AIADMK’s 11-member steering committee skips women, has Palaniswami, Panneerselvam loyalists
The bone of contention between the party’s dual leadership was the announcement of the chief ministerial candidate for the impending assembly election and the formation of an 11-member steering committee to guide the party.
Oct 07, 2020, 16:18 PM IST
Edappadi K Palaniswami named AIADMK's CM candidate for Tamil Nadu assembly election 2021
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Wednesday announced that incumbent Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami will be the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the Tamil Nadu assembly election in 2021.
Oct 07, 2020, 11:26 AM IST
NEET exam: Tamil Nadu teenager commits suicide; parties demand scrapping test
Preliminary enquiries revealed that the boy was anxious for quite some time over the NEET exam slated to be held on September 13, a police officer said, adding "he was anxious about the score he could get this time round though he has passed the exam earlier."
Sep 09, 2020, 23:45 PM IST
Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami pledges to donate his eyes during National Eye Donation Fortnight
The Chief Minister has urged the people of the state to come forward to donate their eyes and create a blindness free society.
Sep 08, 2020, 19:03 PM IST
Ganesh Chaturthi celebration: BJP backs Hindu Munnani, attacks AIADMK-led Tamil Nadu government
BJP's Tamil Nadu president L Murugan asked, "In Tamil Nadu, the government which gave permission for opening TASMAC shops, did not allow putting up Vinayaka statues.Why?"
Aug 20, 2020, 23:23 PM IST
BJP and AIADMK leaders trade barbs over Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations
With two days to go for Ganesh Chaturthi in Tamil Nadu, leaders of the national ruling party BJP and the state ruling party AIADMK have been trading barbs over a state government decision to curb public celebrations. The state government’s decision to permit opening of liquor shops in Chennai city (from August 18), while not permitting installing of Ganesha idols, taking them on processions, immersion rituals has irked the BJP. BJP leaders have questioned the Tamil Nadu government on their “manliness”, asking them to take a cue from the neighboring Karnataka government that has permitted the festival to be celebrated amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Aug 20, 2020, 11:30 AM IST
Tamil Nadu CM rejects NEP’s 3 Language policy, to continue with 2 Language Policy
The Tamil Nadu government on Monday said that it will not allow the three-language formula mentioned in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said that the new formula is "painful and worrisome," and added that his government won't implement it in the state.
Aug 03, 2020, 11:39 AM IST
DMK President MK Stalin questions AIADMK over handling of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu, says offering hardly any solutions, strategies
As of Monday (June 15) 8 AM, Tamil Nadu has recorded a total of 44,661 COVID-19 cases, of which 19,679 are active.
Govt open to considering changes in new name list, says Tamil Nadu Culture Minister
“We have not re-created a new name, we have only modified the existing ones as per Tamil phonetics. We have only changed the English version of the name. From the Central Committee, we received a list of 3500 names that had to be modified and we cut it down to 1018," he said
Jun 12, 2020, 01:06 AM IST
Tamil Nadu Governor promulgates ordinance to take temporary possession of Jayalalithaa's residence
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has promulgated an ordinance to take temporary possession of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden residence ‘Veda Nilayam’ to convert it into a memorial, the state government said on Friday.
May 22, 2020, 13:19 PM IST
14-yr-old girl set ablaze by 2 AIADMK functionaries dies in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram
A 14-year-old girl schoolgirl, who was set on fire in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district by two men connected to the ruling AIADMK party, on Monday (May 11) succumbed to severe burn injuries at the Villupuram Government Medical College. According the police, the victims's family and those of attackers were facing disputes for several years.
May 11, 2020, 20:11 PM IST
Six candidates from Tamil Nadu set to be elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha
An official release here said three nominations were rejected, leaving only the six in the fray.
Mar 16, 2020, 18:48 PM IST
AIADMK govt puts National Population Register on hold in Tamil Nadu
TN Minister Udhayakumar said even though several state governments have issued notification for the NPR, the Tamil Nadu government has issued notification only for Census exercise.
Mar 12, 2020, 23:18 PM IST
AIADMK names two senior leader as candidate for Rajya Sabha polls
In a party release, AIADMK coordinator and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and Chief Minister and co-coordinator K Palaniswami named Thambidurai and Munusamy and allotted one seat to the TMC.
Mar 09, 2020, 14:36 PM IST
Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami says only 15 per cent medical seats allotted to other states
Tamil Nadu will have a large share in the number of medical colleges in the country, Palaniswami said, adding there were only 1,945 medical seats till 2011 . The late chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa created an additional 885 medical seats, he said.
Mar 06, 2020, 15:05 PM IST
Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami launches Rs 2,857 cr health system reform programme
The health scheme will be implemented with funding support from the World Bank.
Mar 04, 2020, 09:10 AM IST
DMK announces names of three candidates for Rajya Sabha polls
The ruling AIADMK has 125 members (including the Speaker) in the Assembly and the DMK and its allies have 106 members (DMK 98, Congress 7 and IUML 1).
Mar 01, 2020, 23:00 PM IST
Rajya Sabha elections to fill 55 seats on March 26, results on same date
Elections to fill the 55 Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant in April will be held on March 26, 2020. Announcing the dates of the Rajya Sabha election, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday (February 25, 2020) announced that biennial elections will be held in 17 states following the retirement of the members.
Feb 25, 2020, 13:27 PM IST
Muslim organisations hold anti-CAA protest in Chennai, other cities of Tamil Nadu
Despite repeated assurances by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami that the CAA would not harm Indian citizens, Muslims organizations took out massive rallies in Chennai, Madurai, and Tirunelveli among other cities of Tamil Nadu to express their opposition to the CAA-NRC-NPR.
Feb 20, 2020, 00:11 AM IST
Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami announces subsidy for ulemas to buy 2-wheelers; Rs 15 crore for Haj house
The Chief Minister said that his government will celebrate former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa`s birthday as `State Women Children Protection Day` on February 24.
Feb 19, 2020, 16:22 PM IST
