Deepam row: Minister defends stance on court verdict

Posted on   2:35 pm

Tamil Nadu Rural Development Minister I. Periyasamy asserted that no law mandates accepting court decisions outright, revealing the DMK government’s appeal to the Supreme Court over the Madras High Court’s order in the Tirupparankundram bypoll dispute.

TN achieves 98.23% SIR form digitization

Posted on   10:58 am

The Election Commission of India reported that 98.23% of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) forms in Tamil Nadu—totaling 6.29 crore out of 6.40 crore distributed—have been successfully collected and uploaded online as of December 6.

Deepam row: EPS slams DMK for stoking communal unrest

Posted on   11:05 am

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami accused the DMK government of deliberately creating communal tension and administrative failure by refusing to implement a Madras High Court single judge’s order on lighting the traditional Karthigai Deepam lamp at Tiruparankundram.