DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s eradicate Sanatan Dharma remark sparks row; BJP calls it ‘genocidal’

DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s eradicate Sanatan Dharma remark sparks row; BJP calls it ‘genocidal’

DMK Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin. | Photo Credit: PTI Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK minister and son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on September 2 called for the “eradication’ of the Sanatan Dharma” and equated it with diseases like dengue and malaria, inviting sharp criticism from BJP leaders. BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya … Read more

Eshwarappa stops Tamil Nadu state song at campaign meet in Shivamogga, insists on playing Karnataka state song

Eshwarappa stops Tamil Nadu state song at campaign meet in Shivamogga, insists on playing Karnataka state song

Former minister K.S. Eshwarappa, Tamil Nadu BJP chief K. Annamalai and others at a BJP campaign meeting in Shivamogga on Thursday, April 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: Sathish GT Former minister K.S. Eshwarappa, on Thursday, stopped a Tamil Nadu state song being played as an invocation at a campaign meeting and insisted that the Kannada … Read more

No issues with Annamalai, alliance with BJP continues: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi Palaniswami

No issues with Annamalai, alliance with BJP continues: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi Palaniswami

AIADMK general secetary Edappadi K Palaniswamy (right) and Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai during an event in Chennai. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu A day after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday, April 27, 2023, … Read more

BJP to hold “institution” over individual in AIADMK faction fight

BJP to hold “institution” over individual in AIADMK faction fight

C. T. Ravi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu BJP general secretary in-charge for Tamil Nadu C. T. Ravi described his and the party’s Tamil Nadu unit chief K. Annamalai’s visits to leaders of both the factions of the AIADMK, former Chief Ministers O. Panneerselvam and Edapaddi K. Palaniswamy as an “effort” to unite the … Read more

Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai State govt. to regularise employment of nurses engaged during COVID-19

Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai State govt. to regularise employment of nurses engaged during COVID-19

Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai. | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party president K. Annamalai on Saturday strongly condemned the State government for not extending the contract of roughly 6,000 nurses employed temporarily during COVID-19. These nurses were engaged for a monthly salary of ₹ 14,000 per month and their contract, … Read more

Fighting the menace of online gambling

Fighting the menace of online gambling

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi has chosen to remain silent on the fate of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill even four weeks after the Ordinance on the same subject lapsed. There are several pieces of legislation awaiting the Governor’s clearance, but the Bill in question is different … Read more

Senthilbalaji, Tamil Nadu’s resourceful party hopper

Senthilbalaji, Tamil Nadu’s resourceful party hopper

Corruption allegations against V. Senthilbalaji are a problem for M.K. Stalin Corruption allegations against V. Senthilbalaji are a problem for M.K. Stalin As Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin goes after some former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Ministers on corruption charges, he is facing uncomfortable questions on inaction against his cabinet colleague … Read more