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Tamil Nadu politics heats up: BJP slams DMK's "fake secularism"
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The row started with a dispute over Thiruparankundram temple observances and DMK leaders' comments at Christian events, sparking claims of biased politics. BJP State President Nainar Nagendran accused DMK of prioritising personal gain while addressing the media in Krishnagiri on Thursday.
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"His son says Sanatan should be eliminated": BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla slam
Updated : 5 months ago IST
"Stalin lectures others about religious tolerance, harmony, and secularism, but his son says Sanatan should be eliminated. His leader, A Raja, has said that Hinduism and Hindus are like AIDS. The DMK government is denying the rights of Hindus by not allowing them to light lamps at temples
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"Don't think you should be preaching": BJP's Vinoj P Selvam slams MK Stali
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"I would like to remind our Chief Minister that it is very important for a government to ensure the rights of the majority of the state are also being respected and the duties towards them are fulfilled," Selvam added.
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Protest erupts at Thiruparankundram hill over Santhanakoodu flag hoisting
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
On Sunday, the protesters demanded that, as per a court order, Karthigai Deepam be lit at the pillar near the dargah during the Tamil month of Karthigai. They objected to the permission granted for the flag-hoisting ceremony, as the court's directive on the lighting of the lamp had not be
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"Blood on hands of rulers": VHRP demands judicial inquiry after devotee's
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"Today, we see what stands as a symbol of how DMK's selective secularism crushes the Hindu faith. The Madras High Court had clearly upheld devotees' right to worship at Thiruparankundram, Murugan Hill. Despite this, the Tamil Nadu government failed to ensure safe, unhindered access. This
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BJP Tamil Nadu Chief Nainar Nagenthran demands Rs 1 cr compensation for Po
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
As compensation, Nagenthran said, "a government job should be provided to Poorna Chandran's family, and compensation of Rs 1 crore should be given, without any political discrimination... On behalf of the BJP and Hindu organisations, Rs 10 lakh is being given to Poornachandran's family."<
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"They are fighting against Hindus...": DMK leader alleges BJP fringe group
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
DMK leader TKS Elangovan on Thursday stated that the Karthigai Deepam has been lit in a particular area for hundreds of years and claimed that the opposition is plotting against the Hindu community in the Thiruparakondram, who have been lighting the lamps on the hilltop for years.
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Sikkandar Dargah claims no evident that Karthigai Deepam has traditionally
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Sikkandar Dargah Secretary Arif Khan, on Wednesday, commented on the lighting of a lamp atop the stone pillar at Thirupparankundram hill, saying there is no evidence which suggests that lamps have traditionally been lit at the hill.
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Minority Community facing difficulty in enjoying granted land, Dargah tell
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The State authorities have also filed an appeal challenging the single judge's December 4 order passed in a contempt petition, which quashed the prohibitory order under Section 144 of the CrPC.
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Thiruparankundram villagers stage hunger strike seeking Deepam lighting at
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The villagers of Thiruparankundram participated in a hunger strike in Madurai on Saturday, seeking lighting of a deepam atop the hilltop lamp pillar.
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Madras High Court allows peaceful hunger strike for Deepathoon lighting
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday permitted a peaceful hunger strike to be held at Thiruparankundram on December 13, demanding permission to light the Karthigai Deepam on the Deepathoon atop the hill.
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"Tamil Nadu is the most Hindu state; BJP doesn't understand it": Karti Chi
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Chidambaram said, "BJP and its allied outfits don't understand Tamil Nadu very well. Tamil Nadu is perhaps the most Hindu of all the states in India. The people of Tamil Nadu are the most god-fearing, ritualistic, orthodox, temple going people in India. The
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