Chennai, Sept 28 (BPNS) 40 people who are differently-abled will be contesting the rural local body polls in Tamil Nadu to be held on October 6 and October 9. This includes a father, daughter duo also. Kavitha. A of Navammal Kapperi Village in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu wanted to contest the rural local body […]
Puducherry, Sept 28 (BPNS) Prime minister, Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated BJP leader, S. Selvaganabathy on his election to the Rajya Sabha from the Union Territory. Modi in his tweet said, “ It is a matter of immense pride for every BJP Karyakarta that our party has got its first-ever Rajya Sabha MP from Puducherry […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 26 (BPNS) The Bharath Bandh announced by opposition parties in support of the farmer’s agitation will turn into a lockdown in the state of Kerala with the ruling LDF and the opposition UDF supporting the farmer’s cause. The state has already announced that all University examinations scheduled for Monday would be postponed. Public transport […]
Chennai, Sept 24 (BPNS) The founder leader of Vannniyar political outfit, Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), and a medical doctor himself, Dr. S. Ramadoss has called for the cancellation of the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) for the current academic year. He was responding to the impersonation scam during the NEET at Nagpur. In a […]
Chennai, Sept 24 (BPNS) The ruling DMK of Tamil Nadu is campaigning extensively in all districts to make the ‘Bharath Bandh’ of September 27 a success in the state. The party has appealed to the people to make the bandh a success as it was for protecting the rights of the farming community of the […]
Chennai, Sept 24 (BPNS) The founder leader of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Dr. S. Ramadoss has said that the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s promise to engage Tamil diaspora on civil war-related issues is a ‘political drama. In a statement of Friday, the senior PMK leader said that the Sri Lankan President is now […]
Chennai, Sept 23 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) state leadership is on a firefighting mode to try and persuade several party local leaders who have filed nomination papers against the party ally and big brother in the state coalition, DMK. When the last date for filing of nominations for the rural local body polls […]
Chennai,Sept 22(BPNS)Tamil Nadu Finance minister ,PTR Thiagarajan has drawn flak over usibg the word ‘ Schizophrenic’ against Tamil Nadu BJP unit president ,K.Annamalai.In a tweet on Tuesday night ,Thiagarajan came out heavily againt Annamalai in the tweet ” So .. The schizophrenic’ Kannadiga till I die’, except when 100% Tamil or ” IPS version threat […]
Chennai, Sept 22 (IANS) Puducherry will have local body polls in three phases from October 21 to October 28 after a gap of fifteen years. The previous elections were held in 2006 and the period ended after five years in 2011. The announcement was made by the Puducherry State Election Commissioner, Roy P. Thomas in […]
Chennai, Sept 22 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu state election commission has given a directive to the district collectors of the nine districts where rural local body elections are to be held to take stringent action on the possibilities of “auction” of president post. Auctioning of posts of village panchayath presidents and panchayath union ward councilors […]
