Puducherry, July 23 (BPNS) The Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry will study in detail the autopsy records and submit a final report in a month’s time. This is following a directive of the Madras High Court on Friday for the same. The Madras High Court directed JIPMER to study […]
Declaration of Eco-Sensitive Zone: Villagers in TN adjacent to tiger reserve called for hearing
Chennai, July 23 (BPNS) With the Union Ministry for Forest, Environment, and Climate Change planning to establish an eco-sensitive zone 1.5 km around the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), the villagers of 6 villages adjacent to it are called for a public hearing. The hearing scheduled for July 27 at Kovinthaparei village will be presided over […]
TN idol wing seize 4.5 ft Nataraja idol, approach Atomic research centre for validation
Chennai, July 23 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu idol wing police seized a 4.5 feet Nataraja idol from Manali in Chennai which is believed to be the third largest in Asia. While the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has confirmed that the idol is made of Panchaloha, the idol wing has approached the Indira Gandhi Centre […]
Kerala HC allows termination of 30 week old pregnancy, expresses concern
Thiruvananthapuram, July 23 (BPNS) The Kerala High Court has expressed its concern at the increasing number of child pregnancies in the state, in which, at least some cases involve close relatives. The court’s observation came while allowing a 13-year-old POCSO case victim to terminate her 30 weeks pregnancy. The girl was impregnated by her sibling, […]
TN idol wing traces stolen 19th-century painting to US Homeland security
Chennai, July 22 (BPNS) The elite idol wing of the Tamil Nadu police in a major breakthrough has traced a 19th-century Sarfoji painting of Bhonsle Raja to the US Homeland security. Sources in the police told BPNS that the painting was missing from the Saraswathi Mahal Library and the arrested antique smuggler Sanjeev Kapoor was behind […]
Students’ befitting reply to moral policing at capital city
Thiruvananthapuram, July 21 (BPNS) An alleged moral policing incident and students’ befitting reply to it has become the talk of the town. The central character of the incident was a bus stop near the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram. The students in protest against the alleged moral policing act – as a long steel bench got […]
No hawking within 100 metres of educational institutions, religious places, hospitals in Chennai
Chennai, July 21 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation(GCC) has declared no hawking within 100 metres of educational institutions, religious places and hospitals and has directed all the five zones within the corporation to remove any hawkers found within these areas. The directive of the GCC is following an order of the Madras High Court in […]
TN revenue officials hands over AIADMK headquarters to EPS supporters, open seal
Chennai, July 21 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu revenue department officials on Thursday handed over the keys of the AIADMK headquarters to the supporters of EdappadiK. Palaniswami and unsealed the office which was sealed for the past ten days. Supporters of Edappadi K. Palaniswami( EPS), including former law minister and Member of Parliament, CVe Shanmugham were […]
Ban of single-use plastic: Lack of alternatives creates problems for customers, traders
Chennai, July 21 (BPNS) While the Central government and the Government of Tamil Nadu have enforced ban on Single Use plastics, the lack of alternatives seems to have made it difficult to execute the ban in Tamil Nadu. The government of Tamil Nadu banned the use of 14 types of single-use plastics on January 1, […]
Madras HC directs police, father of the girl to produce SC order on re-postmortem in Kallakurichi suicide
Chennai, July 21, 2022 (BPNS) Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu police and the father of the girl who committed suicide to produce before the court the Supreme Court order with respect to the plea by the father of the child to include a doctor of his choice during his re-postmortem. Justice […]



