All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLAs walked out of the state assembly during the budget presentation over the alleged Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (TASMAC) scam on Friday.
Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai has reiterated the party's stance on the three-language issue, stating that while people of the state do not want a compulsory third language imposed upon them, they are open to learning one voluntarily.
Further, Annamalai stated that DMK had become a laughing stock across the country and were doing this act just to divert attention from other pressing public issues.
The Finance Minister questioned DMK over the act and asked them why they did not protest back in 2010 when the symbol was officially adopted by the Indian National Congress.
Dharmalingam, a professor at IIT Guwahati, designed the iconic Indian rupee symbol 15 years ago, in 2010. It was chosen from among 3,300 entries in a nationwide competition. The design, which combines the Devanagari letter "Ra" and the Roman letter "R," has become an integral part of Indi
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Thursday met with a delegation of fishermen from Tamil Nadu, led by BJP state chief K Annamalai, in Delhi to discuss their concerns and explore sustainable solutions.
Reacting to replacement of the Rupee symbol for the Indian currency with the Tamil alphabet 'Ru' in the state budget logo, Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission Executive (SPCE) Vice Chairman J Jeyaranjan said that the only reason for the change was that they did not want Devnagari.
BJP's Tamil Nadu chief lashed out over the State Government's "stupid"move, stating that a Tamilian and son of a former DMK MLA designed the Rupee symbol.
DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai on Thursday criticised the BJP-led Central government's three-language policy in the National Education Policy (NEP), saying there is no need for anyone to learn a third language and added, "Please throw this third language in the dustbin."
A delegation of the Government of India led by Annpurna Devi, Union Minister, Women and Child Development (WCD), participated in the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which started on March 10 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, as per an official state
Australia spinner Alana King on Wednesday was awarded February's Player of the Month following her exceptional performance against England in Women's Ashes