TIRUNELVELI : In a letter to the department of atomic energy, Speaker M Appavu sought jobs for those who had given their land for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, in line with the 1999 agreement, which nullified the need for a hiring test. "As per the agreement signed on February 18, 1999 at the tripartite meeting held at Tirunelveli district …
The recent spike in heinous crimes perpetrated against Dalits in Tamil Nadu, especially in the southern districts and increasingly across other parts, has shown that anti-Dalit violence and discrimination continues to be the Achilles heel of the otherwise well-intentioned Dravidian movement, a champion of social justice, rationalism, and equality in Tamil Nadu for over 100 years. Caste groups blamed In …
Chennai: Heavy police pickets were posted at Sathyamurthy Bhavan, the headquarters of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee, on Wednesday following an outbreak of senseless violence inside premises on Tuesday when a meeting of party MPs, MLAs and senior leaders was called to discuss the Lok Sabha elections in the presence of AICC in-charge for the State, Dinesh Gundu Rao, and …
A Dalit youth and two Sri Lankan refugees were allegedly attacked by a group of men from another community in the Tirunelveli district on Wednesday night. Tension gripped parts of Tirunelveli district when six men attacked a Dalit man at Munneerpallam village due to old enmity, as per a report in The New Indian Express. The report added that the …
