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CHENNAI: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss, on Wednesday, questioned why the DMK's manifesto is silent on prohibition this time, despite the fact that party deputy general secretary Kanimozhi, who had promised to enforce prohibition in 2021, headed the committee that prepared the manifesto. After releasing the PMK manifesto, Anbumani said the highest number of women affected by liquor sales through Tasmac is in Tamil Nadu, and the crime rate has been going up due to liquor. "Not even a single word about prohibition this time, whereas AIADMK has promised to enforce prohibition in a phased manner," the PMK leader said, "Are you (DMK) not worried about getting ruined due to alcohol? Is money-making alone your government's sole objective?" he asked.
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party MP Ashok Kumar Mittal on Thursday hailed the all-party delegation's visit to several countries worldwide and noted that the members had briefed External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar about their visits. On meeting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, member of the all-party delegation led by DMK MP Kanimozhi, AAP MP Ashok Kumar Mittal told ANI, 'After returning today, we met External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar. He wanted to know the response in the five countries we visited. We told him about it. Wherever we went, the countries appr ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party MP Ashok Kumar Mittal on Thursday hailed the all-party delegation's visit to several countries worldwide and noted that the members had briefed External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar about their visits. On meeting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, member of the all-party delegation led by DMK MP Kanimozhi, AAP MP Ashok Kumar Mittal told ANI, 'After returning today, we met External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar. He wanted to know the response in the five countries we visited. We told him about it. Wherever we went, the countries appr ...Read More >
VILLUPURAM: After weeks of tussle over party reins, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss and his father S Ramadoss sat down for a talk at the Thailapuram farmhouse on Thursday, but a truce remained elusive.Anbumani, accompanied by his daughter Sanjutra, drove down to Ramadoss' residence. Ramadoss and Anbumani chose not to speak to the media about the 45-minute meeting. Though party functionaries said the meeting was a positive development, reconciliation might take a while as they could not reach an a ...Read More >
Chennai: Hours before Union home minister Amit Shah was to arrive in Madurai, Thuglak editor and an associate of Shah, S Gurumurthy on Saturday met PMK founder S Ramadoss. The PMK leader, however, ruled out the possibility of meeting Amit Shah during his two-day visit to Tamil Nadu.Gurumurthy met Ramadoss for the second time amid reported tension within PMK regarding alliance strategies and insistence by Anbumani Ramadoss to remain party president. The hour-long meeting took place at the T Nagar residence of A K Vijay Mahesh, son of former Union minister and PMK leader A K Moorthy, sources sai ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Axiom-4 crew members, including Shubhanshu Shukla, were welcomed with hugs and drinks as they stepped into the International Space Station on Thursday. The newly launched spacecraft -- the fifth in the Dragon series and named Grace -- successfully completed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 4.01pm while orbiting above the North Atlantic Ocean."At 6:31 am EDT (4:01 IST) on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4," the National Aeronautics ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President K Selvaperunthagai, a key member of the DMK-led INDIA bloc, on Friday called on PMK founder Dr Ramadoss at the latter's Thailapuram residence. Selvaperunthagai visited Ramadoss a few days after the octogenarian cited deceased former DMK president M Karunanidhi and incumbent Chief Minister M K Stalin as example of father-son relationship, in a veiled message to his rebel son Dr Anbumani. Though it is a tad too early to speculate a possible realignment in the existing alliance composition, precisely, the likely return of the PMK led by Dr Ramado ...Read More >
VILLUPURAM: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K Selvaperunthagai met PMK founder S Ramadoss at his residence in Thailapuram near Tindivanam on Friday. The meeting of a leader of the DMK-led alliance amid the intense leadership tussle under way within the PMK between Ramadoss and his son Anbumani Ramadoss raised eyebrows, especially since Anbumani recently accused the ruling DMK of being behind the tussle. But Ramadoss had later refuted it. Selvaperunthagai, however, clarified to the media, that the meeting, which lasted roughly for about 30 minutes, was purely a courtesy call. " ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Saying that a historical amount of downpour hit many districts in north Tamil Nadu, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss urged the state government to send additional rescue forces to the affected areas. In a statement, Anbumani said that during the 24 hours, Uthangarai in Krishnagiri district received 50cm of rainfall, which is the highest in the last 300 years. Moreover, Harur in the Dharmapuri district and Tirupalapanthal in Kallakurichi have received 33cm and 32cm of rain, respectively. Yercaud in Salem received 24cm of rainfall. "Vehicles parked in Krishnagiri district were washed ...Read More >
TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai described the passing of Elangovan as "a huge loss". Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister E V K S Elangovan died due to age-related ailments at a private hospital here on Saturday, the hospital said. He was 75. The legislator from Erode East constituency has not been keeping well for over a month. He was admitted to a hospital here on November 11. "He passed away today despite the best efforts of the medical staff," the hospital said. TNCC preside ...Read More >
Chennai: In a bid to strengthen the organizational infrastructure of the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) and to develop a robust campaign machinery, the party's founder president Vijay announced the names of 17 new key office-bearers for various wings with Adhav Arjuna, former deputy general secretary of the VCK, becoming the general secretary for campaign management on Friday. Apart from Adhav Arjuna, another known political leader who had been co-opted by Vijay is C T R Nirmal Kumar, a former BJP leader who switched over the AIADMK and has now landed in the TVK as deputy general secretary for ...Read More >
CHENNAI: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss urged the central government to postpone the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies across the country based on population by 25 years. In a statement, Anbumani said that the central government has announced that a caste based population census will be started from March 1, 2027. "PMK has been demanding the government to conduct the census before the end of 2025 to end controversies in delimitation and to safeguard social justice. The announcement has caused confusion, " he said. He added that the stand of PMK is to conduct a delimitation exercise b ...Read More >
CHENNAI: With the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections less than ten months away, political momentum is gathering pace across the state. As parties recalibrate strategies and alliances, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) is preparing to launch a state-wide campaign aimed at galvanising support and positioning his party as the prime contender to overthrow the DMK government. According to sources within the AIADMK, EPS is set to embark on a massive outreach programme titled Makkal Yatra (People's Pilgrimage) starting mid-July. Drawing inspiration from his 2021 pre-poll campaign "V ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Congratulating A Rajeshwari, a Malayali tribal girl from Karumandurai, a village in the Kalvarayan Hills, who secured an all-India rank of 417 under the Scheduled Tribe category in JEE Advanced, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday announced that the state will bear the entire expenses for her higher studies. TNIE was the first to report the story The CM, in a post on his X handle, said, "I salute Rajeshwari, a student of the government residential school, for realising her father's dream even after his death. More girls like Rajeshwari joining the IIT will be a real source of pride ...Read More >
Chennai, Jun 7 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Tamil Nadu is to review the preparedness of the party to face the Tamil Nadu Assembly election next year and devise a strategy to fight polls, BJP sources said on Saturday. Senior party leader Tamilisai Soundararajan told reporters that Shah will be in Madurai on June 8 and leaders including her were going to the southern city with enthusiasm and she hit out at the ruling DMK alleging the Dravidian party feared that the Saffron outfit grow further by gaining more strength. According to BJP sources, on June 8, Shah would have darsh ...Read More >
Chennai, Jun 7 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah would visit Madurai on June 8, during which he is set to review the preparedness of the party to face the Tamil Nadu Assembly election next year and devise a strategy to fight polls, BJP sources said on Saturday. Shah, in a post on 'X,' said: "Leaving for Tamil Nadu. Tomorrow, will chair a meeting of the state core committee of the Tamil Nadu BJP, in Madurai. In the evening, will interact with state, district, and mandal-level office bearers of the BJP in Madurai. Looking forward to attending the programs." Senior party leader Tamilisai Sound ...Read More >
Villupuram: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K Selvaperunthagai called on PMK founder S Ramadoss at his Thailapuram farmhouse in Villupuram district on Friday, setting off speculation about whether it was a political meeting to invite PMK to the DMK front.Selvaperunthagai said it was a 'courtesy call' to inquire about the health of Ramadoss, with whom he "has decades long association". "I came to inquire about Ramadoss' health. This was a courtesy meeting. Nothing was spoken about alliance ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Senior BJP leader H Raja has been sentenced to six months imprisonment in two separate cases relating to his derogatory comments against DMK MP Kanimozhi and threatening to raze down the statues of rationalist leader Periyar (EV Ramasamy). Additional special court for cases relating to MP/MLAs G Jayavel pronounced the orders convicting and sentencing him in the cases registered by the Erode district police based on complaints lodged by DMK and Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) following his derogatory comments made in against Periyar and Kanimozhi in 2018 through his Twitter ...Read More >
Chennai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah would visit Madurai on June 8, during which he is set to review the preparedness of the party to face the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls next year and devise a strategy to fight polls, BJP sources said on Saturday. Shah, in a post on 'X,' said: "Leaving for Tamil Nadu. Tomorrow, will chair a meeting of the state core committee of the Tamil Nadu BJP, in Madurai. In the evening, will interact with state, district, and mandal-level office bearers of the BJP in Madurai. Looking forward to attending the programs." Senior party leader Tamilisai Soundararajan told ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 8 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, instead of introspecting on the defeat in the 2024 state assembly polls, has been repudiating the mandate given by the people because they rejected him. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha is preparing his excuses for future defeats in the upcoming assembly elections, including Bihar, Fadnavis said in his articles published in the Indian Express and Marathi daily Loksatta. On Saturday, Gandhi, in an article published in several newspapers and in posts on X, claimed the 2024 Maharas ...Read More >
CHENNAI: PMK founder S Ramadoss reiterated that he will remain as the president of the party till his last breath, brushing aside the olive branch extended by his son and party president Anbumani in public meetings. Speaking to media persons at his Thailapuram residence in Villupuram on Thursday, the senior leader brushed aside an apology tendered by Anbumani a few days ago. "Apology is not an issue. I started the party and have visited 96,000 villages to expand it. I will be president till my last breath. He (Anbumani) should function as working president," Ramadoss said, standing by his ori ...Read More >
Kottayam (Kerala), Dec 12 (PTI) The historic struggle for equality that took place in Vaikom a century ago, popularly known as the Vaikom Satyagraha, was not a movement confined to Kerala but marked the starting point for various other struggles for social justice, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Thursday. In his address at Vaikom in this district after inaugurating the renovated Thanthai Periyar Memorial and Periyar Library, Stalin said that while impressive strides have been made in areas of social justice and economy in 100 years, a lot more has to be achieved. Stalin inaugur ...Read More >
Kanpur: A freight train rammed into a stationary goods train in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district on Tuesday, February 4, leaving a loco pilot injured and causing the derailment of the guard coach and engine. The incident took place around 6 am in the dedicated freight corridor near Pambhirpur, Khaga in Fatehpur district. The loco pilot, who sustained injuries, had allegedly fallen asleep at the wheel, Prem Kumar Gautam, IG, Prayagraj range, said. Rescue operations are underway to clear the corridor, the IG added. A total of 29 train accidents took place in the current financial year up to ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former head of Air India and chairman of the Railway Board Ashwani Lohani is the new Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) director. The official order for his appointment was issued on Wednesday. A 1980-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), Lohani is known for turning around various organisations during his illustrious career. Following his retirement from IRSME service, he joined the GMR Group as the CEO. According to the order dated June 4, his appointment to the post of director, Prime Ministers Museum and Library in the rank and pa ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 8 (ANI): The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) announced Birendra Prasad Baishya as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Assam. Baishya is currently serving as a member of the Rajya Sabha, with his tenure set to expire on June 14. Also Read | Indore Horror: Dog Carries Baby Girl's Body in Its Jaws at Madhya Pradesh Hospital, Mutilated Body of Newborn Recovered, Probe On. Earlier this week, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the schedule for conducting biennial elections in eight Rajya Sabha seats, six from Tamil Nadu and two ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 8 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson ANS Prasad criticised the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) over its remarks on the Census and the upcoming delimitation exercise, alleging that the party is attempting to mislead the public. In a press statement, Prasad said that Chief Minister MK Stalin and DMK MP Kanimozhi should refrain from making 'baseless allegations' against the Central Government. He asserted that such comments appear politically motivated and distract from administrative failures in Tamil Nadu. 'The DMK government' ...Read More >
CHENNAI: BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran on Thursday dismissed allegations of politicisation of the recent Lord Murugan Devotees' Conference in Madurai, asserting that the event was purely spiritual. Speaking to reporters after paying floral tributes to 'silambu selvar' MP Sivagnanam on his 120th birth anniversary at T Nagar here, Nainar Nagenthran said, "Not a single word of politics was uttered at the Murugan conference. My address focused solely on spirituality. No religion was disrespected, nor were any individuals denigrated." His remarks come in response to criticism over a contr ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: The State government on Friday accorded approvals to a slew of industries. Among those are Krishnapatnam Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), which is set to establish a 350 MW Solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Thamminapatnam and Mommidi villages of SPSR Nellore district with a Rs 1,225 crore investment, creating 575 jobs. Furthermore, the government also waived off a Rs 54 crore extension of time fee, contingent on project completion within two years as per the Andhra Pradesh Integrated Clean Energy Policy-2024. The government also allocated 22.80 acres at MPSEZ in N ...Read More >
Chennai: The overwhelming victory in the Erode East Assembly by-election and a series of storms in the AIADMK teacup have led to the DMK speculating on the AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami losing his grip over the party, whose cadre, as Law Minister S Regupathy claimed, had already started gravitating towards the DMK. While Regupathy told the media at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK headquarters, on Monday that the four years of good governance provided by the DMK had led to the people supporting the party which was reflected in the 1,50,709 votes that it garnered in the just conclude ...Read More >
Villupuram: Amid an ongoing public tussle within Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) in Tamil Nadu, PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss met his father and PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss for nearly an hour on Thursday morning at his residence in Thailapuram near Tindivanam in Villupuram. Immediately after Anbumani left the house, the editor of the political weekly magazine Thuglak and auditor S Gurumurthy, and former Chennai Corporation mayor Saidai S Duraisamy reached Ramadoss' house and held discussions with the PMK founder for nearly three hours. Anbumani Ramadoss, who was accompanied by daughter Sangamithra, ...Read More >
Chennai: DMK and its allies continued criticism of AIADMK for participating in the BJP's recent Murugan meet that denigrated Dravidian icons 'Periyar' E V Ramasamy and C N Annadurai. VCK Chief Thol Thirumavalavan expressed shock over the AIADMK's continuance in the NDA despite insults to its party ideologues and asked the party to rethink ties with the BJP. MMK leader M H Jawahirullah too accused AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami of mortgaging his party's principles.These statements come amid speculation about alliances shifting leading up to the elections. Thirumavalavan, wooed ...Read More >