Chennai, May 10(BPNS) With the state announcing a lockdown from May 10 to May 24, the state is facing a stark reality of an exodus of migrant workers. Several migrant workers from Bihar, Jharkhand, Chathisgarh, West Bengal and Odisha have already left from the industrial towns of Coimbatore and Tirupur and a percentage have stayed […]

Chennai, May 10(BPNS) Public Sector Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) is to set up Oxygen plants in Tamil Nadu and in other states where it is in operation. The company is set up 9 oxygen plants across the country. Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Ltd (NLCIL) Chairman and Managing Director, Rakesh Kumar in a release said that […]

Chennai, May 10(BPNS) Former Chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K Palaniswami will be the next opposition leader of Tamil Nadu. A  three hour long meeting of party legislatures and senior leaders  held at the party headquarters here on Monday decided to make the former Chief minister as the legislature party leader of the AIADMK. […]

Chennai, May 10(BPNS) After partial lockdowns and full lockdown on Sundays, a fortnight long lockdown commenced in Tamil Nadu from May 10 to May 24. With the government providing time to stock essentials including groceries and medicines, people are also equipped with these items and hence there were not heavy rushes in shops on Sunday. […]

Chennai, May 10(BPNS) The Colleges in Chennai are divided over the conduct of online examinations with  colleges likeLoyola College, Guru Nanak College are planning to conduct online examinations while DG Vaishnav College postponing their semester examination till June. Madras Christian College and Women’s Christian College have already completed their online examinations. The Chennai colleges were […]

Chennai, May 10(BPNS) TVS motor company along with Sundaram Clayton Ltd has donated 500 oxygen concentrators to Tamil Nadu government through their social arm Srinivasan Services Trust on Monday. Swaran Singh, Chairman of Srinivasan Services Trust and A Sethuraman, Vice President of TVS Motors handed over the materials to Chief Minister MK Stalin. A press […]

Chennai, May 10(BPNS) While TASMAC sales had crossed 900 crore on Saturday and Sunday with tipplers collecting and stocking liquor to last the lockdown period, police have arrested more than 100 people in Madurai and around 70 people in Trichy over stocking liquor in large quantities. Raids conducted at several places by the police and […]

Chennai, May 10(BPNS) Puducherry Chief minister N Rangasamy tested Covid positive and was admitted at a Private hospital in Chennai. This was informed by the Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Dr Tamilsai Soundararajan’s office. Rangasamy who was sworn in as Chief minister of Puducherry on Friday, May 7 tested positive on Sunday evening after a test at […]

Chennai, May 9(BPNS) People of Chennai are into a buying spree as the state is going for a complete and total lockdown from May 10 to May 24. Most of the people are into filling their stocks with groceries, medicines, utensils, toiletries and other materials which are in need at home . Manoj Nayayanan a […]

Chennai, May 9(BPNS) Many of the hospitals in Coimbatore are turning away patients with breathing difficulties as they are expecting a shortage of Oxygen even as presently these hospitals have beds with Oxygen supply. A doctor with a leading hospital of Coimbatore while speaking to BPNS said, “We are not admitting new patients as we […]