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Stalin also raised concern over the 2018 amendment to Sri Lanka's Fisheries Act. Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to take up key issues concerning the state's fishermen with the visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Harini Amarasuriya, during her three-day India visit from October 16 to 18. In his letter, Stalin sought the Prime Minister's intervention to press for the retrieval of Katchatheevu Island, the release of 76 Indian ...Read More >
Chennai: Chief minister M K Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take up the fishermen issue with the Sri Lankan prime minister Harini Amarasuriya who will be on a three day visit to India from Thursday. "This visit presents a valuable opportunity to address the persistent challenges faced by Indian fishermen in the traditional fishing waters of the Palk Bay and I urge you to raise these concerns with the visiting prime minister," Stalin said. He insisted that Modi di ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 16 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to raise the concerns of Indian fishermen with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya during her three-day visit to India. Stalin highlighted the hardships faced by Tamil Nadu fishermen due to repeated incidents of harassment, attacks, and arrests by the Sri Lankan Navy. "I am writing with reference to the upcoming three-day visit of t ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday accused Chief Minister MK Stalin of attempting to gain mileage out of the Karur tragedy. Addressing a public campaign in Dharmapuri, the Leader of the Opposition said Stalin rushed to Karur on the same night following the tragedy. "But, why didn't you go and console the affected when 68 people died in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy? Most of them were poor Dalits. You went now to Karur eyeing the 2026 assembly polls," he said ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 3 (PTI) AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday claimed that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin was "attempting to seek political gains" over the Karur stampede incident and sought to know if he visited Kallakurichi, where a hooch tragedy occurred, or Vengaivayal village, where drinking water was contaminated with human faeces. Seeking to turn the tables against Stalin, who earlier in the day accused the BJP of attempting to seek electoral gain over the stampede ...Read More >
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 3 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using the Karur stampede tragedy for political mileage, saying the party's response was driven by upcoming elections rather than "genuine concern" and added that the BJP "survives by sucking someone else's blood." While inaugurating development projects in Ramanathapuram district, CM Stalin criticised the BJP party and Union Finance Minister Nirmala S ...Read More >
Vijay also pledged to champion wider Tamil causes, vowing to reclaim the disputed Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka. Actor-turned-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay on Thursday announced that he would contest the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections from the Madurai East constituency. At the party's second state conference in Madurai, he launched a fierce critique of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), declaring that TVK would position itself as the chief chall ...Read More >
Chennai: Municipal administration minister K N Nehru on Saturday called AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami a coward. In a statement, Nehru said, "(Union home minister) Amit Shah is repeatedly saying there will be power sharing in Tamil Nadu. Palaniswami, a coward, who could not respond to Amit Shah, has no right to criticise the DMK alliance."Recalling the comments of Palaniswami about meeting Amit Shah in Delhi, Nehru said, "Palaniswami is shamelessly saying he knocked on the doors ...Read More >
MK Stalin with DMK MPs during a key meeting ahead of Parliament session ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * DMK MPs will raise Tamil Nadu's language, education, and financial rights in Parliament * The party will oppose Hindi and Sanskrit imposition and demand English names for projects * DMK will push for cleaning Tamil Nadu rivers and support Keezhadi archaeological findings Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Chennai: Setting the tone for the upcoming monsoo ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharshtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said that the proposal to rename Islampur in Sangli district as Ishwarpur in Maharashtra reflects India ongoing cultural renaissance. He said that it marks an effort to restore historical identities that were once deliberately erased. Speaking to the media on Friday, Shekhawat said, There were many of our subjects, places, history books, and incidents, which were intentionally erased, or ...Read More >
Chennai: Chief minister M K Stalin instructed DMK MPs to step up attack on the Union govt in the upcoming parliamentary session, to uphold the rights of Tamil Nadu.Stalin who held a meeting with Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs of DMK in Chennai on Friday said in a social media post that the 11 years of NDA rule was 'National Dictatorship Arrangement'."The BJP rule was only about crippling people's rights, snatching away states' rights, imposing Hindi and Sanskrit everywhere, nurturing communalism ...Read More >
CHENNAI: AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday said that the DMK has no concern for the fishermen community. Despite being part of the Congress-led government for over a decade, the DMK did not take any measures to retrieve Katchatheevu to protect the livelihood of fishermen. Now, Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin is resorting to a false campaign on the issue, attempting to deceive the people by blaming the BJP-led Union Government. "Why didn't the DMK see the su ...Read More >
Chennai: Chief minister M K Stalin has set a target of enrolling 2.5 crore members in DMK and has instructed party district secretaries to step up membership drive under 'Oraniyil Tamil Nadu' campaign.In a virtual meeting with DMK district secretaries on Thursday, Stalin said they only had 30 more days to achieve the target. He had earlier set a target of enrolling at least 30% voters in every polling booth. Now, after the positive response for the 'Oraniyil Tamil Nadu' campaign, Stalin has revi ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 17 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh's capital city has secured the third position in the category of urban spaces with population exceeding 10 lakh, while Prayagraj was adjudged the Cleanest Ganga City in the ninth edition of the Swachh Survekshan. Lucknow also became the first city in the state to achieve a 7-star Garbage Free City rating in the 2024-25 survey. Gorakhpur achieved double success, ranking third in the Safai Mitra Surakshit Sheher category and fourth among cities with a population ...Read More >
Mayiladuthurai (Tamil Nadu), Jul 17 (PTI) AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday claimed that the ruling DMK lacked genuine concern for fishermen and said that the party raised the issue of retrieving Katchatheevu islet ceded to Sri Lanka only during elections. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin raised the Katchatheevu issue only to target the BJP government at the Centre, he said. Also Read | India Successfully Test-Fires Short-Range Ballistic Missiles Prithvi-II and Ag ...Read More >
Mayiladuthurai (Tamil Nadu), Jul 17 (PTI) AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday claimed that the ruling DMK lacked genuine concern for fishermen and said that the party raised the issue of retrieving Katchatheevu islet ceded to Sri Lanka only during elections. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin raised the Katchatheevu issue only to target the BJP government at the Centre, he said. "The DMK lacks genuine concern for the fishermen. What steps did the DMK take to retrieve ...Read More >
TIRUCHY: Tamil Nadu fishers who have been facing frequent arrests on charges of crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) at the Palk Strait would soon get a good news as the bilateral talks between India and Sri Lanka has witnessed positive approach and negotiations are being made to solve the mid-sea issues faced by the Indian fishermen particularly those who are from Tamil Nadu. Palk Street is a narrow strip of water separating Tamil Nadu and the Northern Province of Sri Lanka ...Read More >
Chennai, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) In yet another mid-sea confrontation, seven Indian fishermen from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy in the early hours of Sunday for allegedly crossing the International maritime boundary line (IMBL), police officials said. Their mechanised trawler was also seized. According to the police, the arrested fishermen were on a boat owned by V. Isaac Paul of Thangachimadam. They were part of a larger fishing fleet that had ventured outsi ...Read More >
Chennai, July 13 (UNI) In yet another incident, seven fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy today for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters by crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL). Their mechanised boat was also seized. The fishermen, hailing from Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram district, ventured out for fishing yesterday when they were arrested along with their mechanised trawler. The arrested fishermen were taken to Kankesanthurai in Sri ...Read More >
Chennai: South superstar Vijay who announced his political entry after launching Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), will contest the Tamil Nadu assembly elections in 2026. TVK on Friday announced that its founder-president Vijay would be the party's chief ministerial candidate and ruled out any alliance with either the BJP or the DMK. However, the TVK did not rule out an alliance with the AIADMK, and gave indications of leading a separate alliance. PTI reported that Vijay will commence his statewi ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Virtually shutting his doors on the 'divisive' BJP, and probably, also the AIADMK, for the 2026 Assembly polls, Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam president Vijay on Friday proclaimed that his party would not have any truck with ideological enemies and division forces 'directly' and 'indirectly', and any electoral alliance would only be led by his party. In a resolution adopted at the state executive council meeting held at the party headquarters in Panayur off the city, Vijay accused the BJP o ...Read More >
New Delhi: A purported video of Congress leader Ajoy Kumar triggered outrage in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the former allegedly called Sikkim, a neighbouring nation. However, the former MP clarified on Wednesday that it was a slip of the tongue and questioned the BJP for blowing the matter out of proportion. The former Congress MP allegedly made the gaffe while addressing a Press conference at the party headquarters on Tuesday. As the alleged video of his faux pas made its way to soci ...Read More >
Chennai, June 29 (UNI) Eight fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while fishing in the high seas today, even as Chief Minister M K Stalin urged External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar to initiate proactive diplomatic steps to secure their release along with their boat. The eight fishermen, hailing from Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram district, were fishing in a mechanised boat near Katchatheevu, when they were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy personnel. The Lanka ...Read More >
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said Indian fishermen continue to be arrested by Sri Lankan authorities because of an agreement signed during the Emergency period, which stripped them of fishing rights in certain sea areas, news agency PTI reported. Speaking at an event organised by the BJP Yuva Morcha to mark 50 years of the Emergency, Jaishankar said the agreement would not have happened if Parliament had been working properly back then. 'No debate, no consensus' "Big decis ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) The issue of Sri Lanka arresting Indian fishermen stems from an agreement during the Emergency under which their rights for fishing in some specific areas were given up, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. The agreement with Sri Lanka would not have been possible if a genuine Parliament functioned at that time, Jaishankar said at an event organised by the BJP Yuva Morcha to mark the 50th anniversary of the Emergency. Katchatheevu, an uninhabited islan ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Joining issue with Chief Minister M K Stalin's charge that the AIADMK had mortgaged the name of Dravidian icon Arignar Anna, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday asked whether Stalin and the DMK have any locus standi to utter the name of Anna. He also said the AIADMK would not relinquish its connection with Anna, not even for a moment. Earlier in the day, speaking at a public function at Tirupathur, the CM criticised the screening of "disgraceful" videos about gr ...Read More >
The Goa branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) condemned the minister's action and urged the authorities to immediately rescind the suspension and reinstate the doctor while ensuring a fair trial. The opposition parties, including the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and Revolutionary Goans Party, had condemned Rane's behaviour. Government sources told PTI that the chief minister invited Rane for a meeting on the issue in Panaji on Sunday, and after the meeting, a statement was issued that th ...Read More >
Madurai, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday chaired a core committee meeting of the Tamil Nadu BJP unit in Madurai, asserting that the people of the state are fed up with the "massive corruption" under the DMK-led government. He also reviewed the BJP's preparedness for the 2026 Assembly elections and outlined strategies for the campaign. During the closed-door meeting, Union Minister Shah called upon party workers to intensify grassroots-level ...Read More >
Chennai, June 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs L. Murugan launched a scathing attack on the DMK following its general council meeting in Madurai, accusing the party of engaging in dynastic theatrics and diversionary tactics to mask its failures. Calling the meeting a "coronation event", Murugan alleged that the DMK had convened it primarily to reaffirm that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin's son would inherit party leadership. The DM ...Read More >
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