Chennai: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said there should be peace between India and his country but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not a man for peace. In an interview to Tamil channel Thanthi TV, Musharraf, when queried about the upcoming Indian general elections, said his expectation is for peace to prevail between […]
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AIADMK says Modi is our daddy
Chennai: From the days of asking who is better – Gujarat’s Modi or Tamil Nadu’s Lady – the relationship between AIADMK and the BJP has evolved to the extent that a State Minister on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the daddy for his party cadres. Minister for Milk and Dairy Development K.T.Rajenthra Bhalaji […]
Confer Param Vir Chakra on Abhinandan: TN CM
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to confer the nation’s highest military honour, Param Vir Chakra, on Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. In a letter to Modi, the text of which was released to the media here, Palaniswami said Abhinandan who piloted a MiG 21 Bison was taken […]
Opposition’s hatred for me has reached new levels: Modi
Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the opposition’s hatred for him is “reaching new levels”, including calling for his killing, but he was not bothered and will continue his mission to make India strong. He also stressed that a diverse India will not progress if regional aspirations are not fulfilled, and that only […]
Sitharaman sticks to Foreign Secy’s remark on Balakot casualty
Chennai: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the central government’s stand on the number of terrorists killed in the Indian Air Force (IAF) bombing of terror camps in Balakot is what the Foreign Secretary had stated earlier. “The Indian government’s stand on the casualty figure is the same as that of the Foreign Secretary’s […]
Rahul to launch poll campaign in TN on March 13
Chennai: Congress President Rahul Gandhi will launch the party’s election campaign in Tamil Nadu on March 13. TNCC President K.S. Alagiri held a meeting of party leaders including P. Chidambaram, former presidents S. Thirunavukkarasar and E.V.K.S. Elangovan at the Satyamurthy Bhavan to prepare for the event. The campaign launch venue will be decided shortly, Alagiri […]
Gloom in family of pilot in Pakistani custody
Chennai | The parents of Wing Commander Varthaman Abhinandan were engulfed by gloom after coming to know that their son had been taken into custody in Pakistan. When IANS contacted his father, retired Air Marshal Simhakutty Varthaman, over telephone, he declined to speak. The distressed family lives in Chennai’s outskirts. Like his father, Abhinandan chose […]
‘India should continue pre-emptive attacks and snap sports links with Pakistan’
Chennai : India has done the right thing by striking against the JeM’s biggest training camp at Balakot in Pakistan and should continue to do so, the father of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper C. Sivachandran, who lost his life in the Pulwama terror attack, said on Tuesday. “India has done the right thing. […]
AIADMK MP S. Rajendran dies in car accident in Viluppuram
Chennai | Sitting AIADMK MP S. Rajendran died in a road accident near Tindivanam in Viluppuram district on Saturday, police said. He was 62. Elected from the Viluppuram constituency, Rajendran was travelling in his car when it hit the median on the road. The Lok Sabha member was severely injured and succumbed at a hospital. […]
AIADMK, BJP sign electoral pact; BJP gets 5 seats
Chennai : The ruling AIADMK signed a pact with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday to contest the Lok Sabha elections together, with the BJP allocated five of the 39 seats in the state. Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam told the media here: “Under the AIADMK-led alliance for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, BJP […]