71-year-old man in judicial custody for impregnating granddaughter

Chennai, August 4(BPNS) A 71-Year-old man was arrested by the Police at Thirukoilur in  Kallikuruchi district under various sections of Indian Penal Code(IPC) and Pocso Act, on charges of impregnating his 15-year-old granddaughter.Two women who assisted him in aborting the fetus were also arrested. The three were produced before the court which promptly remanded them […]

TN to bring a new law to ban online games with stakes

Chennai, August 4(BPNS) Tamil Nadu government is to bring in new legislation to ban online games with stakes. The new move comes after the first bench of the Madras High court comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy struck down the law banning online games on Tuesday. Tamil Nadu law minister, S. Raghupathy […]

Stalin government to present a paperless budget to on August 13

Chennai, August 4(BPNS) The first budget of the MK Stalin government will be presented on August 13 and people expect lot of sops from the state finance minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan, the state finance minister who himself was a banker. While the AIADMK government had presented a budget for 2021-22 already, the Stalin government will […]

TN finance minister to release a white paper on August 9

Chennai, August 4(BPNS) Tamil Nadu finance minister, PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan will release a 120-page white paper on the state’s finances on August 9. The white paper will include the state’s liabilities and the reasons for the loss of revenue in various sectors. The white paper is primarily aimed at discussing the financial position of the […]

Delta variant predominant in Covid -19 cases of Tamil Nadu

Chennai, August 3(BPNS) With the Covid -19 cases in Tamil Nadu showing fluctuations with the increase in some days and fall in other days, a study on the samples of Covid-19 positive patients has found that the Delta variant is dominant in the majority of samples. Dr. Selvavinayagam, Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine,  […]

DMK to woo PMK to consolidate position in Northern Tamil Nadu

Chennai, August 3(BPNS) The presence of PMK representatives during the centenary celebrations of the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly even as its coalition partner AIADMK boycotted the programme, has raised a few eyebrows. The recent meeting of the PMK legislative party leader G.K. Mani with the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, and thanking him for the Government […]