Santhosh Babu
CHENNAI: Former IAS official and Tamil Nadu IT secretary Santhosh Babu, who was in the news last year for refusing to clear a skewed BharatNet tender under the earlier AIADMK government, on Thursday announced his resignation from actor Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM).
Santhosh Babu, who had taken voluntary retirement from his civil service, joined the MNM late last year and became the party’s general secretary – headquarters. Santhosh Babu was MNM’s candidate in Velachery assembly constituency in Chennai and came third after the Congress and PMK candidates.
“Dear friends, good afternoon! It’s with a heavy heart that I am informing you that I am resigning my post and membership from Makkal Needhi Maiam. My decision is due to personal reasons. I thank Kamal Sir and our team for their affection and friendship,” Santhosh Babu tweeted on Thursday afternoon.
2 more leaders quit Kamal s party, more exits expected soon
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Chennai: Actor and Makkal Neethi Maiyam (MNM) party President Kamal Haasan addresses a press meet in Chennai on Dec 1, 2020. . Image Source: IANS News
Chennai, May 13 : The exit of top leaders of actor Kamal Haasan s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) has begun and expected to continue, say party insiders.
On Thursday, MNM General Secretary and retired IAS officer Santhosh Babu announced his resignation from his post and the party s primary membership. Dear friends, Good afternoon! It s with a heavy heart that I am informing you that I am resigning my post and membership from Makkal Needhi Maiam. My decision is due to personal reasons. I thank Kamal Sir and our team for their affection and friendship, Babu said in a tweet.
After a 10 yr hiatus, DMK set to return to power in TN, AIADMK in distant second
Chennai, May 2 (UNI) The main opposition is all set to
return to power in Tamil Nadu after a long wait of ten
years.
commenced this morning, it turned out to be a one-horse
race as the DMK has established leads in a majority of the
234 constituencies.
to power will come to an end, as it crossed the simple
majority mark.
seats and the alliance led by it leading in 143 seats, as the
DMK is poised to win the polls with a clear majority.
The ruling AIADMK, which has been aiming for a hat-trick
National Award-winning film-maker KV Anand passes away at 54 due to cardiac arrest
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CHENNAI: K V Anand, noted Tamil film director and cinematographer died here early on Friday due to cardiac arrest, sources close to his family said. He passed away in a hospital at 3 AM due to a cardiac arrest, he was 54 years old, Riaz K Ahmed, a film industry publicist and movie buff said.
Anand began his career as a cinematographer in Malayalam movie Thenmavin Kombath in 1994 and following a decade of work as a cinematographer he made his directorial debut in Tamil flick Kana Kanden (2005). Thenmavin Kombath bagged the National Award (Best Cinematography) for Anand.
Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan is an Indian actor, director, and politician from Tamil Nadu. The acclaimed actor has acted in more than 220 films, and in 2019, became one of the few actors in India to have completed 60 years in the business. The versatile Kamal Haasan has appeared in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, and Bengali films as well. Haasan started his career as a child artiste in 1960, and over his lifetime, he won four National Film Awards and 19 Filmfare Awards. He was awarded the Kalaimamani award in 1984, the Padma Shri in 1990, the Padma Bhushan in 2014, and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government in 2016.