Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government has made Tamil language paper compulsory for getting state government jobs under the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. The Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) has also made Tamil language paper a must for getting teacher jobs. Tamil Nadu finance minister Palanivel Thiagarajan in a statement on Monday said […]
TN still vulnerable to Covid -19, Health minister
Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has said that even after the resounding success of the mega vaccination against Covid -19 held on Sunday, the state is still vulnerable to Covid -19. He said that there is still a large number of eligible population in the state who needs to be […]
Unhappy over NEET exam performance, girl commits suicide in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) A girl student, Kanimozhi who had scored 562 out of 600 marks in plus two examinations committed suicide in Santhampadi village of Ariyalur district reportedly on the fear that she was not able to perform well in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination (NEET) . She took the extreme step on […]
Kanimozhi Sonu, Rajeshkumar, DMK candidates for RS elections
Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) The ruling DMK has announced Dr. Kanimozhi Sonu and K.R.N.Rajeshkumar as the party’s candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for October 4. Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin announced the candidature of the two. The Rajya Sabha seats have fallen vacant in Tamil Nadu after sitting AIADMK members, R. Vaithilingam and K.P. Munuswamy […]
Two killed, 14 injured in a road accident at Salem highway on Tuesday morning
Chennai, September 14 (IANS) Two persons were killed and fourteen grievously injured when a stone-laden truck crashed into a septic tank, a suction truck that was in a broke down condition and parked on the roadside at Thoopuur in Dharmapuri- Salem highway on Tuesday early morning. The driver of the Septic tank suction truck, Rathnavel […]
State Cyber Crime Investigation Centre to investigate cybercrimes across the state
Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) The State Cyber Crime Investigation Centre that is coming up in Chennai will be the nodal agency to investigate all the cyber crimes across the state of Tamil Nadu. The cyber centre which was announced by the Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin on the floor of the legislative assembly on Monday will help […]
O. Panneerselvam appeals to Stalin to intervene in Ford issue
Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) Former Chief Minister and leader of AIADMK, O. Panneerselvam has appealed to Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to intervene in the problem arising out of the car manufacturing company, Ford shutting its vehicle and engine assembling unit in Chennai. In a statement on Tuesday, the former Chief Minister said that according to […]
Madras HC issues notice to centre on writ petition against transferring education from State to Concurrent list
Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Union government on a writ petition filed by Arram Seyya Virumbu trust challenging Section 57 of the Constitution (Fourty Second Amendment) Act of 1976. The trust in its petition said that it was through this Section that the subject “education” was transferred […]
AIADMK , DMK fight over Amma mini-clinics in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, September 13 (BPNS) The opposition AIADMK has leveled allegations against the ruling DMK government that it was scuttling welfare projects initiated and executed by the previous AIADMK government. For instance, the AMMA mini-clinics opened with much fanfare by the AIADMK government of Edappadi K Palaniswami in December 2020 is almost getting closed down. The […]
Madras HC directs Civil Aviation ministry to consider inflight security announcements in local languages
Chennai, September 13 ( BPNS) Madras High Court on Monday directed the Civil Aviation ministry to consider and pass an order on Inflight security announcements in local language of the origin city and the destination city apart from Hindi and English languages. The court was responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) moved by Advocate […]



