Intense rivalry between AIADMK factions rocking the party

Arun Lakshman/ Chennai Even as the DMK is basking in the glory of successive electoral victories from the General elections of 2019 to the recent urban local body elections, the opposition AIADMK battered and bruised is now facing a major organizational crisis. The AIADMK Theni district committee has recently held a meeting in the farmhouse […]

Chennai’s first Dalit Woman Mayor, R. Priya sworn in

Chennai, March 4 (BPNS) R. Priya, the DMK candidate for the post of Chennai Mayor was elected unopposed on Friday. 28-year-old Priya is a Postgraduate in Commerce and is a first-time councilor. She is the first Dalit Mayor of the Chennai Corporation and the third woman to do so. Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner, Gagan Singh […]

Amid rebel threat, DMKs R. Sundari becomes Cuddalore corporation’s, first Mayor

Chennai, March 4 (BPNS) The Cuddalore corporation Mayor election witnessed some tense moments for the DMK with the party’s official candidate R. Sundari challenged by a rebel candidate. However the cadre party’s writ prevailed and Sundari got elected garnering 19 votes against the rebel candidate, Geetha’s 11 votes. On Thursday evening 11 newly elected councilors […]

Mafia will be set free if SP voted to power: Amit Shah

Azamgarh (UP), Mar 3 The mafia serving time in jail will be released if the Samajwadi Party comes to power in Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday, adding that the Akhilesh Yadav-led party and the BSP have tasted defeat in the first five rounds of polling. Shah also announced free electricity to […]