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Tuesday, September 4, 2018,
Thoothukudi
Tamil Nadu, already earning a notorious tag for its efforts to put down dissent especially against the BJP, blotted its copybook further with the arrest of a 28-year-old research scholar from Canada, Lois Sofia, for shouting, “down with Modi, BJP-RSS fascist government,” towards the end of a Chennai-Thoothukudi flight when TN BJP president Tamilisai Soundarajan crossed her.
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Monday, April 11, 2016,
Chennai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign for BJP candidates contesting the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections sometime in May 2016, BJP state unit president Tamizhisai Sounderrajan said on April 11.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015,
New Delhi
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said his government was looking at the issue of devolution of power to the island’s Tamils under the provisions of the Constitution.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014,
Chennai
The BJP heaved a sigh of relief as it could finally reach a deal with actor-politician Vijayakanth's DMDK for the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu. After more than three weeks of acrimony, the two sides agreed on March 15 on the number of seats -- 14 for the DMDK.