Chennai, April 17(BPNS) Tamil Film actor Vivek who was a Padmasree awardee in 2009 passed away at a Chennai hospital on Saturday early morning. He was admitted to hospital on Friday after he suffered a massive heart attack with hundred percent blocks in his left artery. He was 59. He underwent an angioplasty and stenting […]
Coimbatore residents protest against Smart City project
Chennai, April 16(BPNS) Citizens of Coimbatore ,Race Course have signed in large numbers against the proposed Smart City project of the city. A group of environmentalists and concerned citizens have started an e-petition of change.org website to “Save race course”. The petition campaign was launched by the Environment Conservation Group president R Mohammed Saleem. The petition was […]
Actor Vivek critical, Admitted to hospital
Chennai, April 16(BPNS) Popular Tamil comedian ,Vivek suffered a major heart attack and is admitted to SIMS hospital here. Doctors treating Vivek said that he is critical and his vital organs are not responding. Vivek was the brand ambassador to create awareness for propagating vaccination among people and had taken a vaccine on Thursday. He […]
MSME’s of Coimbatore feels the heat as Covid surges ahead
Chennai, April 16(BPNS) The Medium and Small Industries of Coimbatore are facing the heat as the second wave of Covid is surging ahead with increasing numbers as days progress. M Senthilnathan, who has a foundry business in Coimbatore industrial estate while speaking to BPNS said, “ I was doing a business of 12 to 15 […]
Patients complain of graft and corruption at Covid care centres in Chennai
Chennai, April 16(BPNS) Patients who are admitted at the government Covid health care centres have complained that the lower level staff including health staff have resorted to graft and corruption from them. Ramesh Subramanian, who was admitted at a Covid care centre at Purasawalkam while speaking to BPNS said, “The healthcare center was far off […]
Covid spread in rural and Tier2 cities of TNworries administration
Chennai, April 16(BPNS) The spread of Covid pandemic in tier 2 cities of Tamil Nadu including Nagapattinam ,Tuticorin, Nagercoil etc are worrying the administration as without proper awareness on wearing of masks, safe distancing and use of sanitizer ,the spread may increase in these cities. The state health secretary J Radhakrishnan has already directed the […]
Covid surge: Thanjavur big temple among monuments to be shut in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, April 16(BPNS) Thanjavur Big temple, Brihadeeswar temple at Gangaikonda Cholapuram in Ariyalur district and the Kailsanathar temple at Kancheepuram are the living monuments that are likely to be shut from Friday till May 15 following Covid surge in Tamil Nadu. While there will be poojas at the temple’s which are classified as monuments by […]
Prime Minister of UAE, other Royals wishes YusufAli MA speedy recovery
Thiruvananthapuram, April 6(IANS) The Vice President and Prime minister of UAE and the Ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and other Royal family members from across the Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) wished Padmasri MA YusufAli a speedy recovery. Yusufali is recuperating after a spinal surgery held at the Burjeel hospital, Abudhabi following […]
CPM worker looses palm after country bomb went off, Kannur tense
Thiruvananthapuram, April 15(BPNS) The red bastion of Kannur, the home district of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan notorious for the political killings is once again in the news- again for wrong reasons. In yet another incident of explosion during bomb-making, two persons suffered severe injuries at Nalam Mile, Kadirur. According to the police, one of the […]
Nambi Narayanan welcomes CBI probe in ISRO espionage case
Thiruvananthapuram, April 15(BPNS) Welcoming the Supreme Court direction to hold a CBI investigation into the role of police officers in the 1994 espionage case against him, former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist Nambi Narayanan said the CBI must expose the conspirators behind the case. “I’ll get justice only when action is taken based on […]