On the Sabarimala gold row, Sabarimala Karma Samithi Convenor SJR Kumar accused the current Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) President of involvement in the unauthorised removal of gold-plated idols in September, demanding probes into board members and slamming the Kerala government for a
AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, who is on the "Awakening Journey" campaign with the theme "Let's protect the people, let's save Tamil Nadu," on Friday, met the people of Palacode and Pennagaram constituencies.
DMK leader TKS Elangovan reiterated Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin's statement that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was using the Karur stampede tragedy for political mileage. He slammed the BJP for sending a fact-finding team to Karur. He alleged that if the BJP filed a case agains
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker M Appavu on Thursday launched a sharp attack against actor-turned-politician Vijay, alleging that the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief had entered politics only after striking a "political contract" with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
BJP leader K Annamalai raised a question over DMK MLA V Senthil Balaji's media interaction after the Karur stampede, which claimed 41 lives, and slammed him for "imposing opinions" amid the ongoing probe.
The Central government has reappointed chairmen of multiple committees, with Congress leader Shashi Tharoor retaining chairmanship of External Affairs Committee. DMK's Kanimozhi Karunanidhi has also been reappointed as chairperson of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution committee.
Vijay is yet to meet the families of the deceased and the injured, however, the party has announced relief of Rs 20 lakh. Apart from TVK, the Congress party has also earlier announced that they have given Rs 1.25 crore cumulatively to the affected families. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra M
"Thirumavalavan has started to panic. He says nothing should be done by just looking at the BJP. He has also stated that since there is no trust in the DMK, the Congress should form a separate committee. It clearly shows that Thirumavalavan has lost confidence in the DMK," Tamilisai said
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MLA and the party's District Secretary V. Senthil Balaji on Wednesday said that he has never seen something as tragic as the Karur stampede in his twenty-nine years of public service. He also urged everyone to work together to ensure that nothing like Karur
"First of all, the frontline leaders of TVK have to realise that it is their own fault. It happened due to a lack of leadership. They are trying to accuse and make allegations against the DMK government," Thirumavalavan told ANI.
Two of TVK's functionaries, Mathiyazhagan, the party's Karur West District Secretary and MC Paun Raj, the Karur town functionary, have been arrested and sent to judicial custody till October 14.
Speaking to ANI, TKS Elangovan said, "The reason for deaths is Vijay (TVK chief). When someone is made to wait in scorching heat for 6-8 hours, then what will happen? If the ambulances had been allowed inside, some people could have been saved. People ran over the children who had fainted