Chennai, May 1(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government has constituted a seven member panel to monitor the Vedanta Oxygen plant at Tuticorin as per the orders of the Supreme Court of India to supervise the entire production of Oxygen at the Vedanta’s Sterlite plant premises. The seven member team constituted by the Government comprises of the […]
Vaccination prevented Covid cases , Greater Chennai Corporation
Chennai, May 1(BPNS) Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner ,G Prakash has said that vaccination has led to control of Covid among front line workers. The commissioner in a release on Saturday said that this is a strong case as to why people should take Covid vaccination. Of the 60,000 to 70,000 frontline workers in the city […]
Three phase counting at Puducherry, results expected by 11pm
Chennai, May 1(BPNS) The Election Commission of India has made elaborate arrangements for counting at the Union Territory of Puducherry. The counting will commence at 8 am and will be conducted in three phases. The election commission will update the round-wise trends of each constituency every few minutes and the results will be announced in […]
Three phase counting at Puducherry, results expected by 11pm
Chennai, May 1(BPNS) The Election Commission of India has made elaborate arrangements for counting at the Union Territory of Puducherry. The counting will commence at 8 am and will be conducted in three phases. The election commission will update the round-wise trends of each constituency every few minutes and the results will be announced in […]
This retired College professor has constructed 200th house for the poor and underprivileged
Thiruvananthapuram, April 29(BPNS) Dr MS Sunil is a retired Professor of Zoology from Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta, Kerala and what makes her unique is her untiring compassion to provide shelter to the deprived and underprivileged. The Zoology professor entered into this passion while working as the National Service Scheme(NSS) programme officer at her College and was […]
Chennai, Tirunelveli have high test positivity rates
Chennai, April 30(BPNS) Chennai with 40 Covid -19 deaths on Thursday has reported the highest number of deaths since March 2020 ,when Covid disease was first reported in the country. Tamil Nadu on Thursday reported 17897fresh Covid cases with 107 deaths. There were 112556 active cases on Thursday in the state and 15452 people were […]
Ambulance drivers in TN doing yeoman service ferrying Covid patients
Chennai, April30(BPNS) Ambulance drivers of Tamil Nadu are a determined lot catering to transporting Covid patients from homes to hospitals, from private hospitals to government hospitals and also listening to the woes of the families of the people affected. In effect these good Samaritans are doing a yeoman service to the society risking their health […]
Madras High court rejects EC’s request to restrain media
Chennai, April 30(BPNS) The Madras High court on Friday refused to restrain the media from publishing oral observations made by the court against the Election Commission of India (ECI) for surge in Covid -19 cases. The first bench of the Madras High court represented by Chief justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy refused to […]
Chennai metro will continue to operate its services on Sundays in May
Chennai, April 30(BPNS) The Chennai metro will continue to operate its services on Sundays in May from 7 am to 9pm,according to a press release from the Chennai metro services The Chennai metro service spokesperson said that the Chennai metro will operate its services on all Sunday’s in May as per the directive of Tamil […]
Stalin appeals to cadres to stay at home on counting day
Chennai, April 30(BPNS) DMK president MK Stalin has on Friday appealed to the party cadres to stay home on May 2 and to enjoy the results and not to celebrate in gatherings at the counting centres. The DMK leader said that the state is under the grip of the pandemic and fatality rates are increasing […]