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 […]
2.5 lakh tests in Kerala over next two days to understand on Covid surge
Thiruvananthapuram, April 15(BPNS) Stung by the surge in Covid cases, Kerala has decided to bring in more restrictions to the movement of people. The state also plans to conduct two lakh fifty thousand Covid tests over the next two days — Friday and Saturday — to ascertain the depth of Covid spread in the state. A meeting […]
Stalin comes down heavily against PM Modi on Second Covid surge
Chennai, April 15(BPNS) DMK President and party’s Chief minister candidate MK Stalin has come down heavily against the BJP government at the centre and the policies of Prime minister Narendra Modi in particular on the second Covid surge in the country. Stalin in a statement released late on Wednesday said that the Prime Minister is […]
IMD predicts heavy rains in TN, Puducherry for next three days
Chennai, April 15(BPNS) The Indian Materological Department(IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall for the next three days in Chennai and UT of Puducherry. Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds with speeds reaching 30/40 km per hour and with moderate to heavy rains is likely in coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikkal on Thursday, the […]
Covid:Chennai Corporation to set up Triage centres in 12 more areas
Chennai, April 15(BPNS) The Chennai corporation will be setting up Triage centres in 12 more areas of the Corporation, a release from the office of the Commissioner ,Greater Chennai Corporation said. Triage centres are being set up to screen Covid 19 patients and to ascertain the next course of action based on the symptoms of […]
Online exams must for promotion, Tamil Nadu government to Madras High Court
Chennai, April 15(BPNS) The government of Tamil Nadu has informed the Madras High court on Thursday that no student will be promoted without taking online examination. The government had earlier took a position that arrear exams will be cancelled in view of the Covid 19 pandemic and has now taken a diametrically opposite stand before […]
Madras High Court stays reburial of mortal remains of Dr Simon Hercules who died of Covid 19
Chennai, April 15(BPNS) A division bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday stayed its order directing the Chennai corporation to exhume the body of Dr Simon Hercules who died of Covid 19 from a burial ground at Velangudu and to rebury it at a cemetery at Kilpauk as requested by the family. The bench […]