Vanathi for TN state government to create a database of unorganized workers
Chennai, Aug 21 (BPNS) BJP Mahila Morcha national president and Member of Legislative Assembly from Coimbatore, Vanathi Sreenivasan has urged the state government to create a database of workers in the unorganized sector. Vanathi was speaking to reporters after distributing e-Shram and Ayushman Bharath scheme identity cards to a few beneficiaries on Sunday at Coimbatore. […]
Anand Sharma quits as chairman of Steering Committee of Himachal Cong
New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) In a jolt to the Congress ahead of assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, its senior leader Anand Sharma on Sunday resigned from the chairmanship of the party’s steering committee for the state. Sharma, in a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, is learnt to have said that his self-respect is […]
Poll schedule to elect new Cong chief gets underway, party says it will stick to schedule
New Delhi, Aug 21 (BPNS) The process for the election of Congress president got underway on Sunday, with the party’s election authority saying it would stick to the schedule of electing a new chief by September 20. Chairman of the party’s Central Election Authority Madhusudan Mistry told PTI that it was up to the Congress […]
Kerala Assembly’s 10-day session from August 22
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (PTI) A 10-day-long session of the Kerala Assembly will begin on August 22 with a special one-day conference to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the country’s independence. Announcing the new session, Speaker M B Rajesh said the first day would be dedicated only to the special conference and there would be no […]
Developments in Bihar positive sign for national politics: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow, Aug 18 (PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Thursday that the political shift in Bihar is a “positive sign” and hoped a strong alternative to the BJP is formed in the 2024 parliamentary polls. He also claimed that the BJP’s allies in Uttar Pradesh are not happy with it and will also break […]
DK want secular forces to unite against RSS growth in TN
Chennai, Aug 20 (BPNS) Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) President, K. Veeramani said that the secular forces of Tamil Nadu must unite together and prevent the growth of RSS which was trying to create a foothold in the state. He said that RSS general secretary, Dattatreya Hosabale in his recent visit to Chennai had spoken about liberating […]
Drug proliferation in TN: AIADMK calls for CM to allow police to act independently
Chennai, Aug 13 (BPNS) The AIADMK interim general secretary and former Chief Minister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami called for the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to allow the state police to function independently to curb the drug proliferation in the state. In a statement on Saturday, the former Chief Minister said that he had raised […]
Jaleel withdraws remarks, but controversy refuses to die down
Thiruvananthapuram, August 13 (BPNS) The CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front government in the state has once again been put in a spot by Thavanur MLA KT Jaleel. In the latest, he stirred a hornet’s nest by making some controversial remarks on Jammu and Kashmir via a Facebook post. Though the former minister withdrew his comments, […]
CPM leader and former minister K.T. Jaleel draws flak over Kashmir remarks
Chennai, Aug 12 (BPNS) CPM leader ,KT Jaleel MLA who was a minister in the first Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet has drawn flak over serious anti- national remarks on Kashmir. The former minister in a facebook post stated that during partition Kashmir was divided into two and that the Kashmir part in Pakistan was Azad Kashmir […]