Political parties, including the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Left parties, criticised the rendering of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ during the swearing-in ceremony of C Joseph Vijay by ...

TN CPI Secretary M Veerapandiyan criticises placing 'Thamizhthai Vaazhthu' third at CM C Joseph Vijay's oath ceremony. He terms it a violation of convention and urges the new TVK govt to prioritise ...

Oath sparks controversy: Vijay’s swearing-in drew criticism from DMK and Left parties over ‘Vande Mataram’ preceding the Tamil invocation, seen as breaking Tamil Nadu’s tradition. Majority test ahead: ...

Vijay's films repeatedly hinted at his political ambitions long before TVK entered the electoral fray. Dialogues, controversies and MGR references turned his filmography into a running prelude to ...

India, May 9 -- Suvendu Adhikari, who led the Bharatiya Janata Party to register a landslide victory in West Bengal Assembly ...

A 97-year-old lifelong RSS swayamsevak and grassroots political worker, Makhanlal Sarkar, received a lifetime honour from ...

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