The greeting drew attention because, traditionally, the Tamil New Year is observed in mid-April during the Tamil month of Chithirai, not in January during Thai Pongal. In 2008, the DMK government led by the late Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi officially declared Thai 1 (Pongal day) as the
"On this Thai Pongal festival, the Tamil harvest celebration, may the lives of Tamil kin across the world be filled with love and peace, and may their well-being and prosperity abound," he wrote on X.
Unnikrishnan Potti, named as the prime accused, was taken into custody by the SIT in October last year. The investigation gathered momentum after the SIT submitted its second report to the Kerala High Court, pointing to serious irregularities in the minutes and decisions of the Travancore
Speaking on the occasion, Salem Central District Secretary Thamizhian Parthiban said that TVK's Pongal celebrations were not ritualistic but rooted in the idea of samathuvam (equality). "People from all religions and communities have come together here. This is true Samathuva Pongal," he
The Kerala Cabinet has approved the allotment of land for the construction of memorials in the name of late Kerala Congress leader KM Mani and senior CPI(M) leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, according to the Chief Minister's office.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday hit back at the BJP after the opposition party in the state announced a protest against the "deterioration of law and order," stating that they are "jealous" of the Congress winning the Valmiki and ST seats.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that artists should not be seen through the prism of religion, and art is their religion. The Chief Minister was speaking after inaugurating the 64th Kerala School Kalolsavam at Thekkinkad Ground in Thrissur.
Mumbai and Delhi's domestic players heaped praises on India legends Rohit Sharna and Virat Kohli, who recently featured in the Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT) 2025-26 matches.
"Sriramulu and Janardhana Reddy are coming on the 17th. There is a state-level struggle. The party has decided to take up all the issues of the state government's failures and corruption and fight across the state. Law and order have deteriorated, so a struggle has been organised in Bella
Both were joined by several other prominent leaders, including Bihar governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha, RLJP chief Pashupati Kumar Paras, Bihar Ministers, including Vijay Chaudhary, Sanjay Jha and others.
"Bhogi this year carried a strong symbolic message. People firmly rejected the actions of the previous government, which had placed the image of former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on farmers' passbooks--documents that represent ancestral land ownership. This move was viewed as an