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Updated: April 01, 2021 23:37 IST There’s more than one claimant to the ruling party’s traditional bastion of 57 Assembly seats in eight revenue districts. Share Article AAA DMK leader M.K. Stalin made it clear at the beginning of the election campaign that his party would give a robust performance to prove that the western region was no longer an AIADMK stronghold.   | Photo Credit: Lakshmi Narayanan E There’s more than one claimant to the ruling party’s traditional bastion of 57 Asse...

Ground report: Will giving Vanniyar community 10.5% reservations help AIADMK win north Tamil Nadu? There is euphoria about the quota among some Vanniyars. But the decision has angered other powerful communities in the region. Mar 17, 2021 · 09:00 am Leaders of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Pattali Makkal Katchi signed an alliance in Chennai. | AIADMK/Twitter At around 2.30 pm on February 26, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami held an ur...

Chettiars threaten to boycott assembly polls in Tamil Nadu The community was unhappy over the granting of 10.5 per cent reservation to the Vanniyars, leaving another 40 similar communities without any quota Chennai: Miffed over the granting of reservation to the Vanniyars, the Chettiar communities of Tamil Nadu have threatened to boycott the upcoming Assembly elections and also announced to file a case in the Madras high court against it. Recently, the Vanniyar community was granted 10.5 per c...

Updated: March 10, 2021 10:48 IST Free cell phones, free Wi-Fi, Amma banking cards and phased prohibition among promises that still remain on paper Share Article AAA Free cell phones, free Wi-Fi, Amma banking cards and phased prohibition among promises that still remain on paper AIADMK co-coordinator and Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami’s promises of six free LPG cylinders annually per household and ₹1,500 a month to homemakers has turned the focus on the ruling party’s 2016 Assembl...

Plea sought to declare 10.5% reservation unconstitutional The Madras High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the operation of the recent State legislation providing 10.5% internal reservation to the Vanniakula Kshatriya community within the 20% quota earmarked for the Most Backward Classes (MBCs) and Denotified Communities (DNCs) in education and public employment. The court, however, issued notice to the State government on the main petition to declare the law as unconstitutional and called fo...

  |  A+A A- It suddenly appears that there is a lot of activity quietly happening around caste, more so in the southern states. This statement may be contested by the discerning, who may quite rightly ask, as to when had activity around caste in any part of India ever ceased or abated? True, but let’s look at the activity, gauge the rush and then conjecture what provokes the movement. In Karnataka, B S Yediyurappa has been put to test by the largest sub-caste among his own Lingayat comm...

State Urdu Academy reconstituted Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The Higher Education department has reconstituted the governing council of the Tamil Nadu State Urdu Academy. Md. Nayeemur Rahman, chairman, Indian Muslim Educational, Cultural and Charitable Trust, Chennai, and Director of Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute (Deemed University) has been appointed Vice chairman of the Academy. He will hold the post for three years. The Academy comprises three ex-officio members, includi...

AIADMK govt dividing people through reservation for Vanniyars ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Wed, Mar 3 2021 21:21 IST | ​ 0 Views   Chennai, March 3 : Leader of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and Member of Parliament Thirumavalavan has said that the AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu is creating fissures among the people of the state by providing 10.5% reservation for the Vanniyar community under the Most Backward Classes (MBC) quota for government jobs and admissions to educational...

Bench to await judgment in Maratha quota case The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred hearing a challenge to the Tamil Nadu reservation law, which allows 69% quota in State government jobs and educational institutions. A Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy decided to wait till a Constitution Bench pronounces its judgment in the Maratha quota case. The five-judge Constitution Bench, also led by Justice Bhushan, is scheduled from March 8 to examine the validity of the Maharashtra...

Vanniyar Reservation Act 2021, Gazette notification February 28, 2021 10:48 IST Updated: February 28, 2021 10:48 IST Updated: Share Article AAA The internal reservation Bill, envisaging 10.5% quota for Vanniyars in education and employment within the reservation for Most Backward Classes (MBC) and De-notified Communities (DNC), has received the assent of Governor Banwarilal Purohit. The assent was given on Friday (February 26), according to a notification published in the Gazette of the State...