Chennai, Oct 2 (UNI) On his second and last leg of electioneering ahead of October six bypoll to Madurantakam Reserved seat, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay on Friday intensified his campaign with a roadshow, covering multiple locations, by having tea at roadside outlets, visiting door-to-door, ploughing tractor in farm lands and interacting with women and differently-abled persons.
Chennai, Oct 2 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Tamil Nadu on a day-long hectic tour on October 11 and participate in a series of programmes in Chennai.
Bengaluru, Oct 2 (UNI) The political battle over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka intensified on Friday, with Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and BJP state president Vijayendra Yediyurappa trading charges over alleged misuse of Form-7 applications to delete names from the voters'' list.
Chennai, Oct 2 (UNI) Glowing tributes were paid to Father of the Nation and Apostle of peace Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 157th birth anniversary.
Chennai, Oct 1 (UNI) Rich tributes were paid to Thespian Chevalier Sivaji Ganesh on his 99th birth anniversary, with Chief Minister and TVK Founder Vijay, himself an actor-turned neta, describing him as an icon of acting and recalled his immense contributions to Tamil cinema.
Chennai, Sep 30 (UNI) The Madras High Court on Wednesday adjourned by four weeks, a plea filed by the DMK seeking a direction to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to summon Chief Minister Vijay and two Ministers Aadhav Arjuna and Nirmal Kumar--for making allegations against DMK of having tried to cover up the case--and collect evidence allegedly in their possession in the Veeramani POCSO case.
Chennai, Sep 30 (UNI) The Madras High Court on Wednesday adjourned by four weeks, a plea filed by the DMK seeking a direction to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to summon Chief Minister Vijay and two Ministers--for making allegations against DMK of having tried to cover up the case--and collect evidence allegedly in their possession in the Veeramani POCSO case.
By MC RajanChennai, Sep 30 (UNI) Upping his ante and launching a no-holds barred attack on the principal opposition DMK and the AIADMK and accusing them of acting hand in glove, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay on Thursday alleged that the two Dravidian majors serve the same ‘master’.
Chennai, Sep 28 (UNI) In a major setback to to the AIADMK which was already riddled with answers to arrest the successive poll routs, S.Semmalai, senior leader, former Minister, four time MLA and a former Lok Sabha member, on Wednesday quit the party and joined the ruling TVK in the presence of Chief Minister VIjay at his bypoll rally in Dharapuram.
Vijayapura, Sep 30 (UNI) A mild earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale struck parts of Vijayapura district in the early hours of Wednesday, sending tremors across areas within a 50 to 60-km radius of the epicentre, the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) said.
Ashok Raina Dharamshala, Sep 29 (UNI) Veteran Himachal Pradesh politician and former minister Major Vijay Singh Mankotia died at his residence in Tiara village of Kangra district on Tuesday morning. He was 87.
Bengaluru, Sept 29 (UNI) BJP Karnataka president Vijayendra Yediyurappa on Tuesday demanded that the Congress government provide at least Rs 50,000 per acre to drought-hit farmers and challenged it to openly admit that the state''s financial position was in distress if it was unable to extend such relief.
Chennai, Sep 29 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay on Tuesday invited and honoured Coimbatore district head constable Velmurugan, who risked his life to help apprehend gutka smugglers by clinging on to the railings of a car driven at more than 100 km speed for over 40 kms, and ensuring their arrest.
Shimla, September 29 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday mourned the demise of former minister and veteran politician Major Vijay Singh Mankotia, who passed away at his native village Tiara in Kangra district this morning. He was 87.In a condolence message, Sukhu said Mankotia had made significant contributions to the development of Himachal Pradesh, particularly in the Shahpur Assembly constituency of Kangra district.
Chennai, Sep 29 (UNI) A day after lodging a complaing with Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the granite baron R.Veeramani sexual assault case, DMK Treasurer and Lok Sabha floor leader T R Baalu on Tuesday knocked the doors of the Madras High Court seeking directions to the SIT to summon and question Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay and Ministers Aadhav Arjuna and C T R Nirmal Kumar for their allegations that the DMK had tried to shield the tainted bizman and cover up the case.
Chennai, Sep 28 (UNI) Even as the stay on the Election Commission holding bypolls to five seats continued, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay on Monday informed the Madras High Court that keeping constituencies vacant until the disposal of election petitions would be against public interest.
Chennai, Sep 28 (UNI) The main Opposition DMK on Monday lodged a complaint with the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the POCSO case involving 84-year-old paedophile accused Veeramani, seeking to summon Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay and Ministers Aadhav Arjuna and CTR.Nirmal Kumar for questioning for levelling allegations against the party of having tried to cover up the case.
Burdwan, Sep 27 (UNI) In a surprising move reflecting its Pan India ambitions, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay''s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) opened its first party office in East Burdwan in West Bengal on Sunday, marking the beginning of its organisational activities in the district.
New Delhi, Sep 27 (UNI) Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary M A Baby on Sunday met Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence in New Delhi and discussed the Enforcement Directorate’s actions against CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, former Kerala Chief Minister and present Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly Pinarayi Vijayan, as well as the controversy surrounding the functioning of the Election Commission of India.
New Delhi, Sep 27 (UNI) Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary M A Baby today met Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence in New Delhi and discussed the Enforcement Directorate’s actions against CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, former Kerala Chief Minister and present Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly Pinarayi Vijayan, as well as the controversy surrounding the functioning of the Election Commission of India.
Vijayawada, Sep 27 (UNI) A regional workshop on Mission Karmayogi, aimed at strenthening the capacity of government employees and improving administrative skills, will be held here on September 29 and 30.
Chennai, Sep 27 (UNI) Lighting of candles and special prayers marked the first anniversary of the Karur stampede that claimed 41 lives and left several hurt this day last year, even as a pained TVK Founder and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay on Sunday paid his heartfelt tributes terming the tragedy as an unhealed wound that would remain in his lifetime.
Chennai, Sep 26 (UNI) Teenagers Saishiva Sankaran from Pune and Visakhapatnam’s Bhuvan Bonu displayed impressive pace to win the MRF Formula 2000 and Formula 1600 races respectively, while Sri Lankan school boy too continued his winning streak in the Junior section, in the second round of the MRF 4W Indian National Racing Challenge which commenced at the Madras International Circuit, at Irungattukottai, about 40 km from here, on Saturday.
Nagpur, Sep 25 (UNI) Dainik Jagran Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Gupta will be the chief guest at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh''s (RSS) annual Vijayadashami function to be held at Reshimbagh here on October 20.
By MC RajanChennai, Sep 25 (UNI) The mask has fallen; the DMK and the BJP are no different, but the same, with the former waiting for the Delimitation legislation to be brought so that it can board the saffron NDA bandwagon, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Joseph Vijay claimed on Friday.
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 25 (UNI) A young temporary employee of the Employees Cooperative Society under the Social Justice and Women and Child Development Department has received a new home built through the collective support of colleagues and well-wishers.
Chennai, Sep 24 (UNI) After facing brickbats and massive backlash from all the Opposition parties and also from two Left parties extending outside support to the ruling TVK, and protests by the fishing community, the Tamil Nadu government headed by Chief Minister Vijay was said to be toying with the idea of shifting the proposed new Secretariat from the coastal Pattinapakkam area in the city to an alternative site.
Chennai, Sep 24 (UNI) Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) President and former union Shipping Minister G K Vasan, who had quit the AIADMK-led NDA after the Assembly poll outcome, on Thursday announced his party’s support for the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam-led Secular Social Justice Victory Alliance in the October 6 bypoll to Madurantakam and Dharapuram seats.
Vijayawada, Sep 23 (UNI) Thick smoke emanated from a coach of a Vande Bharat Express train when it halted in the railway station here, causing panic among passengers on Wednesday.