Chennai , July 7( BPNS) Kanniyakumari Congress MP, Vijay Vasanth is waiting with crossed fingers for his missing pen which is priceless . While it’s a Montblanc pen costing more than 1.5 lakh rupees , what makes it priceless for Vijay is that it was inherited from his late father and former Kanniyakumari MP, H. […]
State government for modernising fair price shops in TN
Chennai, July 7 (BPNS) The Public Distribution Shops (PDS) in Tamil Nadu are set to be modernized with the theme ‘Food security and nutrition security”. The state has around 35000 fair-price shops with most of these shops run by cooperative societies and some of them by women self-help groups. The state food and consumer protection […]
TN power utility to focus more on wind energy for power generation
Chennai, July 7 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company( Tangedco) has started focusing on Wind energy with a new 765KV substation being built in Virudhunagar. Officials are expecting that once this sub station starts functioning,the department will generate more power from wind energy. It is to be noted that the average cost of […]
Malayalam actor sent to jail under POCSO act
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (BPNS) Malayalam actor Sreejith Ravi was sent to a 14-day remand after he was charged and arrested under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) act on Thursday. He was arrested by the Thrissur West Police upon complaints filed by two children that he resorted to exhibitionism near SN […]
Gujarat visit of officials, govt didn’t seek report
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (BPNS) The Gujarat visit of Kerala’s chief secretary VP Joy and another officer to study the techniques in the Gujarat Chief Minister’s e-governance dashboard system in April had invited a lot of brickbats. Now, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed the Assembly that the government had not directed the officers to submit a […]
Leena Manimekalai puts poster of Lord Shiva and Parvathi smoking 
Chennai , July 7 (BPNS) The Controversial Tamil documentary film maker Leena Manimekalai who is in the eye of a storm after her depiction of Goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette in her documentary has now put another poster of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi smoking cigarettes in her Twitter handle hours after her documentary was […]
Private hospital in Kerala to face action under Clinical Establishments Act
Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (BPNS) Palakkad-based Thangam Hospital becomes the first hospital in the state to face proceedings under the Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act 2018. The hospital was recently in the eye of the storm following the death of a newborn and later the mother following alleged medical negligence. According to health minister […]
Saji Cheriyan steps down as minister following Constitution remark row
Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (BPNS) Left with no choice, Kerala’s fisheries, culture, and youth affairs minister Saji Cherian tenders his resignation from the state council of ministers on Wednesday. Talking to the media after handing over the resignation to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Saji said that to step down was his own volition and he felt […]
31st mega anti-Covid vaccine camp in TN on Sunday
Chennai, July 6 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu will hold its 31st mega vaccination camp against Covid -19 on July 10th. The first camp was held on September 12, 2021. The mega vaccination camp to be held on Sunday, July 10th is targeting 1,45,00,000 people, state public health department officials told BPNS. According to the health department, 37,33,689 people […]



