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 […]
OPS lashes out against TN government over Swacch Surveskhan ratings
Chennai, Oct 3 (BPNS) AIADMK deposed leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam (OPS) said that the indifference of DMK government has led to the poor performance of Tamil Nadu cities in Swacch Surveskhan national rankings. It is to be noted that in the recent Swacch Surveskhan ranking, Madurai was placed at […]
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 […]
Tharoor gets very little support from home state Kerala for AICC elections
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 2 (BPNS) Shashi Tharoor MP, who has filed his nomination papers for the AICC president post, is getting very little support from his home state Kerala. While he got a shot in the arm after a few young leaders including Hybi Eaden MP, K.S. Sabarinathan former MLA and M.K. Raghavan MP supported him, […]
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 […]
OPS wants Chief Minister to cancel PDS tenders given to erring firms
Chennai, Oct 2 (BPNS) AIADMK deposed leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Paneerselvam has called upon the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to cancel the controversial PDS tenders awarded to three firms that had supplied poor quality products in the Pongal hamper kits in 2021. The three companies were earlier penalized for allegedly […]
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 […]