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New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday announced Kanad Purkayastha will contest from Assam for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election, which is to be held on June 19 (Thursday). Earlier, Sarbananda Sonowal and Kamakhya Prasad Tasa were elected to the Rajya Sabha from Assam, and after winning in the Lok Sabha polls, two Rajya Sabha seats from Assam were vacated by them. Election to vacant RS seats will be held between 9 am and 4 pm on September 3. Also Read | PM Nare ...Read More >
Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss has proposed to party founder S Ramadoss a compromise formula that gives him the official leadership and his father a virtual veto power on party policies and decisions, multiple sources told TOI.At the 45-minute meeting between the warring father-son, sources said, Anbumani did much of the talking while the senior maintained a studied silence. At the end of it, Ramadoss remained non-committal. Anbumani's associates said the meeting was a sudden decision. ...Read More >
Chennai, Jun 6 (PTI) Three nominees of the ruling DMK, main opposition AIADMK's two candidates and Makkal Needhi Maiam President and top actor Kamal Haasan on Friday filed nomination papers to contest for the June 19 biennial polls to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu. In the presence of Chief Minister M K Stalin, Haasan signed and presented the papers to Returning Officer and Additional Secretary (Legislative Assembly), B Subramaniyam at the Secretariat here. Led by AIADMK general secretary, Ed ...Read More >
Chennai, June 6 (UNI) BJP poll strategist and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be visiting Tamil Nadu on June 8, Sunday and is expected to hold key deliberations with the BJP leaders on devising the strategy for the crucial Assembly elections which is about less than 10 months away. Mr Amit Shah will be landing in Madurai where he was expected to meet the State BJP leaders and core committee members, besides the alliance party leaders, including its key partner the main Opposition, headi ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday (June 6, 2025) announced that the funeral of retired Madras High Court judge and former chairman of the State Backward Classes Commission, Justice M.S. Janarthanam, would be held with police honours, in recognition of his contributions to social justice. Justice Janarthanam, who had also served as president of the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, passed away in Chennai on Friday. He was 89. In his condolence message, Mr. S ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: The meeting between auditor S Gurumurthy and former Chennai Corporation Mayor Saidai S Duraisamy held with PMK leader S Ramadoss on Thursday, was a personal meeting and the BJP had nothing to do with it, said BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran. Nagenthran visited Erode on Thursday to pay condolences to BJP Modakurichi MLA Dr C Saraswathi's daughter Karunambika Kumar and met media persons at Coimbatore airport. He said that the issue within PMK is an internal issue and it cannot ...Read More >
CUDDALORE: The internal rift within the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) would be resolved in a couple of days, Tamizhaga Valvurimai Katchi leader T Velmurugan said on Thursday. He stated that PMK cannot be broken by anyone and expressed confidence that unity would prevail. Speaking to media persons in Cuddalore, Velmurugan said, "My brother Thirumavalavan met PMK founder Dr Ramadoss at Thailapuram Garden. The meeting was widely criticised, but it had no political motive. My family, my brothers, and ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: BJP state president Nainar Nagendran on Thursday ruled out the BJP's interference in resolving the internal conflict of the PMK. "It's PMK's internal issue, which needs to be resolved through talks by PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss and party founder S Ramadoss. 'Auditor' Gurumurthy and former AIADMK legislator 'Saidai' S Duraisamy met Ramadoss for personal reasons, and the BJP has no links in it," he said to the media at Coimbatore International Airport. However, the BJP leader sa ...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 Ju ...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 ...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 Ya ...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 ...Read More >
Bhopal, June 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Parliamentary affairs, Kailash Vijayvargiya stirred controversy on Thursday with remarks disapproving of women wearing short outfits, asserting that such a trend is a foreign concept of beauty and not aligned with Indian tradition. A six-time legislator and a state government minister, Vijayvargiya emphasised that in Indian culture, women are regarded as a form of Goddess and ...Read More >
VILLUPURAM: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss called on his father and party founder S Ramadoss at the Thailapuram farmhouse on Thursday in an apparent effort to end the cold war between the two and resolve the ongoing issues between them. The meeting lasted about 45 minutes.However, political observers believed that the meeting did not resolve the issues between the father and son, as neither met the press, hinting that they had not reached an amicable solution for reconciliation."The much-awaite ...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 ...Read More >
Chennai, My 28 (UNI) The ruling DMK on Wednesday announced its candidates for the June 19 biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu to fll up six seats, by allotting one seat to its ally actor-politician and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) Founder Kamal Haasan who is all set to enter Parliament for the first time. The DMK, which could win easily four seats in the 234-member Assembly, will contest three seats. The Opposition AIADMK, with 66 members (including four from the rebel camp ...Read More >
CHENNAI: BJP functionary Khushbu Sundar on Thursday questioned the inaction of the Tamil Nadu Commission for Women in the Anna University rape case. Speaking to reporters at the BJP headquarters in Chennai, Khushbu asked, "What was the state commission for women doing? What were its members doing? Why didn't the commission inquire about the case, and why didn't their members speak about it? Even the members of the National Commission for Women (NCW) were in Chennai to inquire into the incident. ...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 presid ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin vowed to block tungsten mining in Melur, Madurai, despite the Union Government granting rights to Hindustan Zinc Limited. The state assembly passed a resolution condemning the decision, citing environmental and heritage concerns. Stalin urged the Prime Minister to cancel the mining rights, emphasizing the state's disapproval and the public's anxiety.Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday said that as long as he is the Chief Minister of the state he will ...Read More >
Responding to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) floor leader G.K. Mani, who raised the issue in the House, Mr. Stalin said, "Adani did not meet me nor did I meet him." Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday (December 10, 2024) told the State Assembly that he had not met Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani, dismissing rumours about the conglomerate's alleged links to the State. Responding to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) floor leader G.K. Mani, who raised the issue in the House, Mr. Stalin said ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin responding to a query from PMK floor leader GK Mani in the Assembly on Tuesday, categorically denied meeting Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani. Mani, during his speech during the zero hour, raised a query about media reports about a case registered in the US court against Adani, which included purported connections with the Tamil Nadu government, and sought the state government's explanation on the issue. Responding to him, Stalin clarified, "Neithe ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin firmly denied allegations linking him to industrialist Gautam Adani as presented by the BJP and its ally, the PMK. During a recent Assembly session, Stalin challenged opposition leaders to initiate a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) inquiry into the allegations surrounding Adani's company. Addressing PMK leader G. K. Mani, Stalin reiterated that he had never met Adani, dismissing claims of any existing ties. He asked if the opposition was willing to eng ...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 ...Read More >
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