Tamizhar Desiya Amaippu activists on Saturday staged a demonstration in Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram to condemn the attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy. The organisation’s leader Pazha Nedumaran alleged that nearly 700 Tamil fishermen had already been killed by the Lankan Navy and no compensation has[Read More…]
The former deputy general secretary of the AIADMK, TTV Dinakaran will appear before the Delhi Police in link with a bribery case on Saturday. The AIADMK leader reached the Chennai airport around 8.15 am, and is expected to reach national capital shortly. The leader is accused of bribing an Election[Read More…]
A lookout circular has been issued against ex-AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran on Wednesday. The notice has been issued by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police in fear that Dhinakaran may leave the country. Dhinakaran is under investigation for his alleged involvement in a case of bribery. The Delhi police[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu fisheries minister D Jayakumar on Tuesday said that the ruling party AIADMK has decided to dissociate VK Sasikala and TTV Dhinakaran from the party. Around 20 Cabinet Ministers who met at Tamil Nadu CM E Palaniswami’s residence have decided to keep the Sasikala family away from the government[Read More…]
Following the series of controversy within Tamil Nadu politics after Jayalalithaa’s death, both fractions of AIADMK MLAs one led by jailed leader Sasikala and the other by former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, were holding informal meetings on Tuesday, hoping for a possible merging. As O Panneerselvam spoke to media, he said,[Read More…]
Troubles for Sasikala’s nephew TTV Dinakaran doesn’t seems to end, as Delhi’s crime branch has registered a case against him on Monday for attempting to bribe Election Commission (EC) for the AIADMK’s symbol. Considering the split in the party, the EC froze the two leaves symbol of the AIADMK lately.[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Thursday has slammed the Tamil Nadu government on the issue of farmer suicides. Calling the suicides a humanitarian crisis, the apex court said that the government cannot be silent on the issue. A Bench led by Justice Dipak Misra said it was the duty of the[Read More…]
Farmers from Tamil Nadu, who have been protesting in Delhi, took off their clothes and rolled through the roads near Prime Minister’s Office in Delhi on Monday. Police later arrested them. Farmers resorted to this mode of protest after they were denied appointment to meet Prime Minister. On Monday morning,[Read More…]
After the Election Commission on Sunday night cancelled the April 12 bypoll to the R K Nagar Assembly constituency saying the electoral process has been “seriously vitiated” by parties through the use of money power, M K Stalin on Monday asked the election body to initiate an investigation against Tamil[Read More…]
In Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission on Sunday night cancelled the April 12 bypoll to the R K Nagar Assembly constituency saying the electoral process has been “seriously vitiated” by parties through the use of money power. This decision has been taken after rounds of meeting with Tamil Nadu election[Read More…]
Clashes broke-out between supporters of O. Panneerselvam and TTV Dinakaran on Sunday in Chennai’s RK Nagar which injured one person. As per reports, OPS faction candidate was attacked by a Dinakaran camp supporter. No leaders were on the spot and the situation was soon taken under control by the security. This comes[Read More…]
Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to waive farm loans of all farmers in the state irrespective of their land holdings. The court also ordered the government to ensure that no penal action is taken against farmers by officials. Earlier, the Centre had sanctioned a drought-relief[Read More…]
The Tamil Nadu farmers who are protesting at Jantar Mantar continue to raise their voices against the Modi government even on the 23rd day of the protest. As days pass, a number of farmers from across the nation are flooding in solidarity. The Bharati Kisan Union collaborated with farmers of[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu takes a significant step in establishing gender equality in the state as it employs the first transsexual to serve the Indian government in a uniform. The transsexual community had gleeful faces on Sunday when K Prithika Yashini, 26, took charge as sub-inspector in Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu.[Read More…]
DMK working president M K Stalin on Saturday visited the protesting Tamil Nadu farmers at Jantar Mantar in Delhi and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should waive off their loans like he promised in Uttar Pradesh during the recent Assembly election. “Just like how BJP promised farmer loan waiver to UP[Read More…]
Aiming to stop distribution of cash for votes, son of former union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Karti P Chidambaram will launch a campaign titled ‘my vote is not for sale’ on behalf of his non-political group G67 (Generation after 1967) at Tondiarpet in poll bound R K Nagar. The campaign[Read More…]
The election commission has finally decided to freeze the AIADMK’s symbol representing “two leaves” symbol as representatives from both VK Sasikala and O Panneerselvam’s camps made claims for it. Both groups will also be allotted with different, newer symbols, for them to choose for the by-polls which are just around[Read More…]
There are over 12,700 manual scavengers in 13 states despite manual scavenging been banned four years ago. Manual scavenging was banned in 2013. Out of 12,737 manual scavengers, the maximum of 10,301 are in Uttar Pradesh, followed by 737 in Karnataka, 363 in Tamil Nadu, 322 in Rajasthan and 237 in[Read More…]
A 31-year-old man was hacked to death by a four member gang on Thursday night near Coimbatore. H Farook, who hails from Bilal Estate in South Ukkadam, was a member of an atheist organisation, Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam (DVK). According to a Times of India report, Ansath, a 30-year-old Muslim realtor,[Read More…]