Kochi, July 15 (BPNS) Kerala gold smuggling case prime accused Swapna Suresh, who has taken on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to expose his and his family’s “wrongdoings” , on Friday accused him of hounding all those who are supporting her. “A poor driver of mine is the latest victim of Vijayan’s anger towards me as […]
OPS expels 40 AIADMK functionaries including former ministers
Chennai, July 15 (BPNS) Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam who is fighting a bitter power struggle in AIADMK against Edappadi K. Palaniswami has expelled 40 functionaries of AIADMK including former ministers. In a statement on Friday, OPS said that the functionaries including former ministers had acted against the party principles and brought disrepute […]
K’taka PSI recruitment scandal: Cong demands lie detector test of accused
Bengaluru, July 15 (BPNS) Karnataka’s opposition Congress on Thursday demanded a lie detector test (polygraph test) for government officers arrested in connection with the Police Sub-Inspector recruitment scandal. The CID has arrested senior IPS officer and ADGP Amrit Paul in connection with the scandal, along with many other police officers, ranking from Sub-Inspector to Deputy […]
Setback to Sinha as after Sena, JMM announces support for Murmu
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 […]



