Vellore village boycott local polls as Panchayath president seat reserved for SC(Woman)
Chennai, Oct 6 (BPNS) While the first phase of the rural local body polls in Tamil Nadu concluded with no untoward incidents except for some small skirmishes, the residents of Ammundi panchayath in Vellore district boycotted the elections. The boycott was due to the panchayath president post being reserved for SC women. No person voted […]
TN State election commission, police on high alert as first phase of rural local body polls on Wednesday
Chennai, Oct 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu State election commissioner, S. Palanikumar is conducting virtual meeting of officials of all the nine districts where the first phase of rural local body polls are being held on October 6, Wednesday. The rural local body polls are being conducted in two phases on October 6 and October […]
AIADMK rural local body campaign revolved around late Jayalalithaa
Chennai, Oct 5 (BPNS) The AIADMK campaign in the rural local body polls mainly revolved around former Chief Minister, late J. Jayalalithaa with the belief that her charisma and administrative prowess would carry the party win in the electoral hustings. In Tenkasi, Kannappan( 43) who is a candidate of the AIADMK in the rural local […]
MNM, DMDK still licking the wounds inflicted during 2021 assembly polls in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, Oct 5 (BPNS) Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) of Superstar turned politician Kamal Haasan and Desiya Dravida Munporku Kazhakam (DMDK) led by actor turned politician Vijaykanth seems to have lost their steam after the assembly polls of 2021 when both the parties faced a drubbing. The MNM and DMDK which had arrived in the political […]
Stalin demands high level, impartial inquiry into farmers death at Lakhimpur Kheri
Chennai, Oct 5 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin has in a tweet on Tuesday called for a high-level, impartial inquiry into the incident at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh which claimed the lives of nine people including that of a journalist. Stalin also condemned the custody and arrest of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who […]
AIADMK comes out against DMK, says Karunanidhi was a betrayer, not MGR
Chennai, Oct 1 (BPNS) The AIADMK leadership has lashed out against the ruling DMK over the reported statement of its senior leader and state Water resources minister, S. Duraimurugan that MGR was a betrayer in a recent DMK party meeting. AIADMK leaders and former Chief Ministers, O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi K. Palaniswami in a joint […]
TN Government appoints special officers for two new police commissionerates
Chennai, Oct 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government appointed two senior police officers as special officers for the newly formed Tambaram and Avadi police commissionerates. The order was issued by the state’s additional home secretary, S.K. Prabhakar M.Ravi a 1991 batch IPS officer and a native of Dindigul and Sanjay Kumar Rathode, a 1992 batch […]
TN Chief Minister advises new Civil services recruits to remember the words of Annadurai
Chennai, Oct 1 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin has advised the new Civil service recruits to remember the words of former Chief Minister, C.N. Annadurai in their future carrier. Stalin was addressing a facilitating meeting of the successful candidates of Civil services examination of 2020 at Anna Institute of Management on Friday. Chief Minister […]
40 differently-abled persons contesting rural local body polls in Tamil Nadu
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 […]