Puducherry, Aug 6 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry is to convert all its classrooms in government schools to turn into smart classrooms. The officials have drawn up plans to introduce smart classes in the primary schools of the territory with audio-visual devices, smart TVs and projectors, and e-content where the facility is planned. Around […]
Addicted to online rummy : Former driver, accomplice rob woman, held
Chennai, Aug 6 (BPNS) A 36-year-old man, who had worked as a driver for a 68-year-old woman who was living alone in Chennai, broke into her house along with his friend and robbed her of jewels and other valuables at knifepoint. The woman registered a complaint with the Velachery police station that she was robbed […]
TN releases 25000 cusecs water from Bhavanisagar reservoir
Chennai, Aug 6 (BPNS) With the average inflow into the Bhavanisagar in the last 24 hours increased to 19000 cusecs, about 25000 cusecs surplus water was released into the Bhavani river on Saturday. People of the area are warned against entering the Bhavani river. While the Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of Bhavanisagar is 105 feet, […]
TN to set up exclusive furniture units for tribals
Chennai, Aug 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu tribal department will be opening two furniture manufacturing units exclusively for tribal people who are trained for making furniture using invasive plant species, Lantana Camara. The furniture units will be coming up in Erode and The Nilgiris. A senior official with the tribal department while speaking to BPNS […]
Heavy rains in TN: Reservoirs almost full, relief camps opened
Chennai, Aug 5 (BPNS) With heavy rains pounding many parts of Tamil Nadu and southwest monsoon in its full fury, the reservoirs in the state have almost touched the full reservoir level. The state water resources department in a statement on Thursday said that the combined water storage level of 90 reservoirs in the state […]
TN cops walk the ramp, transferred
Chennai, Aug 5 (BPNS) Five Policemen of Sembarankoil police station in Myladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu including a Senior Sub Inspector, a constable and three women constables were transferred to various police stations within the district for walking the ramp. The incident happened on July 31, when a modelling company based in Myladuthurai organized the show […]
Stalin’s new Twitter profile pic has Karunanidhi,National flag
Chennai, Aug 5 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has changed his Twitter profile picture with the new one depicting his late father and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi, and the Indian national flag in the background. Stalin in a tweet after effecting changes in his profile picture said,” Muthamil arignar […]
Triple murder of Dalits : Special court sentence 27 convicts with life term
Chennai, Aug 5 (BPNS) The Special Court in Sivaganga has sentenced 27 convicts in the triple murder of three men of the Scheduled Caste community in Sivaganga. The triple murder took place on May 28, 2018, when an armed gang from a dominant community attacked indiscriminately in Kachanatham village, Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu. Three […]
TN police arrest couple for cheating job seekers
Chennai, Aug 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Crime branch police on Friday arrested a couple in Cuddalore for allegedly cheating job seekers by collecting Rs 40 lakh from several people promising government jobs. The arrested Sudhakar and his wife Sagaya Winnarasi were produced before a local court and remanded in judicial custody. Police said that […]



