Bengaluru, June 12 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay offered prayers to Goddess Mookambika at the renowned Kollur Mookambika Temple in Karnataka’s Udupi district on Friday. During his visit, Vijay donated a silver sword weighing 1.6 kilograms to the temple. Dressed in a traditional red shalya, he entered the temple amid cheers and applause from a large number of fans gathered near the shrine.Despite light drizzles, Vijay briefly stopped before entering the temple to greet his suppo…
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Chennai, June 9 (IANS) PMK President Anbumani Ramadoss is set to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Tuesday to press for a caste-based census in the state, a move the party says is essential to safeguard Tamil Nadu’s 69 per cent reservation policy. The meeting follows an all-party and community leaders’ conference organised by the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) in Chennai’s T. Nagar on June 5. The conference adopted a resolution urging the state government to conduct a caste ce…
Chennai, June 3 (IANS) AIADMK leader and Member of Parliament (RS) I.S. Inbadurai on Wednesday raised a series of questions over the security arrangements surrounding superstar-turned-politician and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, C. Joseph Vijay, questioning why the new chief minister continues to be accompanied by a private bodyguard despite being protected by an extensive state security apparatus.Vijay, who led his party to victory in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and subseq…
Chennai, June 2 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, on Tuesday met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK President C. Joseph Vijay at the State Secretariat, triggering fresh political speculation over the forthcoming Rajya Sabha bye-election from the state.The meeting comes at a crucial time as political parties begin consultations ahead of the bye-election announced by the Election Commission of India to fill a vacant Rajya Sabha seat.The vacancy arose a…
Chennai, June 2 (IANS) AIADMK General Secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, C. Joseph Vijay, over the state’s law and order situation, accusing the newly-elected government of failing to curb crime, drug trafficking and violence against women.In a strongly worded statement, Palaniswami referred to the reported death of a 23-year-old youth, Vishnu, in Chennai’s Tondiarpet area, alleging that he was beaten to death after being accu…
Chennai, May 25 (IANS) Reacting to the death of a minor girl in Tamil Nadu, BJP Tamil Nadu Chief Spokesperson, Narayanan Thirupathy on Monday criticised the state government, alleging that despite a change in government, there has been no significant change in the administration or law and order situation. Speaking to IANS, Narayanan Thirupathy said, “Even though the government has changed, nothing has changed in terms of administration. A government is continuous, and the machinery should fun…
Chennai, May 17 (IANS) Actor-politician and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan has submitted a six-point memorandum to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, seeking major policy interventions aimed at revitalising the Tamil film industry. The proposals include the launch of a state-owned OTT platform, tax relief measures, stronger anti-piracy enforcement, and incentives to support film production and theatre owners.Haasan met the Chief Minister late Saturday and detailed his deman…
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Kamal Haasan paid a visit to the new Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay and demanded a mandatory 8-week OTT window for all the projects releasing in the state. The ‘Indian’ actor argued that this will help the theatre owners and distributors to sustain themselves in the competitive business.Haasan took to his official X (Earlier known as Twitter) handle and shared a list of the 6 demands he presented in front of the CM for the betterment of the Tamil film industry.”The demands…
Bengaluru, May 15 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress President D.K. Shivakumar on Friday said that Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy survives politically by criticising the Congress government. “If Kumaraswamy does not criticise us, he cannot survive politically. We do good work, and they oppose it,” Shivakumar told reporters near his Sadashivanagar residence in Bengaluru.Responding to criticism by Kumaraswamy regarding the proposed Bidadi township p…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) In relief to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) MLA R. Seenivasa Sethupathi, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Madras High Court’s interim order restraining him from participating in any floor test proceedings in the Tamil Nadu Assembly amid a dispute over his one-vote victory from the Tiruppattur Assembly constituency. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi passed the interim order while hearing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Set…