Chennai, July 26 (IANS) In a setback to the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) at the grassroots level, more than 25 local functionaries from Chennai joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Sunday, alleging that they had been sidelined within the party despite years of organisational work and commitment. The induction ceremony was held at Saidapet in the presence of senior DMK leader and former Minister Ma. Subramanian, who formally welcomed the new members into the party. The entrants …
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Chennai, July 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar has summoned AIADMK general secretary and Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami, along with four former AIADMK legislators facing disqualification proceedings under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, to appear before him on July 30 for further clarification in the ongoing defection case.According to a communication issued by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Secretariat, the Speaker has directed former…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has convened a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee at 5 p.m. on Sunday to schedule and manage the day-to-day legislative agenda for the Parliament’s Monsoon Session.The Monsoon Session will commence on July 20 and will continue until August 13. The four-week session will include 19 sittings.An all-party meeting is currently underway at the Main Committee Room of Parliament House Annexe. The government will request collaboration from all…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The government has convened an all-party meeting on Sunday ahead of the commencement of the Parliament’s Monsoon Session on July 20.In the meeting, scheduled for Sunday at 11 a.m. in the Main Committee Room of Parliament House Annexe, the government will request collaboration from all political parties to guarantee the effective operation of both Houses of Parliament.The Monsoon Session will commence on July 20 and will continue until August 13.Announcing the dates of t…
Chennai, July 18 (IANS) The investigation into the alleged attempt to poach Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) legislators gathered fresh momentum on Saturday with the arrest of two more persons, taking the total number of accused held in the case to 14. Police arrested Karunanidhi (52) of Korattur and Saravanan (49) of Saligramam after questioning them for several hours at a city police station. The duo had been summoned for interrogation along with Vinoth Venkatesan as investigators continued to p…
Chennai, July 15 (IANS) Hours after the Tamil Nadu government launched a dedicated WhatsApp helpline to encourage the public to report bribery complaints against government officials, a video purportedly showing a TVK functionary accepting cash from a contractor surfaced on social media, triggering political controversy and renewed debate over corruption in local bodies. The video, whose authenticity has not been independently verified, purportedly shows N.V. Veera, president of the Mambakkam pa…
Chennai, July 14 (IANS) A sharp political exchange erupted between the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and the AIADMK on Tuesday after AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, prompting an equally forceful response from the TVK’s Information Technology (IT) wing. Speaking to reporters at Omalur in Salem district, Palaniswami dismissed Vijay’s recent allegation that the AIADMK and the DMK were “joint thieves,” sayin…
Chennai, July 14 (IANS) A proposal to field Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator Seeman as a common opposition candidate in the forthcoming Ambasamudram Assembly by-election in Tamil Nadu appears to have hit a dead end, with strong resistance emerging from within his own party over the idea of accepting support from the Dravidian majors.The proposal reportedly gained momentum after sections of the opposition explored the possibility of projecting Seeman as a consensus candidate to consoli…
Chennai, July 13 (IANS) The Congress high command’s fact-finding panel, constituted to review the party’s disappointing performance in the recent Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, is expected to recommend sweeping organisational changes after reportedly uncovering evidence of weak campaign coordination, internal factionalism, and alleged pro-DMK activities by a section of district-level leaders. The committee, headed by former MP K. Jayakumar, has completed its state-wide inquiry and is scheduled…
Chennai, July 12 (IANS) Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay is set to hold the TVK flagship Education Awards programme, with the party preparing to honour district toppers in the Class 10 and Class 12 State Board examinations at a grand function expected to be held in Chennai later this month or in the first week of August.The event will mark the first edition of the Education Awards after Vijay assumed office as Chief Minister, giving added significance to an initiative that began years before his f…