Congress opted for a cautious approach on Sunday, refraining from making any remarks on AAP national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s 10 guarantees of INDIA bloc, which received endorsements from allies like Shiv Sena, DMK, TMC, and JMM.Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav said AAP’s guarantees are akin to the latter’s manifesto, much like Congress’s…
NEW DELHI: C Velayutham, a former BJP MLA in the Tamil Nadu state assembly and dedicated social worker, died on Wednesday. Velayutham made history by becoming the first BJP member to be elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Padmanabhapuram Assembly constituency in the 1996 elections.He emerged victorious against DMK‘s Bala Janathipathy.However, he…
CHENNAI: DMK has moved the Madras HC challenging the validity of ECI rules mandating it to approach only the SC for appeals against the commission’s order regarding pre-certification of poll advertisements.Admitting the plea, the bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala and Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad directed the poll body to respond by April 17.The…
COIMBATORE/VELLORE/NAGPUR: DMK is “synonymous with corruption and scams”, PM Narendra Modi said on Wednesday while targeting Tamil Nadu’s governing party during two Lok Sabha election rallies for NDA candidates in Vellore and Nilgiris constituencies. Later in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, Modi questioned Congress‘s commitment to implementing “Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution” nationwide, referencing Article 370 in J&K that…
season isn’t just about rival politicians getting to call each other names. In Tamil Nadu, there is a longstanding tradition that if mom and dad can’t agree on a proper name for their newborn, the baton usually passes to a politician.DMK minister Udhayanidhi Stalin sidestepped one such request during a rally in Dharmapuri recently, but…
CHENNAI: An election flying squad seized 4 crore in cash from three people aboard the Chennai-Tirunelveli Nellai Express when the train reached Tambaram station on Saturday night. Inquiries revealed that one of them is a BJP worker with an official party identity card.S Sathish, 33, of Agaram, his brother S Navin, 31, and S Perumal,…
TIRUVANNAMALAI: Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin accused BJP-led NDA govt at the Centre of “using the RTI Act to spread lies among people”, in an apparent reference to BJP’s latest salvo blaming Congress and DMK for conceding Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka.Addressing a public meeting on Wednesday, Stalin said the govt was, till now, using ED,…
NEW DELHI: Raising the issue of Katchatheevu for the second straight day, PM Modi Monday targeted DMK over revelations that the party had consented to renunciation of the island in 1974.Taking to X, Modi mentioned official documents cited by TOI to say that notwithstanding DMK’s public protestations, party stalwart and then CM of Tamil Nadu…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday once again reacted to the Katchatheevu island issue and slammed DMK saying the new details emerging on the matter have “unmasked” the party’s double standards. Taking to X, PM Modi cited a TOI report, which claimed that then chief minister M Karunanidhi had given his concurrence to…
NEW DELHI: “This agreement goes against the interests of the country since it amounts to pure surrender of our territory without going through any of the norms. This is an unholy and disgraceful act of statesmanship unworthy of any govt. Therefore, we do not want to associate ourselves with the statement that is going to…
