New Delhi, July 14 (BPNS) Just three days ahead of the Presidential election scheduled on July 18, the joint opposition nominee for the top post, Yashwant Sinha, faced a major setback after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) officially announced its support for NDA Candidate Draupadi Murmu. The announcement came close on the heels of Shiv […]
TN BJP writes letter to Governor to suspend state ADGP intelligence
Chennai, July 14 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu state president of BJP, K. Annamalai has written a letter to state Governor, R. N. Ravi, requesting him to immediately direct the state government to suspend the Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence) Davidson Devaasirvatham. The BJP president also requested for suspension of three other police officials. The senior […]
PMK wants removal of Hindi words from classical Tamil institute’s name board, website
Chennai, July 14 (BPNS) The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), the political arm of the powerful Vanniyar community has urged the state government to immediately remove Hindi inscriptions on the name board of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) in Perumbakkam. PMK founder leader, Dr. S. Ramadoss said that the board bears the name in […]
AIADMK expels OPS son’s, sixteen others from party
Chennai, July 14 (BPNS) The lone Member of Parliament of the AIADMK, O.P . Raveendranath who is the son of O. Panneerselvam, his brother, and sixteen others were expelled from the party. The AIADMK interim general secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami expelled Raveendranath, his brother Jayapradeep, former minister Vellamandi N. Natarajan and other leaders from the […]
Sunak wins first round in Tory leadership contest, but Boris puts a spanner in the works
London, July 13 (BPNS) Erstwhile Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, who is of East African Indian origin, won the first round of balloting in the British ruling Conservative party to choose a Prime Minister, attracting 88 votes. Penny Mordaunt, a former Defence Secretary, came second with 67 votes. Third was Liz Truss, Foreign Secretary, […]
Palaniswami to face tough hurdles in AIADMK politics
Chennai, July 13 (BPNS) The newly anointed interim general secretary of AIADMK, and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappady K. Palaniswami is facing tough hurdles in the inner-party politics of the party and to bring it ahead as a credible opposition. The AIADMK in its general council meeting on July 11, Monday had paved […]
TN Police provide protection to residences of OPS and EPS amid AIADMK intra-party fight
Chennai, July 13 (BPNS) With both Edappady K. Palaniswami (EPS) and O. Panneerselvam (OPS)claiming to operate the bank accounts of AIADMK, Tamil Nadu police have provided security to the residences of both the leaders. The AIADMK general council meeting held on July 11 has appointed Edappady K. Palaniswami as the party interim general secretary and […]
TN woman says that minister tapped on her head with affection and did not hit her
Chennai, July 13 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu woman, Kalavathi of Palavanatham said that the state revenue minister, K.K.S.S.R Ramachandran did not hit her on the head but rather had tapped on her head with affection. BJP Tamil Nadu unit president, K. Annamalai in a tweet on Tuesday along with a video said that the revenue […]
BJP on a spree to sabotage, subjugate and subvert judiciary: Cong
New Delhi, July 12 (BPNS) The Congress on Tuesday alleged that the BJP is interfering in the functioning of the judiciary and is on a spree to sabotage it as was shown in some recent incidents. Addressing a press conference here, Congress spokesperson and senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, “The Modi government’s approach towards […]
Kerala CM comes out against minister Jaishankar’s visit
Thiruvananthapuram, July 12 (BPNS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the Union External affairs minister, S. Jaishankar camping at the state capital Thiruvananthapuram is with certain objectives including the next loksabha polls. Pinarayi was speaking at a public programme here on Tuesday. He said that the minister visiting the National highway project at […]