TN CM Stalin flags off relief materials to cyclone-battered Sri Lanka
Of the total 950 MT relief materials, 650 tonnes were flagged off from Chennai Port and the remaining 300 tonnes from Thoothukudi Port.
Of the total 950 MT relief materials, 650 tonnes were flagged off from Chennai Port and the remaining 300 tonnes from Thoothukudi Port.
Launching a broadside against Governor RN Ravi for calling Tamil Nadu a fertile ground for extremism, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling DMK president on Wednesday retorted that his hubris and arrogance have to be put down.
Despite the apex court being averse to stipulating a deadline for the President and Governors, Stalin, taking to 'X', said "We will not rest until the Constitution is amended to set a deadline for Governors to assent to and clear Bills passed by the Assembly."
Reacting to the decisive victory of the Janata Dal (U) veteran, Stalin wished Nitish Kumar well in fulfilling the expectations of the people but blamed the Election Commission for its partisan actions.
“People are under compulsion to prove their Indian citizenship or else face the threat of disenfranchisement. The Election Commission has placed them under duress. So, wherever we go the discourse is about the ongoing SIR and the situation is such that we can’t remain silent by ignoring it.
This comes in response to a veiled criticism and taunts of Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin and Deputy CM Udhayanidhi on the TVK at the just-concluded ‘Arivu Thiruvizha’ (Knowledge Festival) that marked mark the platinum jubilee of the DMK.
Inaugurating an Anbucholai at Ponmalai in Trichy city, the chief minister, accompanied by Social Welfare Minister Geetha Jeevan, interacted with the inmates and played carrom with a few.
Calling the 2026 Assembly election a battle to retain the DMK government, he said the contest is between a Tamil Nadu that holds high its distinctive identity and a government of “slaves” beholden to Delhi.
This comes a day after Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu blasting the Modi government in the Assembly for discriminating the State financial allocation from the Central pool and in developmental as well as infrastructural projects with great details, comparing with Uttar Pradesh.
The political slugfest over the ghastly Karur stampede, which claimed 41 lives, spilled over to the Tamil Nadu Assembly with Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Wednesday, squarely blaming actor-turned-neta Vijay and his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) for the September 27 tragedy.
