In January that year, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announced that the country, which had been under Emergency for over 18 months, would go to the polls. In Tamil Nadu, the DMK was waiting to bounce back after its Ministry was dismissed in January 1976. The election established the AIADMK as one of the two principal parties in the State
The draft Bill proposes establishing a Gig Workers Welfare Board and a Karnataka Gig Workers’ Social Security and Welfare Fund
Maravar Seemai was less tolerant of the foreign religion. Kizhavan Sethupathi executed Jesuit priest John De Britto in 1693 for converting Tirya Devan, a prince, to Christianity. Over a century earlier, Antony Criminali SJ (1520-1549) was killed when he tried to protect the converts from an alliance of Muslims and the Nayak Army
Thousands of people use the stations at Annanur, Pattabhiram, and Thiruninravur, where residential development has happened rapidly. For example, platforms 1 and 2 at Pattabhiram, used for operation of the suburban trains, have not been paved for years
Kari Satheesh Reddy is accused in over a hundred theft cases in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana
He says allotment of sites to her wife during the rule of the erstwhile BJP government in the State was as per the 50:50 scheme introduced by the regime
Instead of demanding action against the perpetrators of violence, the survivor at Chopra has sought action against those who made the one-minute video clip go viral
A constable-turned-guru, Suraj Pal attracted followers from Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring States