Chennai, July 6 (BPNS) A 16-year-old Juvenile who was alleged to be involved in the murder of a Class XII student due to caste rivalry in Tirunelveli will now be tried in a regular Criminal court. The Principal magistrate of Tirunelveli Juvenile Justice Board has, in a rare move transferred the case for trial to […]
Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (BPNS) Centenarian Gandhian, Gopinathan Nair passed away at a private hospital near here on Tuesday. He was ailing for a few weeks after a fall in his bathroom. He is survived by his wife, L .Saraswathi Amma. Gopinathan Nair is renowned for his selfless service at Marad in Kozhikode where he camped […]
Thane, Jul 5 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have assured him full support for the development and growth of the state. Addressing hundreds of Shiv Sainiks on Monday night during his first visit to hometown Thane after taking over as the CM, […]
United Nations, July 5 (BPNS) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed Lt Gen. Mohan Subramanian as the commander of UN peacekeeping in South Sudan, the largest troop deployment in UN missions, Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric announced Tuesday. Subramanian succeeds Lt Gen Shailesh Tinaikar, also of India, as the force commander of the UN Mission in […]
Chennai, July 5 (BPNS) BJP leader and party Tamil Nadu legislative party leader, Nainar Nagendran said that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks, the state of Tamil Nadu can be divided into two. He was addressing a public gathering on Tuesday. The BJP leader was responding to an address made by former Union minister and […]
Chennai, July 5 (BPNS) With the arrival of eight more Sri Lankan nationals to Dhanushkodi on Tuesday, the number of refugees who have fled from the island nation after the economic crisis erupted in that country has crossed 100. Kamalarani 43, from Jaffna’s Velvettithurai, and her two sons and a daughter, Lavendran (25) of Velvettithurai, […]
Chennai, July 5 (BPNS) Southern Railway has in a bid to make the railway stations visually impaired friendly installed Braille navigation maps at Chennai Central Railway station and Egmore station. This will help the visually impaired traverse on their own. The Braille Maps were installed on Monday. The map is fixed at the entrance of the […]
Thiruvananthapuram, July 5 (BPNS) In Kerala, a minister has courted controversy over his comments about the Indian Constitution. Its minister for fisheries, culture, and youth affairs Saji Cherian who got landed in a soup as he said that the Constitution is written in such a way that it helps to rob and exploit the people […]
Chennai, July 5 (BPNS) A Sanitary worker Pazhani was arrested by the Chennai police after a woman patient lodged a complaint that he had sexually assaulted her. The incident happened on Thursday, June 30, at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai. The 49-year-old woman was recovering after surgery from a kidney ailment at the […]
Chennai, July 5 (BPNS) The Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS)faction leaders of the AIADMK, former Minister D. Jayakumar, and P. Benjamin have petitioned the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police to provide police protection for the party general council meeting on July 11 to be held at Vangaram. The leaders petitioned that anti-social elements may try […]
