Thiruvananthapuram, August 13 (BPNS) The CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front government in the state has once again been put in a spot by Thavanur MLA KT Jaleel. In the latest, he stirred a hornet’s nest by making some controversial remarks on Jammu and Kashmir via a Facebook post. Though the former minister withdrew his comments, […]
Chennai, Aug 12 (BPNS) CPM leader ,KT Jaleel MLA who was a minister in the first Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet has drawn flak over serious anti- national remarks on Kashmir. The former minister in a facebook post stated that during partition Kashmir was divided into two and that the Kashmir part in Pakistan was Azad Kashmir […]
New York, Aug 12 (IANS) Author Salman Rushdie, who has a multi-million-dollar bounty on his head, was stabbed on Friday while he was on stage readying to speak at an event in New York State on the US as the home of creative expression. State Police said Rushdie, who appeared to have been stabbed in […]
Chennai, Aug 12 (BPNS) Archeological experts and Anthropologists of Tamil Nadu have joined with the Archeological Survey of India officials in conducting detailed research on the 0.30 g gold that was unearthed during excavation at Sivagalai. The archeologists are tight-lipped over the type of ornament this small piece of gold was part of. It may […]
Chennai, Aug 12 (BPNS) An eco-watcher with the forest department in Tamil Nadu was trampled to death by a wild elephant on Friday morning. The deceased, M. Murugan (51), a resident of Seengapathy tribal settlement located within the limits of the Boluvampatti forest range had gone to a bushy area around 20 metres from his […]
Chennai, Aug 12 (BPNS) Police in Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu arrested a 21-year-old youth for raping and impregnating a Class XI student who is sixteen years old. According to the Tiruchi police, the youth and the girl were in love. The youth, Prathap was a final year student of a Private college and the girl was […]
Chennai, Aug 12 (BPNS) The Madras High court on Friday came out strongly against the practice of an orderly system in Tamil Nadu police and called for the Director General of Police to provide a report to the court before August 18. Justice S.M. Subramaniam of the Madras High Court said that it was painful […]
Thiruvananthapuram, August 12 (BPNS) The political standoff between the Kerala government and Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has risen to new levels as CPI(M) fired a volley of allegations against the latter. In what could be perceived as the ruling front’s open stance against the Governor, party state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said that the Governor is […]
Chennai , Aug 12(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department has commenced various steps to prevent intrusion of Wild elephants in residential areas in Coimbatore district. Sources in the forest department told IANS that the department is already in the process of installing hanging solar fences in the seven forest ranges of the district to prevent […]
Chennai, Aug 12 (BPNS) The Department of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) bureau is conducting raids and searches at 26 premises of former AIADMK MLA, KPP Baskar since Friday morning. The former MLA is a close associate of the AIADMK interim general secretary and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K. Palaniswami. Sources told […]
