Chennai, July 23(BPNS) The opposition AIADMK is on the course of taking legal recourse against the Directorate of Vigilance and Crime Branch (DVAC) raids conducted at 21 places attached to former state transport minister and party leader, M.R. Vijabhaskar on Thursday. AIADMK coordinator and former Chief Minister, O Pannerselvam has said that the party would […]
2 Crore people vaccinated against Covid -19 in Tamil Nadu, Health minister
Chennai, July 23(BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has said that 2 crore people were administered vaccines against Covid -19 in Tamil Nadu as on Thursday. The minister in a statement said that the list comprises of pregnant women, lactating mothers and differently-abled persons. Ma Subramanian while speaking to BPNS said, “As on Thursday, […]
TN health department to seal shops that sell gutka and paan
Chennai, July 23(BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department will take stringent action against those shops that sell ‘Gutka’ and ‘ Paan’ which are banned in the state. A study by the health department revealed that around 30 crores of these items were sold in the state in the past eight years. TN health minister, Ma Subramanian […]
Tamil Nadu to promote Thermal power projects
Chennai, July 23(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedo) which is the organization involved in the generation and distribution of power, will be speeding up the thermal power projects in the state. This is following the directive of the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, in a meeting with the state power minister Senthil Balaji, […]
Demand for admission in Chennai Corporation schools on the high following Pandemic
Chennai, July 23(BPNS) The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown several people out of jobs, especially those who are self-employed and others employed in private firms. While in some cases bot the husband and wife are suffering from job losses, in some other cases either one of the family is working. The pandemic and job losses have […]
CM Stalin to chair reconstituted State vigilance and monitoring committee
Chennai, July 23(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government has reconstituted the State Vigilance and Monitoring Committee with the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin as the Chairman. In a statement on Friday, the Adi Dravidar and Tribal welfare department said that the committee with has State Minister for Finance, PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan, Minister for Adi- Dravidar Welfare, N. […]
TN police charge Catholic priest over hate speech against PM, Amit Shah
Chennai, July 23( BPNS) A Catholic priest in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, Father George Ponniah has been booked for delivering a hate speech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. He had also spoken ill against DMK ministers and several others in office. The Parish priest delivered the hate speech […]
DMK government to convert Hosur into Silicon Valley, Minister
Chennai, July 23(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Minister for Information Technology, T. Mano Thangaraj has said that the DMK government under M.K. Stalin would turn Hosur into Silicon Valley. He was interacting with the media at Hosur on Friday. The Minister said that the previous AIADMK government had shelved several projects mooted by the DMK government of […]
Chennai schools launch online complaint boxes against sexual offenses
Chennai, July 22(IANS) After a couple of teachers were arrested following complaints from students that they were sexually assaulted in schools and even during online classes, the Chennai schools have launched virtual complaint boxes to complain against misbehaving teachers. Schools have created Google forms on its website to lodge complaints and some schools have created […]
AIADMK split Erode rural district into two districts after defections to DMK
Chennai, July 22(BPNS) The AIADMK stung by the defections of senior leaders into the DMK fold after it lost power in Erode rural district and other areas have, as a measure to pacify the tensions in the party district unit bifurcated Erode rural district into Erode East and Erode West while retaining Erode Urban district […]



