CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin Sunday decided to send senior DMK functionaries to meet chief ministers and senior politicians from seven states, including BJP-governed Odisha, to rally support for his campaign against Centre’s proposed delimitation exercise.At a meeting with DMK MPs, Stalin assigned responsibility for each of the seven states. Tamal Nadu…
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Continuing his alleged anti-Hindu imposition tirade, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Friday called the Centre’s three-language formula under the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 a “Hindi colonialism“.Stalin, in a post he wrote in English, said Tamil Nadu will not tolerate “Hindi colonialism” replacing “British…
TRICHY: Tamil Nadu‘s crusade against delimitation took “baby steps” towards a full-blown public showdown with the Centre on Monday, with CM M K Stalin calling on newlyweds to “immediately” have children for the state to have an upper hand when the exercise is rolled out in over a year.The CM was speaking at a wedding…
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Thursday stepped up his attack at the BJP-led central government over alleged “Hindi imposition”, saying Hindi “swallowed” over a score of regional languages in the North.Calling the “real” regional languages of North India “relics of the past”, Stalin said…
NEW DELHI: A day after resigning from the BJP, actor-turned-politician Ranjana Nachiyaar joined fellow actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on Wednesday.Nachiyaar attended TVK’s first-anniversary celebration hosted by Vijay at a private resort in Mahabalipuram earlier in the day. She had been with the BJP for eight years.In her resignation letter, which she shared on…
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin fired yet another salvo at the Union govt on Sunday alleging the Advocates Amendment Bill 2025 was a direct assault on the autonomy of the legal profession.In a social media post on Sunday, Stalin said though the Union govt was forced to withdraw the draft bill due to ‘spontaneous…
CUDDALORE: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin upped the ante on Friday in his run-in with the Modi govt over National Education Policy and devolution of funds, saying it would take DMK “just one second to say we won’t pay tax that Union govt is collecting from the state,” reports Bosco Dominique. “Federalism is…
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and DMDK general secretary Premalatha Vijayakant on Saturday announced that the parties would boycott the Erode East bypoll, scheduled for Feb 5. NTK chief coordinator Seeman said the party would contest. The candidate would be made known on Jan 14, he said.Palaniswami’s…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine a plea seeking recall of its Sept 26 bail order to DMK‘s Senthil Balaji on the ground that witnesses may not feel free to depose against a cabinet minister. Balaji was granted bail in a money laundering case linked to a cash-for-jobs scam. In what can…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin continued attacks Sunday on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, saying the state’s leader of opposition “might merge his party with BJP” if there was another income tax search targeting his colleagues.Udhayanidhi recalled that three months ago, EPS had categorically ruled out an alliance with BJP for the…
