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 […]
Sengottai: Only municipality to be ruled by AIADMK out of 138 in TN
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 […]
Urban poll rout may lead to call for leadership change in AIADMK
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 […]
Kamal Haasan’s MNM draws a blank in Urban polls
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, […]
Independent candidates win two town panchayats in TN in Urban polls
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 […]
BJP leader who supported Godse wins from Chennai seat
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 […]
DMK Transgender corporator has major plans for her ward in Vellore
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 […]
V.K. Sasikala to emerge as a major focal point in AIADMK after urban poll rout
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 […]
DMK victory ‘artificial’, AIADMK leader Panneerselvam
Chennai, Feb 22 (BPNS) AIADMK Chief coordinator and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam said that the victory of the DMK was artificial. He said that the elections did not truly reflect the people’s feelings and that if the polls were held in a free fair and just manner, AIADMK would have seen […]



