London, July 13 (BPNS) Erstwhile Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, who is of East African Indian origin, won the first round of balloting in the British ruling Conservative party to choose a Prime Minister, attracting 88 votes. Penny Mordaunt, a former Defence Secretary, came second with 67 votes. Third was Liz Truss, Foreign Secretary, […]
Thiruvananthapuram, July 13 (BPNS) The infamous pink police harassment case, which affected the image of the Kerala Police, is finally coming to an end. In the latest, the state has agreed to pay the compensation of Rs 1, 50,000 to an eight-year-old girl Devipriya and that too by recovering it from the officer – Rejitha […]
Puducherry, July 13 (BPNS) The cyber police of the Union territory of Puducherry have commenced crackdown on 69 loan apps after several complaints were registered over extortion of money, threatening, and blackmailing by these fintech apps. Cyber cell officials told IANS that a case has been registered under Section 66(A), 67, and 67(A) of the […]
Chennai, July 13 (BPNS) The newly anointed interim general secretary of AIADMK, and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappady K. Palaniswami is facing tough hurdles in the inner-party politics of the party and to bring it ahead as a credible opposition. The AIADMK in its general council meeting on July 11, Monday had paved […]
Chennai, July 13 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Tea Plantation Corporation (TANTEA) which was cultivating tea in an area of 10,000 acres has cut short its cultivation to half following the acute financial crisis. Senior officials of the TANTEA told BPNS that the organization was reeling under financial crisis and the only possibility of saving the […]
Chennai, July 13 (BPNS) With both Edappady K. Palaniswami (EPS) and O. Panneerselvam (OPS)claiming to operate the bank accounts of AIADMK, Tamil Nadu police have provided security to the residences of both the leaders. The AIADMK general council meeting held on July 11 has appointed Edappady K. Palaniswami as the party interim general secretary and […]
Chennai, July 13 (BPNS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday decided to hear the cases filed by AIADMK leader Edappady K. Palaniswamy and expelled leader, O. Panneerselvam challenging the sealing of party office in regular course of time. Justice N. Sathish Kumar told the petitioners that the court Registry will have to run through Chief […]
Thiruvananthapuram, July 13 (BPNS) Kerala tourism department is elated over the prestigious TIME magazine shortlisting the state as one among the 50 extraordinary destinations on the globe to explore in 2022. The state tourism minister Mohammed Riyaz while speaking to media persons said that the recognition is a result of the hard work of the […]
Chennai, July 13 (BPNS) Historians and researchers on Archeology stumbled upon a 13 AD stone pillar which reportedly had information on Jewish trade links. Scholars and students of Ramanathapuram Archeological Research Foundation said that the stone pillar which was unearthed at Valantharavai in Ramanathapuram district is a pointer to the trade that had taken place […]
Thiruvananthapuram, July 13 (BPNS) One of the classy opening batter of Kerala and former captain of the state Ranji trophy team, O.K. Ramdas (74) passed away here on Wednesday due to a heart attack. He was admitted to Sree Chithira Institute of Medical Sciences here. Two weeks before he suffered a stroke and was recovering […]
