Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: BJP’s vote share crosses half-way mark in several states, close to 50% in UP In its landslide victory, the BJP has seen its vote share soar past 50 per cent in at least 13 states and Union territories, a feat which the rival Congress could manage only in Puducherry. In […]
Six days after the police firing on anti-Sterlite that killed 13 people, Tamil Nadu government on Monday issued an order to permanently close Sterlite Copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi budging to the public pressure. A decision to this effect was taken at the meeting chaired by chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy and deputy chief minister […]
Sasikala said Jayalalithaa’s birthday was celebrated with fervour every year, but “I never thought this year will turn out to be so challenging.”On the eve of former Tamil Nadu chief minister late 69th birthday, AIADMK chief Natarajan on Thursday said she was feeling “lonely” in the absence of her predecessor and long-time friend. In a […]
Chennai: A day after Edappadi K Palaniswami met C Vidyasagar Rao with a list of legislators supporting him, the Tamil Nadu Governor on Thursday invited the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (AIADMK) legislature party leader to form a government. Palaniswami is part of AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala camp. Earlier on Wednesday, AIADMK general […]
The sharing of waters of the Kaveri river has been the source of a serious conflict between the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The genesis of this conflict rests in two agreements in 1892 and 1924 between the erstwhile Madras Presidency and Princely State of Mysore. The 802 kilometres (498 mi) Kaveri river […]
Chennai: Having faced the ignominy of complet rout in the Lok Sabha polls, DMK chief M. Karunanidhi has found an emotive to chart his comeback into political prominence. Karunanidhi, Thursday, hit out at the Narendra Modi-led government for giving priority to Hindi. The Union Home Ministry had recently issued an order asking government departments and […]
Lok Sabha Election 2014 Results 563 million people have cast their votes in the Indian elections with exit polls predicting a huge victory for Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party Overview India’s general election, which starts on 7 April, will be the largest vote ever held. About 814,500,000 people will have a […]
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday decided to release all seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The seven include the three whose death sentence was commuted to life by the Supreme Court yesterday. The decision to release them was taken at a emergency cabinet meet chaired by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. She […]
