Chennai, Nov 13 (BPNS) The whirlwind visit of Union Home minister and senior leader of BJP, Amit Shah in Chennai and the pep talk he has given to party cadres and leaders have boosted up the state BJP. The BJP Tamil Nadu state president, K. Annamalai while speaking to reporters said that Amit Shah had […]
TN Dalit party wants quota in Cooperative Societies
Chennai, Nov 13 (BPNS) Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) leader and Member of Parliament, Thol Thirumavalan has urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin to ensure reservations for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe communities, and women in Cooperative societies of the state. The VCK leader called upon the Government to publish a Government Order in this regard. In […]
EWS Quota is anti- people, AIADMK leader Jayakumar
Chennai, Nov 11 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former minister, D. Jayakumar have said that the 10% quota for the Economically Weaker Section was against the people and that the DMK was playing double games in the matter. He said that the 2006 UPA government at the centre of which DMK was part of had constituted […]
Historic foreword to democratic theory, Stalin on SC freeing Rajiv assassination convicts
Chennai, Nov 11 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has said that the Supreme Court judgment freeing all the six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case is a historic foreword to democratic theory. He welcomed the Supreme Court judgment of Friday freeing all six convicts in the case including Nalini. Stalin said that […]
DMK-led alliance in confusion after Congress welcomes EWS verdict
Chennai, Nov 10 (BPNS) The ruling Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) of Tamil Nadu is in confusion after the Congress, one of the key allies of the alliance, wholeheartedly welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on10% quota for Economically Weaker sections (EWS). The quota is for government jobs as well as for admissions to state-run and private […]
DMK urges President Murmu to recall TN Governor
Chennai, Nov 9 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu’s ruling party DMK has said that it had submitted a memorandum to the President of India Darupadi Murmu for the recall of Governor, R.N. Ravi. According to a statement by the DMK, the memorandum has been signed by Lok sabha and Rajya sabha members of the party as well as […]
AIADMK on defense after EPS silence over EWS quota verdict
Chennai, Nov 9 (BPNS) The opposition AIADMK is on a sticky wicket in Tamil Nadu after the silence of the party interim general secretary and former Chief Minister, Edappadi K . Palansiwami on the Supreme Court upholding the reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWC) which is a major political and social issue in the state. […]
Tamil Nadu electorate touches 6.18 crore
Chennai, Nov 9 (BPNS) The integrated draft electoral rolls published by the Election Commission of India on Wednesday show that Tamil Nadu has a total electorate of 6.18 crore. The draft voters’ list comprises 3.14 crore women and 3.03 crore men and 7,700 trans persons. Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu, Satyabrata Basu in a […]
CPI-M in a spot over posting controversy in Thiruvananthapuram corporation
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 6(BPNS) The CPI-M is In a spot after the reported letter of the. Thiruvananthapuram corporation Mayor , Arya Rajendran reportedly writing a letter to the CPI-M Thiruvananthapuram district secretary Anavoor Nagappan citing temporary vacancies in the corporation. The youngest Mayor of the country has allegedly written a letter to the district secretary asking […]
Coimbatore police to install CCTV cameras in Mettupalayam and Pollachi
Chennai , Nov 6(BPNS) The Coimbatore rural police is for installing CCTV cameras in Mettupalayam and Pollachi areas of the district after the Coimbatore car explosion in which a person died. Rural police Superintendent,V.Badarinarayanan while speaking to media persons said that some people were questioned and detained by the police after the blast and the […]