Chennai, July 2(BPNS) Tamil Nadu state Public health department has planned a massive outreach programme involving volunteers, NGO’s and other social organisations to conduct a massive door to door campaign over Covid awareness and the necessity to wear masks, safe distancing, use of sanitisers, and vaccination. The department has formulated the new plan following reports […]
Eight arrested in TN after Dalit boy was forced to prostrate before banner of Vanniyar “Guru”
Chennai, July 2(BPNS) Police Arrested eight men in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu after a Dalit boy was forced to prostrate before the flex banner of the spiritual leader of Vanniyar community, “Kaduvettu Guru”. The boy was forced to prostrate before the flex banner after he had created a derogatory video about the Guru and […]
PIL in Madras High court for closure of commission enquiring Jayalalithaa death
Chennai, July 2(BPNS) The Madras High Court on Friday heard a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed to wind up the single man commission probing the death of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. The one-man Commission headed by Justice (Rtd)Arumughaswamy was constituted on August 25,2017 and as per its order the commission was to complete its […]
Sasikala to tour all districts of Tamil Nadu after lifting of lockdown
Chennai, July 2(BPNS) The former interim general secretary of AIADMK, V.K.Sasikala who was expelled from the party has announced that she would tour all districts of the state after the lifting of the lockdown.The state is expected to provide more relaxations after July 5 and the estranged AIADMK leader is planning to tour the state […]
Tamil Nadu tries to make the most of Kitex group’s tiff with Kerala
Chennai, July 2(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu industries department is trying to rope in one of the major apparel manufacturing company based out of Kerala who has had a major tiff with the state government and planning to shift its base from its home turf. It seems that Tamil Nadu is trying to gain from Kerala’s […]
Musicians, dancers of TN auctions sarees to raise funds for deprived artists
Chennai, July 1(BPNS) Classical dancers and musicians of Tamil Nadu joined together and auctioned their sarees to support the deprived artists of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu who are suffering due to the loss of jobs following the Covid pandemic. Eighteen classical dancers and musicians of the state including Bombay Jayasree, Aruna Sairam, Malavika […]
Vaccination to resume in TN as the state receives 2.5 lakh doses
Chennai, July 1(BPNS) The vaccination drive which was on stagnant in Tamil Nadu for the past two days due to the shortage of vaccines will resume on Thursday after the state received 2.5 lakh doses on vaccines by Wednesday evening. Vaccine shots have been despatched to all districts by late evening. In the month of […]
NGO in spot after Madurai police rescue two children from traffickers
Chennai, July 1(BPNS) The Madurai police on Wednesday late evening rescued two children who were sold to two childless couple allegedly by the Director of a respected NGO of Madurai. G.R. Shivakumar, Director of the NGO, Idhayam Trust is a well-respected person in Madurai and its surroundings for the “good” work he was doing […]
Enquires from foreign tourists give a fillip to fortune of tour operators.
Chennai, July 1(BPNS) Tour operators in the city are flooded with calls after the announcement of the Central government allocating five lakh free visas to foreign nationals who are to travel to India on tourist and visit visas. While the tour and travel operators of the city were skeptical on the arrival of tourists to […]
Fisherman association wants prices for fishes like paddy pricing
Chennai, July 1(BPNS) Fishermen association leader Jesu Raja who is heading the fishermen association of Rameswaram, Mandapam, and Thangachimadam has said that the state government must fix prices for fish just like the fixation of price for paddy and other produce. He said that export firms were procuring fish like Pomfret, Seer fish, and prawns […]



