MDMK to hold protest march in TN against ‘Imposing’ Hindi

Chennai, Oct 4 (BPNS) The Madumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko will lead a protest march of the party at Valluvar Kottam near Chennai on October 6th against the Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement that Hindi was equivalent to English. Vaiko in a statement said that the Tamil people don’t hate Hindi but will […]

Prashant Kishor working on behalf of BJP: JD(U)

Patna, Oct 3 (PTI)  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Monday accused its former national vice president Prashant Kishor of working “on behalf of the BJP” and wondered about the source of funding for his much publicised ‘Jan Suraaj’ campaign. JD(U) president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan also berated Kishor’s statewide “pada yatra” and […]

Kuravar community opposes Narikuruvars using community name

Chennai, Oct 3 (BPNS) The ‘Kuravar’ community of Tamil Nadu has come out strongly against the ‘Narikuravar’s ‘ identifying as ‘Kuravar’. The Kuravar community leaders said that while they were basically from Tamil Nadu, the Narikuravars had migrated to Tamil Nadu from states like Maharashtra and Gujarat. The objection has come after the Narikuravar community […]

BJP Minority wing calls for ban on SDPI

Chennai, Oct 3 (BPNS) The Minority wing of the BJP demanded the ban of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political arm of the banned Popular Front of India. BJP minority wing national secretary, Vellore Syed Ibrahim called upon the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India to ban the Social Democratic Party of […]

Naam Tamilar Katchi wants to be alternative for DMK in TN

Chennai, Oct 3 (BPNS) Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) founder leader and actor turned politician Seeman has called upon the party cadres that he aims for tripling the party vote share in the 2024 general elections. A senior leader of the NTK told BPNS that the party leader, Seeman is determined that the NTK will be in […]

Antony draws flak from party cadres over AICC polls

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 2 (BPNS) Veteran Congress leader and one of the closest confidants of the Gandhi family, A.K. Antony has drawn flak from the Congress cadres of Kerala over he and his son differing in extending support the AICC president candidates. While Antony has extended his support to Mallikarjun Kharge, his son Anil Antony openly […]

RSS holds route march in Puducherry UT

Puducherry, Oct 2 (BPNS) Even as the Tamil Nadu government denied permission to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to conduct a route march on October 2- Gandhi Jayanthi day, the organization conducted a route march or procession at Puducherry. In RSS  terminology, the Union Territory of Puducherry comes under ‘Uttar Tamil Nadu Pranth’. For organizational […]