AIADMK elections Election farce within AIADMK for party leadership Ilangovan Rajasekaran The re-election of AIADMK leaders Edappadi K. Palaniswami and O. Panneerselvam to the top ...
AIADMK rejigs bye-laws to help Palaniswami and Panneerselvam continue as the twin leadership of the party Ilangovan Rajasekaran In the latest executive committee meeting, it was resolved unanimously to restore to the ...
Jai Bhim film controversy Casteists vs artists: Controversy surrounds Tamil film "Jai Bhim" Ilangovan Rajasekaran “Jai Bhim”, a gripping Tamil film portraying a tribal woman’s fight for justice, is in the ...
BOOK REVIEW Book Review: D. Ravikumar’s 'Dalithugalum nilamum' is an account of Dalits and their bond with land Ilangovan Rajasekaran A broad-based account of Dalits and their struggle for right to landholdings.
AIADMK leadership crisis Withering leaves: AIADMK's leadership crisis Ilangovan Rajasekaran The AIADMK, which steps into its 50th year in 2021, is now a pale shadow of its former ...
Reservation Madras High Court quashes internal reservation for Vanniyars Ilangovan Rajasekaran The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has quashed the Tamil Nadu government’s legislation ...
Social issues A casteist crime beyond doubt Ilangovan Rajasekaran The Cuddalore Special Court judge invokes the doctrine of the rarest of rare cases to ...
My husband, a Vanniyar, was victim of honour killing, says his Dalit wife; police arrest his father and brother on abetment of suicide charge Ilangovan Rajasekaran A. Gouthaman (29), a youth belonging to the Vanniyar community in the list of Most ...
Social Issues Trial court awards death sentence to one accused and life imprisonment to 12 in 2003 ‘honour killing’ of couple in Tamil Nadu Ilangovan Rajasekaran In the case involving the 2003 killing of an inter-caste couple, S. Murugesan, a Dalit, ...
Social Issues RTI data point to high incidence of caste-related violence, murders in Tamil Nadu between 2016 and 2020 Ilangovan Rajasekaran In the last five years, a total of 300 murders in incidents of various caste-related ...
Appointment of non-Brahmin archakas Temple of social justice: Tamil Nadu appoints non-Brahmins as 'archakas' in Vedic temples Ilangovan Rajasekaran In a historic decision, the Tamil Nadu government appoints several non-Brahmin priests to ...
Dalits temple entry Dalits break caste barriers in historic Tamil Nadu temple entry Ilangovan Rajasekaran In yet another victory for Dalit rights, a group of believers assert their right to ...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin distributes orders to candidates from different castes for appointment as archakas and ‘othuvars’ in HR & CE-run temples Ilangovan Rajasekaran The Dravida Munnetra Kazghagam (DMK) government in Tamil Nadu today appointed 24 archakas ...
Dalits enter Madurai village temple with police protection Ilangovan Rajasekaran The Dalits of Anaiyur Kokkulam village in Tirumangalam taluk of Madurai district in Tamil ...
Social Issues Tamil Nadu HR and CE Department clears position on Madurai village temple controversy, says it stands on government land and is open to all Ilangovan Rajasekaran The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR and CE) Department of the Tamil Nadu ...
