Chennai, April 15(BPNS) Traders and Vendors of several towns of Tamil Nadu were expecting to make for the losses of 2020 when lockdown had made it impossible to conduct temple festivals. However with the second wave of the pandemic hitting Tamil Nadu, government has already brought in restrictions on the number of people participating in […]
Two arrested with 4.8 crore demonitised notes in TN
Chennai, April 13(BPNS) Two people were arrested after 4.8 crore rupees worth demonetised notes were seized from their procession. The incident took place at Kalayarkoil, Sivaganga on Monday. Police said that they had raided the premises of a Physiotherapist, A Arul Chinnaparaj after a tip off that demonetised notes are being changed hands. On interrogation, […]
TN Governor, Chief Minister wishes people on Ugadi
Chennai, April 13(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Governor Bhanwarilal Purohit and Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami extended their Ugadi wishes to the people of Tamil Nadu. AIADMK leader and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam also extended his wishes to the people on the auspicious day of Ugadi. The Governor in his address said, “On the auspicious occasion […]
Chennai to have 13 Covid care centres with 11,775 beds by month end
Chennai to have 13 Covid care centres with 11,775 beds by month end Chennai,April 13(BPNS) With the Covid cases surging ahead, the Greater Chennai Corporation will be implanting 13 new Covid care centres across the city with 11,775 beds. The corporation also plans to create more awareness on sanitization, masks and safe distance among the […]
TN State Human Rights Commission seeks report from Coimbatore police commissioner over police excesses
Chennai, April 13(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission has issued notice to Coimbatore city police commissioner over a police official assaulting people at an eatery including the staff as well as customers. It may be recalled that Kattur (Coimbatore) Sub Inspector, S Muthu had assaulted customers and employees of the restaurant charging that […]
Folk artists protest across Tamil Nadu over restrictions on temple festivals
Chennai, April 13(BPNS) Folk artists across Tamil Nadu continued their protest for the second day on Tuesday over restrictions on temple festivals amid Covid surge. The demand of the folk artists is that the festivals must be allowed to function with a cap on the number of people participating. The artists were expecting a good […]
Political parties depute agents for 24 hour vigil in strong rooms with EVM’s
Chennai, April 13(BPNS) With the elections over on April 6 and the long wait to counting on May 2 ,the main political parties of Tamil Nadu are leaving no stone unturned and are watching the strong rooms which house Electronic Voting Machines at counting centres. Each political party has appointed agents in turn to watch […]
Covid 19: 1119 streets of Chennai are turned containment zones
Chennai, April 13(BPNS) With the Covid 19 cases surging there is an increase in the number of containment zones in Chennai where there is a huge increase in the number of patients. Chennai corporation has decided to classify each street with more than 3 active cases as a containment zone. There are 210 streets with […]
MA Yusufali back in UAE after helicopter mishap
Thiruvananthapuram, April 12(BPNS) Billionaire businessman and the richest Keralite according to Forbes magazine who escaped with minor injuries after the helicopter carrying him, his wife and two staff members conducted an emergency landing at Panangad in Kochi on Sunday, reached back to UAE. The philanthropist businessman who is the Chairman and Managing Director of Lulu […]
Kerala imposes more restrictions amidst Covid surge
Thiruvananthapuram, April 12(BPNS) Kerala has imposed more restrictions as the number of active Covid cases crossed 40,000 numbers and Test positivity rate more than 10. A review meeting chaired by the Chief secretary VP Joy has directed to shut shops by 9 pm and hotels will be allowed to function only with 50 percent occupancy. […]