Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami, DMK chief Stalin condole Seshan's death
India | November 11, 2019 16:55 ISTPalaniswami, in his message, hailed Seshan as a hardworker and an excellent administrator.
Palaniswami, in his message, hailed Seshan as a hardworker and an excellent administrator.
Congress' A. John Kumar won the polls with 14,782 votes, defeating his nearest rival and AINRC party nominee S. Bhuvaneswarane, who managed 7,611 votes.
DMK President M K Stalin announced the 66-year old Pugazhenthi's candidature in a party statement.
"The schools owned by DMK functionaries should shift to state board syllabus from CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) stream," BJP's National Secretary H Raja said.
On 141st birth anniversary of E Venkatappa Ramasamy, famously known as Periyar, the nation remembers the great leader who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. Best known as the Father of Dravidian Movement, Periyar has done exemplary works against Brahminical dominance, casteism and women oppression in Tamil Nadu.
The Chennai police have filed an FIR against AIADMK leader Jayagopal in connection with the 22-year-old Subhashree on Sunday. The victim who was working in a software company was run over by a water tanker as she fell down on the road when an illegal life-size hoarding put up by a ruling AIADMK functionary fell on her on Thursday.
The constituency was to go to polls on April 18, but the voting was put off after Rs 10 crore was seized from the DMK leaders in the Vellore district. Rescinding the vote, the Election Commission had said it was "fully satisfied" that the electoral process in Vellore had been vitiated on account of unlawful activities on behalf of DMK candidate Kathir Anand and some of its workers.
A former DMK woman mayor, and two others, including her husband, were hacked to death by unidentified persons here Tuesday in a daring daylight attack, police said.
A statement issued by DMK President M.K. Stalin announced the name of Anand as the Lok Sabha candidate from the Vellore constituency for which polling will be held on August 5.
Udhayanidhi Stalin has been appointed the Secretary of the DMK youth wing, on Thursday. Udayanidhi Stalin has worked in Tamil-language films. With his production studio, Red Giant Movies, he entered the film industry as a film producer and distributor.
After hearing the initial arguments, a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it will look into the matter and consider listing of the DMK's petition seeking court's direction to disqualify the MLAs, which also include Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam.
"Public distribution is a fundamental right of state governments. The Union food minister does not understand the repercussions that would follow if such a right is infringed upon," DMK president M K Stalin said in a statement.
"The Centre has retreated. Imposing (Hindi) and retreating is their chameleon like acting," DMK said.
DMK president Stalin even referred to Sonia as 'Annai' (mother). Congress leaders in Tamil Nadu mentioned Sonia Gandhi as "Annai Sonia" as a mark of respect.
S. Ramadoss, founder of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), said Hindi should not be imposed in Tamil Nadu.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi fought from Wayanad and won in style. Kerala was one of only two states where Congress resisted the Modi Blitzkrieg.
As per the trends available from the counting centres, the DMK was leading in 21 places, the Congress in 8, CPI-M and CPI and VCK in two each and IUML in one seat.
Exit polls conducted by various agencies after the conclusion of Lok Sabha elections on Sunday predicted DMK to win major number of seats in Tamil Nadu.
The Opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu Thursday criticised the Election Commission for curtailing campaigning in West Bengal by 20 hours, throwing its weight behind West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC.
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