Chennai, November 19 (BPNS ) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) have strongly criticised the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), accusing the public-sector insurance major of imposing Hindi on its website users. Stalin, in a social media post on X, referred to reports about the […]
Chennai, November 18 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu has emerged as a major transit hub for international drug syndicates with the banned narcotics such as methamphetamine (meth) and its precursor, pseudoephedrine, are being smuggled to countries like Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Australia, where demand is high. The Tamil Nadu local police and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have […]
Chennai, November 18 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin held discussions with the Chairman of the 16th Finance Commission, Aravind Panagariya, and members of the commission on Monday at the state secretariat. He highlighted the importance of their recommendations in shaping India’s progress towards becoming a developed nation. The 16th Finance Commission, established under […]
Chennai, November 18 (BPNS) Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), the recently formed political party of Tamil superstar Vijay, has refuted media reports suggesting a possible alliance with the principal opposition party, AIADMK. In an official statement, TVK General Secretary N. Anand termed the reports as baseless speculation. He clarified that the party is committed to contesting […]
Chennai, November 18 (BPNS) Tamil actor Kasthuri Shankar, arrested by the Egmore special police team from Hyderabad over derogatory remarks against the Telugu community, has filed a bail application in a magistrate court in Egmore, Chennai. Kasthuri was arrested on November 16 after the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court rejected her anticipatory bail […]
Chennai, November 18 (BPNS) The Madras High Court is considering the formation of an inter-departmental monitoring committee to ensure a drug-free Tamil Nadu. A division bench comprising Justices D. Krishnakumar and P.B. Balaji suggested that a senior officer, holding the rank of a government secretary, be appointed as the chairperson of the committee. The court […]
Chennai, November 17 (BPNS) The ruling DMK leadership is gearing up for the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections, with the party state leadership requiring periodic reports from in-charges of each assembly constituency. A high-level executive meeting, chaired by party president and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M.K. Stalin, is scheduled for November 20 at 10:30 […]
Thiruvananthapuram, November 17 (BPNS ) A KSRTC bus traveling on the Sabarimala pilgrimage route caught fire early Sunday morning. The empty bus was en route from Pampa to Nilakkal to pick up Sabarimala pilgrims. The incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. at the 30th hairpin bend on the forested stretch between Chalakkayam and Nilakkal. The driver […]
Chennai ,November 17(BPNS ) Madurai district police have deployed a heavy police posse at Chinna Udaippa village in Madurai where the local people are protesting against the Madurai airport expansion project. More than one thousand police personnel are deployed in the area for maintaining law and order situation in the area. Protestors are seeking three […]
Thiruvananthapuram, November 17 (BPNS) Former BJP state committee member Sandeep Varier, who recently left the saffron party to join the Congress, met Muslim League supremo Panakkad Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal on Sunday. The meeting was marked by a warm reception from Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal, Muslim League national general secretary P.K. Kunhalikutty, and other senior […]
