Chennai, July 10 (UNI) Polling in the high stakes Assembly bye-election to the Vikravandi seat in Tamil Nadu ended on Wednesday evening. Polling, which began at 7.00 am amid tight security, passed off peacefully and ended at 6.00 pm in the evening. The gates of polling centres were closed at 6.00 pm and those who…
Chennai, July 6 (UNI) Senior BJP Leader and Union Minister of State L Murugan on Saturday said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who holds the Home portfolio, should own responsibility over the killing of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) State President K Armstrong last night, and also demanded a CBI probe into it. Talking…
Chennai, (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday night hailed the Indian team for winning the T-20 ICC World Cup title for the second time in style and termed it as historic. In a social media post, he said “CHAMPIONS!”. “Our team brings the T20 World Cup home in STYLE!”, he added. “We are proud…
Chennai, June 27 (UNI) Legislators of the main Opposition AIADMK, who were suspended from participating in the Tamil Nadu Assembly proceedings for the rest of the session, on Thursday began a day long fast demanding a CBI probe into the Kallakurichi spurious liquor tragedy that has claimed 63 lives. All the 61 MLAs led by…
Chennai, June 24 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday announced that an additional 10,000 kms of rural roads in the state would be taken up for development and upgraded in the second phase in the next two years. Making a Statement Under Rule 110 in the State Assembly, he said rural…
Chennai, June 24 (UNI) The Raj Bhavan on Monday night outrightly denied remarks quoting Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi seeking a ban on temple festivals, which were the root cause of alcohol deaths, that led to the Kallakurichi liquor tragedy that has claimed more than 50 lives. In a communique here, it termed it…
Chennai, June 23 (UNI) Union Minister of State (I/C) Ministry of Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal and Minister of State of Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs L Murugan on Sunday said new Criminal laws enacted by the Centre have replaced outdated colonial legislation. They were speaking at a day-long conference organised by the…
Chennai, June 23 (UNI) Union Finance Minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the Kallakurichi liquor tragedy incident, that has claimed more than 50 lives, and questioned the silence of Congress-led INDIA alliance, including its leader Rahul Gandhi, in which the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu was a key partner. It…
Chennai, June 21 (UNI) The spurious liquor tragedy at Karunapuram village in Kallakurichi district mounted to 47, on Friday, even as the Tamil Nadu government ordered a judicial probe into the incident and announced a solatium of Rs ten lakh each to the bereaved families. Reports received here said that nearly 165 people were being…
Chennai, June 16 (UNI) Upping his ante against the Centre on NEET, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Sunday said NEET, an examination masquerading as a measure of merit, has repeatedly revealed itself as a pervasive scam affecting all levels of society. The Union government must stop defending this anti-student,…
