Chennai, June 23(BPNS) Murugesan, 47-year-old farmer from Edayappatti, Salem district who was brutally assaulted by a policeman in broad daylight on Tuesday died on Wednesday with the family demanding action against the erring officials. The incident leading to the policeman assaulting Murugesan using a lathi started after the farmer entered into an argument with the […]
Puducherry, June 23(BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry will be conducting local body polls after a gap of 10 years. The local body elections were held last in 2006 which was after a gap of 38 years and following an order from the Madras High Court. The tenure of that civic body election which was […]
Chennai, June 23(BPNS) The Madras High Court ordered the Tamil Nadu government to provide interim compensation of Rs 75,000 to the parents of the newborn baby whose left thumb was cut off by a negligent nurse while trying to removing a pediatric cannula. The incident occurred in Thanjavur Government hospital on June 8, 2021. Justice […]
Chennai, June 23(BPNS) Madras High court issued notice to the Government of India over a petition filed by Digital News Publishers Association comprising of thirteen media outlets. The petition was challenging the constitutional validity of the new Information Technology rules 2021. The first bench of the Madras High Court comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee […]
Chennai, June 23(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin said that he would take a ‘good decision’ regarding the 10.5% reservation for the Vanniyar community within the Most Backward Castes in the state. The Vanniyar community leader and Pattali Makkal Katchi(PMK) founder President Dr. S. Ramadoss had petitioned the Chief Minister that the 10.5% reservation for […]
Chennai, June 22(BPNS) AIADMK leader and former health minister,C Vijayabhaskar while responding in the thanksgiving motion of the Governor’s address in the house said that the state should be guarded against a possible third wave. He said that director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) , Dr Randeep Guleria has warned about the possible […]
Chennai, June 22(BPNS) A Covid -19 helpline “Saarathi” for the trucking community was launched to provide Covid consultation, vaccination guidance, and non- Covid consultation. The helpline, according to a statement issued was launched on Tuesday jointly by the Appolo Tyres and Ashok Leyland for truck drivers, helpers, and cleaners of the trucks and their family […]
Chennai, June 21BPNS) With studies of Public Health Department yielding results of the Covid-19, Delta variant being the cause of a majority of positive cases in the state, experts are of the opinion that children and teenagers be given the shots at the earliest after conducting trials. According to the studies the Children and teenagers […]
Chennai, June 21(BPNS) In a bid to repeal the farm laws, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha under the auspicious of farmers organisations, trade unions and social organizations have planned a sit-in dharna in front of the Raj Bhavans across the country on June 26, and central intelligence agencies and Tamil Nadu state intelligence have briefed the […]
Chennai, June 21(BPNS) Three persons including a five-year-old boy died in a blast at an illegal fire cracker unit at Kalaignar colony of Thayilpatti in Sattur on Monday morning. Local people said that fire broke out during the making of crackers. Police sources said that Selvamani(35), her son, and another person, Karpagam( 35) were found […]
