Tag: Tamil Nadu
TN: Activists stage demo against attacks on fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy
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…]
‘Our fight to justice has its first victory’
Sasikala and family expelled from AIADMK
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…]
Sasikala family should be thrown out: O Panneerselvam
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…]
Farmer suicide a humanitarian crisis, SC slams TN govt
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…]
Madras HC stays probe into rape and murder of Dalit girl
TN farmers run naked near Prime Minister’s office
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…]
RK Nagar bypoll: MK Stalin asks EC for CBI probe against CM Palaniswamy
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…]
EC cancels R.K. Nagar by-election on cash-for-votes scandal
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 break out between OPS, Dinakaran supporters in RK Nagar
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 HC directs TN govt to waive all farm loans
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…]
Witch hunt against Chidambaram and family still alive
So here are some facts. The Aircel-Maxis case has been quashed by Judge O P Saini in February this year. Therefore, any rational person would think that there is no further investigation is possible. Hence, Monday’s news reports that the CBI will file a status report on the Aircel-Maxis case on[Read More…]
‘Will slit our throats’ says protesting Tamil Nadu farmers at Jantar Mantar
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…]
K Prithika Yashini: India’s first transsexual sub-inspector
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…]
Modi should promise loan waiver to TN farmers: MK Stalin
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…]
Rahul Gandhi meets farmers protesting at Jantar Mantar
SC to hear petitions against ban of liquor shops along highways
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a batch of petitions seeking modification of the December 2016 order banning liquor shops within 500 metres of state and national highways across the country. A bench comprising Chief Justice JS Khehar and SK Kaul assured on Tuesday that it will ensure that[Read More…]
New symbols for AIADMK: ‘Hat’ for Sasikala
EC freeze AIADMK’s election symbol before bypoll
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…]
We will call your gods to clean the shit’: Powerful song on manual scavenging goes viral
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…]
Tamil Nadu man hacked to death over rationalistic social media posts
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…]
Man claims to be Jayalalithaa’s son; Madras HC asks to prove
A resident of Erode has filed a writ petition before the Madras High Court, claiming that he was the only son of the late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Krishnamurthy, who live with his adopted parents, says he was born to late actor Shoban Babu and J Jayalithaa. The petitioner had[Read More…]
Sushma Swaraj takes up Tamil fisherman killing issue
In a follow-up to the case of the Tamil fisherman who was allegedly killed by soldiers of the Sri Lankan Navy, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told Parliament Thursday the issue has been tossed at the highest level in the Sri Lanka government. The fisherman was killed on March 6[Read More…]