Animal rights group PETA will move the Supreme Court challenging the legislation passed by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka state assemblies allowing Jallikattu and Kambala respectively. “We will challenge the legislations in the Supreme Court. We will do it in the next few days. We are consulting our lawyers on whether[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear the plea relating to Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The issue, which resulted in dispute between the two states for decades, had resulted in violent protests in 2016. Earlier, the top court had asked Karnataka government to allow release of [Read More…]
After the ruckus in Tamil Nadu Assembly over chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami’s trust vote on Saturday, actor Kamal Haasan took to Twitter mocking the MLAs for their actions in the state Assembly. “People of Tamizhnadu, Welcome your respective MLAs with the respect they deserve back home,” he tweeted. People of Tamizhnadu,[Read More…]
With DMK and Congress absent from the Tamil Nadu Assembly, new Chief Minister and Sasikala pick Edappadi Palanisamy on Saturday won the vote of confidence, with 122 AIADMK MLAs voting in his favour. In the open ballot, all 122 MLAs who had earlier pledged support to Palanisamy, voted in his[Read More…]
The AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi directed eight TN Congress MLAs to vote against the Edappadi K Palaniswami government during the trust vote in the Tamil Nadu assembly on Saturday. The move has ended uncertainty and suspense on his party’s stand. Significantly, this was officially told to Tamil Nadu Congress Committee[Read More…]
Election Commission on Friday issued a notice to jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikal based on a petition challenging her nomination as the party general secretary, even as the rival O Panneerselvam camp has intensified its demand for a secret ballot during the trust vote in the Assembly. Representing the Panneerselvam[Read More…]
AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala continues to remain at the centre of the Tamil Nadu’s political landscape as Edappadi Palaniswami, sworn in as TN’s CM on Thursday, is expected to meet Sasikala and seek her blessings at the Parappana Agrahara prison in Bengaluru on Friday. Sasikala surrendered before a[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday exuded confidence that he will prove his majority in the Assembly and ensure that the government of Amma (Jayalalithaa) will continue. “I wish to say that Amma’s (Jayalalithaa) government will continue by me proving majority in the Assembly,” he told reporters[Read More…]
Ending the 10-day impasse over government formation, Sasikala loyalist Edappadi K Palanisami took oath as next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Thursday. The development comes a day after AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala Natarajan surrendered before a Bengaluru jail following her conviction in a disproportionate assets case. Palanisamy has[Read More…]
In a major jolt to caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao on Thursday resolved the political crisis in Tamil Nadu by inviting V K Sasikala loyalist Edappadi K Palaniswami to form the government. The dispute was going on in the state for the last couple of[Read More…]
AIADMK legislature party leader Edappadi K Palaniswami may swear in as chief minister on Thursday, as per a report in TOI. Palaniswami may be asked to demonstrate majority on the floor of the house in a week, thereby ruling out the likelihood of a composite floor test. As per a[Read More…]
Newly elected AIADMK Legislature party leader, Edappadi K Palaniswami, on Tuesday meet governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and staked claim to form the government. In his brief meeting with the Governor, Palaniswami presented a list of MLAs supporting his claim. Some senior leaders and ministers also accompanied Palaniswami, according to sources.[Read More…]
AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala has been convicted by a two member Bench of Supreme Court over the disproportionate assets case. The apex court set aside the Karnataka High Court Judgement and uphold the judgement of Justice Michael D Cunha in 2014 convicting Sasikala, her niece Ilavarasi, nephew VN Sudhakaran[Read More…]
The political chaos in Tamil Nadu continues even after a week and witnessing the endless war of words between AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala and senior party leader O Panneerselvam. Notably, several politicians and film personalities came forward to give their support to Panneerselvam, while Sasikala, rushed to meet MLAs[Read More…]