Chennai, Aug 10 (BPNS) Kuruvai farmers of Myladuthurai and other coastal districts of Tamil Nadu are worried that their crops would be lost if the free power subsidy being given now is revoked following the Central Electricity (Amendment ) Bill 2022 tabled in parliament. Madanasamy, a Kurvai farmer at Myladuthurai while speaking to BPNS said, […]
Chennai, Aug 10 (BPNS) Police are on the trial of promoters of an investment firm after a mega fraud of Rs 6000 crore is detected in Tamil Nadu. Vellore-based LNS International Financial Services (IFS) has swindled a mammoth Rs 6000 crore from several investors across the state that including hundreds of policemen. Police sources told […]
Johannesburg, Aug 9 (BPNS) Cricket South Africa (CSA) has condoled the demise of former international umpire Rudi Koertzen, who died in a car accident on Tuesday. The 73-year-old was on his way back home from Cape Town to Despatch in Eastern Cape, after a golf weekend when the tragic incident took place. Three others were […]
Hyderabad, Aug 9 (BPNS) Telangana Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Tuesday said welfare schemes for poor people are not freebies but “waiving loans of duping agencies are actual freebies”. The daughter of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said that there are 250 welfare schemes that are being run by the state government […]
Patna, Aug 9 (IANS) With Nitish Kumar jettisoning the BJP and all set to become Bihar Chief Minister at the head of the Mahagatbandhan, BJP Rajya Sabha member and his former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday termed his allegations against his party as “lies”. “Nitish Kumar leveled serious allegations on BJP that […]
Dileep V Kumar, Thiruvananthapuram, August 9 Ever heard about the Kerala Police’s X Cell unit? Since its inception in 2020, it was only once that this unit’s name got mentioned at the government level. In the Cabinet briefing of August 3, the government confirmed the existence of such a unit as it decided to scrap […]
Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) The MSME units of Tamil Nadu and the Powerloom units have strongly objected to the proposed power tariff hike in the state. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission has already requested the public to vent their opinion regarding the proposal submitted by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco). R. […]
Chennai, Aug 8 (BPNS) The Erode district administration has asked people living on the banks of river Bhavani in the district to be cautious and on alert as surplus water in Bhavanisagar is discharged. The water is discharged as heavy rains in catchment areas have led to an increase in water flow into the reservoir. […]
Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to take strong action against the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) for operating a unit without obtaining prior environmental clearance that was mandatory. The bench directed the Pollution control board to take necessary […]
Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Police has commenced a 30-day driving training programme for 15 juveniles who were involved in first-time offences. They are being given driving training at the Institute of Road Transport (IRT) in Taramani and 50 days in Tiruvallur. The training for the first-time offenders who are juveniles is part […]
