, Sept 24 (BPNS) Police have drawn flak in South Tamil Nadu after repeated murders and beheadings taking place at South Tamil Nadu including districts of Dindigul and Tirunelveli. People of the area are worried whether these are going back to the mid 90’s days of killings and reprisal killings in the name of caste. […]
Death Penalty to one, life terms to 12 in honour killing of couple after 18 years
Chennai, Sept 24 (BPNS) The Cuddalore district Special court for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes cases have sentenced death penalty to one person in a honour killing of S. Murugesan and D. Kannagi. Justice S. Uthamaraja sentenced, Kannagi’s brother D. Maruthupandian,49 with death, and a penalty of Rs 4.5 lakh was charged on him. The […]
Pale of gloom at firecracker hub Sivakasi after Delhi government ban fireworks for Deepavali
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 […]
Kerala sisters recite national anthem of 193 countries in Brisbane, Australia
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 […]
Loans sharks including Self Help Groups makes life miserable for people in rural TN
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 […]
TN Congress leadership in firefighting mode to withdraw rebel candidates
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 […]
Madras Christian College student stabbed to death by former boyfriend
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 […]



