Chennai, Feb 25 (BPNS) The issue regarding construction of a new mosque at Sarakar Mundy street in the Vellore district continues unresolved after mediatory talks between Hindu groups and Muslim groups could not reach a stalemate. The situation continues to be tense with heavy police personnel guarding the place. The issue snowballed into a major […]
Chennai, Feb 25 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Public Works Department (PWD) officials have walked out of a Supreme court-appointed sub-committee meeting expressing non-cooperation of Kerala forest officials. The meeting was held at Kumali in Kerala on Friday, sources in the Tamil Nadu PWD department told BPNS. The sub-committee comprises an official from the Central Water Commission […]
Chennai, Feb 24 (BPNS) The extent of drubbing the AIADMK has faced in the urban local body polls can be understood over the fact that the only municipality which will be ruled by the opposition party is Sengottai out of the 138 municipalities in the state where elections were held. In Sengottai, out of the […]
Chennai, Feb 23 (BPNS) The rout in the Urban local body elections will in all likelihood lead to a call for a change of leadership in AIADMK. The party is now led jointly by former Chief Minister’s O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi K. Palaniswami. In the previous Urban local body elections, held in 2011, the AIADMK […]
Chennai, Feb 23 (BPNS) The Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) of Super Star turned politician, Kamal Haasan drew a blank in the Urban local body elections even though it had contested several seats across the state. In the 2021 assembly elections and the 2021 October Rural local body elections, the party had drawn a blank. However, […]
Chennai, Feb 23 (BPNS) Independent candidates won handsomely in two panchayats of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu in the Urban local body polls defeating established political parties. In Sayalkudi town panchayat and in Kamuthi town panchayat independent candidates literally stole the show winning all the fifteen seats in the former while losing one seat to […]
Chennai, Feb 23 (BPNS) BJP woman leader, Uma Anandhan who had courted controversy over supporting Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi has won the Urban polls from ward 134 in West Mambalam constituency of Greater Chennai Corporation. She won the seat by a margin of 2,036 votes. Uma had courted controversy during an interview […]
Chennai, Feb 23 (BPNS) R. Ganga, the transgender candidate of the DMK who had won from ward 37 of Vellore corporation has major plans for her constituency. She won the elections with a slender margin of 15 votes against her AIADMK rival. Ganga is a social activist based out of Vellore and is the Secretary […]
Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) The rout of the AIADMK in the Urban Local body polls will bring in major questions to be answered by the present leadership of the party led by two former Chief Ministers, O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi. K. Palaniswami. It may be noted that the DMK returned to power after a gap […]
Chennai, Feb 22 (BPNS) The DMK led alliance has swept the urban local body elections of Tamil Nadu when 75 % of the results were declared. The urban polls are held after a gap of eleven years in the state and the win of the DMK is considered as a stamp of approval for the […]
