With fuel prices skyrocketing from past few weeks, Tamil Nadu is no stranger to the same fury, where petrol and diesel prices are Rs 85.15 per litre and Rs 77.94 per litre. Making the best use of current market values, a group of friends decided to give 5 litres of[Read More…]
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Tamil Nadu political leaders welcome SC order on Rajiv Gandhi killer
Political party leaders in Tamil Nadu on Thursday welcomed a Supreme Court order asking the Governor to decide on the mercy petition of A.G. Perarivalan, serving life term for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. DMK President M.K. Stalin, welcoming the apex court’s decision, said Chief Minister K. Palaniswami should[Read More…]
What is Gutkha Scam?
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday raided nearly 40 locations in Chennai, including the premises of several top ministers, police officers and revenue officials, in connection with the 2017 gutkha scam. The homes of Tamil Nadu DGP TK Rajendran, ex-DGP S George, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar were also searched.[Read More…]
Lois Sofia released on bail after Stalin dared police, charged BJP of fascism
Tamil Nadu police releases Louis Sophia who raised slogans against the BJP-led central government in public’ on bail after her arrest sparked a political row. DMK chief MK Stalin had slammed the Tamil Nadu government for arresting her and called for Sofia’s release on Monday. Stalin had also dared Tamil[Read More…]
Odisha: Hindutva’s gateway to the East
In the Panchayat elections held in 2017 in Odisha, the BJP has improved it’s tally by a whopping 850 per cent as compared with the 2012 elections. With a failing Congress, the Hindutva party hopes to unseat the four term chief minister Naveen Patnaik and do a Tripura in the assembly elections to[Read More…]
Stalin set to become DMK President unopposed
DMK Working President M.K. Stalin is set to become the party President unopposed as he is the only person who has filed the nomination for that post on Sunday, the last day for filing of nominations, said a party official. Similarly, senior leader Duraimurugan is also set to become the[Read More…]
Happy to be back in party, now I can visit my constituency: Mani Shankar Aiyar
Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, whose suspension has been revoked by the party, said the suspension had prevented him from visiting his Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu for the past eight-nine months and now he can go to his constituency and nurture it ahead of the general elections in 2019.[Read More…]
Those opposing developmental projects have terror links: Narendra Modi
Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said there are proof of links between terror outfits and those who oppose developmental projects in states. In an interview to Tamil newspaper Daily Thanthi, Modi said in the recent times it has been observed that some people hinder the implementation of developmental projects in states. “There[Read More…]
Karunanidhi death: 2 killed in Chennai stampede outside Rajaji Hall
Chennai: Two persons were killed and at least 30 injured on Wednesday in a stampede outside the Rajaji Hall here as hundreds of thousands thronged for a final glimpse of DMK leader M. Karunanidhi, witnesses said. There has been heavy jostling and pushing and pulling in the crowd since morning,[Read More…]
“Can I call you Appa for one last time,” writes Stalin on Karunanidhi’s death
As India mourned the icon of Dravidian politics, several leaders across party lines paid rich tributes to Kalaignar. However, it was MK Stalin’s emotional letter that showed the beautiful bond between father and the son. “Can I call you Appa for one last time my leader”, DMK leader MK Stalin[Read More…]
Karunanidhi’s death LIVE UPDATES: Burial on Marina beach, orders Madras HC
Putting an end to all the speculations, Kauvery Hospital today announced the demise of DMK leader and five times Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Karunanidhi at 6:10 pm on Tuesday. The 94-year-old veteran had been dealing with extremely critical and unstable health for the last few weeks. A flood of DMK cadres and[Read More…]
Obituary: Karunanidhi’s demise brings end to an era for Tamil Nadu politics
The name Muthuvel Karunanidhi invokes extreme reactions from both diehard loyalists to fierce opponents. Be it in power or out of power, active or not, the 94-year-old grand old DMK president has had a great/remarkable influence on the political narrative of Tamil Nadu. He represents a heterogeneous and multilayered imagination of[Read More…]
RIP Kalaignar: DMK leader Karunanidhi dead confirms Kauvery Hospital
Putting an end to all the speculations, Kauvery Hospital today announced the demise of DMK leader and five times Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Karunanidhi at 6:10 pm on Tuesday. The 94-year-old veteran had been dealing with extremely critical and unstable health for the last few weeks. A flood of DMK cadres[Read More…]
21 cadres die of shock over Karunanidhi’s illness, says DMK
M K Stalin, the working president of DMK, said that 21 of its party workers have died unable to bear the “shock” of the illness and hospitalisation of party chief M Karunanidhi in the early hours of Saturday. The party has appealed to the cadres not to take any extreme[Read More…]
Religious myths discourage eye donations, numbers fall down: Report
As per the national reports, it has emerged that number of eye donations in India has come down remarkably, with Maharashtra standing sixth, despite having the largest number of eye banks in the country. The national data recently presented in Lok Sabha by Anupriya Patel, the minister of state, health[Read More…]
DMK President Karunanidhi enters 50th year as party chief
Chennai: DMK President M.Karunanidhi (94) on Friday entered 50th year as the party chief even as he is fighting age related ailment at his home here. Karunanidhi in the process created a record of sorts to be at the helm of a party for such long period managing several ups[Read More…]
Pushed off second floor, girl dies during a safety drill in Coimbatore college
Coimbatore: A 19-year-old undergraduate student died during a mock drill in her college near Coimbatore on Thursday evening after she was allegedly forced to jump and pushed off a building when she hit a sunshade while going down. Video footage shows a trainer nudging N Logeswari, a second year BBA[Read More…]
12 fishermen detained by Sri Lankan Navy
12 Tamil Nadu fishermen have been detained by the Sri Lankan Navy on Thursday July 5, for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters. Two mechanised boats used by them have also been impounded by the Lankan Navy. An official from fisheries department said over 3,000 fishermen had set the sail[Read More…]
J&K’s Kupwara least improved; 9 Bihar districts among bottom 20: NITI Aayog
New Delhi: Among the 108 most backward districts across the country, Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara has shown the least improvement while Gujarat’s Dahod has shown the most, the NITI Aayog said on Friday. Releasing the first delta ranking of the most backward districts in the country — which the NITI[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu Governor rules out resignation in wake of sex scandal
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Tuesday ruled out his resignation in the wake of a raging controversy over a sex scandal in a college in the state involving an assistant professor, who allegedly sought to lure girls into sexual favours to “higher ups” in a leading university and denied[Read More…]
Kamal Haasan urges Modi to ‘deliver justice’ in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deliver justice that Tamil Nadu is looking for amid growing political turmoil over the Cauvery water issue. As Modi arrived here on Thursday, Kamal tweeted a video and shared an open letter to the Prime Minister via social media.[Read More…]
Kamal Haasan launches ‘Makkal Neethi Maiam’ party
Madurai: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday formally launched his political party called Makkal Neethi Maiam (People Justice Centre). He also unfurled his party’s flag, which has six hands – three in red and three in white – joined together around a star on a white background. With this, Kamal becomes one[Read More…]
Delhi CM Kejriwal urges Tamil Nadu voters to replicate ‘Delhi example’
Madurai: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged the people of Tamil Nadu to replicate the “Delhi example” by giving votes to the newly-launched party by actor Kamal Haasan to route “corrupt” AIADMK and DMK. In his address at the launch of Haasan’s party ‘Makkal Needhi Maiam’ (People Justice[Read More…]
No more a movie star but a lamp in homes: Kamal Haasan
Ramanathapuram: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday formally began his political journey from former President late A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s residence here and said he is no more a movie star but a lamp in the homes of people. “Like the lamp in your homes you should protect me,” Kamal told a gathering[Read More…]
141 Kerala fishermen still missing in Cyclone Ockhi
A total of 141 Kerala fishermen remain missing following Cyclone Ockhi that hit the southern districts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu on November 30, according to official figures released here on Wednesday. Another 75 fishermen from other states who went fishing from the Kerala coast are also untraced. A total[Read More…]