Madras HC warns Rajinikanth as he moves court over tax demand for marriage hall

October 15, 2020

When a petition filed by Tamil superstar Rajinikanth came up for hearing before Justice Anitha Sumanth on Wednesday, the judge questioned the petitioner why he reached the Madras High Court before exhausting other remedies with the Chennai Corporation. The judge also questioned why the petitioner, who wrote a letter to...

A day after joining BJP, Khushbu calls Congress a ‘mentally retarded’ party

October 14, 2020

Cine actor Khushbu Sundar has called the Congress “mentally retarded” party when asked about the remarks made by the Congress state president K.S. Alagiri. Khushbu arrived at the Chennai airport after joining BJP in Delhi. She was accorded a rousing welcome at the Chennai airport where hundreds of the BJP...

Madras HC pulls up Centre for excluding PG degree in Tamil as minimum qualification for archaeology course

October 10, 2020

The Madurai bench of Madras High Court on Friday asked the Central government to explain what action has been taken against the authorities for not including a Master’s degree in Tamil as a minimum qualification for getting admission to the two-year post-graduate diploma in archaeology course offered by the Archaeological...

Post marathon meetings, Palaniswami becomes AIADMK’s CM candidate

October 8, 2020

The confusion that persisted within the AIADMK has come to an end for now. After the midnight marathon meetings between the leaders which lasted till 3:30 am, a truce was reached by both the camp leaders. On Wednesday, AIADMK cadres started gathering outside the party office at 7 am, and...

Despite negotiations, no end to differences between EPS & OPS

October 7, 2020

Turmoil has hit the AIADMK as warring factions of Deputy CM O. Panneerselvam (OPS) and Chief Minister E. Palaniswamy (EPS) have intensified their respective campaigns on the issue of a chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Assembly polls. The AIADMK was supposed to announce its CM candidate on Tuesday, but...

Amid EPS-OPS tussle, AIADMK may delay announcement of CM candidate

October 6, 2020

With the rift in the AIADMK widening due to EPS and OPS being at loggerheads, the announcement of the party’s chief ministerial candidate for Assembly polls to be held next year is likely to be delayed. The party had earlier declared that the chief ministerial candidate for the next year’s...

CBSE’S QUIZ CIRCULAR WITH ONLY ‘HINDI-ENGLISH’ OPTIONS IRKS DMK, ACADEMICS IN TAMIL NADU

October 3, 2020

The issue of language has once again dominated the public as well as political discourse in Tamil Nadu, with academics and DMK objecting to CBSE conducting a quiz competition only in Hindi and English, ignoring the state’s language. The issue arose when the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) recently...

3 held for raping 22-year-old woman

October 2, 2020

Three men have been arrested for gang raping a 22-year-old from Assam. The victim was raped on the pretext of a job offer by five men who called her to Tiruppur from Coimbatore. The woman in her complaint has stated that she already knew Rajesh Kumar and she has requested...

RIFT WIDENS IN AIADMK AS POLITICAL JOUSTING FOR ‘CM FACE’ CONTINUE

October 1, 2020

Political jousting in AIADMK for the chief ministerial candidate for the next assembly polls continued on Wednesday, with Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam holding discussions with his supporters at his residence. But to his utter disappointment, only a handful of supporters turned up at Panneerselvam’s residence. Panneerselvam’s close...

TN DEPUTY CM SKIPS COVID REVIEW MEET, GOES INTO A HUDDLE WITH SUPPORTERS

September 30, 2020

A day after acrimonious AIADMK executive meeting, the party coordinator and Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam skipped a meeting chaired by Chief Minister K Palaniswami on COVID-19, and was closeted with a section of leaders on Tuesday. This is being seen as an important development given the...