The Hindu Morning Digest: February 25, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest: February 25, 2024

People walk past a residential building damaged as a result of shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on February 24, 2024, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. | Photo Credit: AFP Indian ‘helper’ dies in Russian war zone Hemil Ashvinbhai Mangukiya, a 23-year-old man from Gujarat who was hired as a security helper by the Russian Army, … Read more

Palaniswami rules out scope for Sasikala in AIADMK after OPS’s ‘respect’ comment

Palaniswami rules out scope for Sasikala in AIADMK after OPS’s ‘respect’ comment

AIADMK top leader K Palaniswami on Sunday reiterated that there is no place for V K Sasikala in the party saying no one could give a new lease of life to a matter that has already been settled. Days after his colleague and party coordinator, O Panneerselvam (OPS) said he personally had respect and admiration … Read more

Karnataka ACB files chargesheet against 6 persons, including Jayalalithaa aide Sasikala

Karnataka ACB files chargesheet against 6 persons, including Jayalalithaa aide Sasikala

The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed a chargesheet in a case relating to alleged irregularities and preferential treatment provided to V K Sasikala, the close aide of former Tamil Nadu chief minister late J Jayalalithaa, at the Central Prison here. The ACB informed the Karnataka High Court that a chargesheet has been filed against … Read more

V K Sasikala’s property near Chennai attached under Benami law by taxmen

V K Sasikala’s property near Chennai attached under Benami law by taxmen

Over a three acre land parcel, linked to V K Sasikala, situated at nearby Payyanoor village was on Wednesday provisionally attached by the Income Tax authorities under the prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act. A Provisional Attachment Order pasted on the premises in the village restrained Sasikala, a former key aide of late Chief Minister … Read more

DMK sticks to Tamil pride and Centre’s hegemony. Will that translate into votes?

DMK sticks to Tamil pride and Centre’s hegemony. Will that translate into votes?

Over the last few weeks, Tamil Nadu’s principal opposition party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, has been increasingly vociferous against Hindi imposition and the decision to hold the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical colleges, both highly volatile subjects in the state. In August, party MP Kanimozhi said her refusal to respond in Hindi … Read more