KANYAKUMARI: Surprises were in store for Antony Felix, 12 as he was waiting along with his friends on the side of the Kanyakumari - Thiruvananthapuram.
Rahul Gandhi
KANYAKUMARI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said it was his duty as an Indian to protect Tamil culture and language just like other languages, religions, cultures and ideas.
Campaigning in Kanyakumari, Rahul said, “We should not allow (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi and RSS to insult Tamil culture and tradition.”
“History shows that nobody can run Tamil Nadu other than Tamil people This election will show the same thing. Only a person who truly represents people of Tamil Nadu will become the chief minister, he added.
Rahul paid homage to late Kanyakumari MP H Vasanthakumar at Agastheeswaram. He was in all praise for Vasanthakumar for the late leader’s initiatives for the welfare of the downtrodden people in his constituency. No matter what pressure he came under, how much he was threatened, he stood for the values and was with the Congress,” Rahul said.
TIRUNELVELI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday continued his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said, “we have defeated a much bigger ene.
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CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu on Saturday reported 486 fresh Covid-19 cases, five more than on Friday, and five deaths, taking the case tally to 8,51,063 and the death toll to 12,493. The number of active cases stood at 4,036, ten less than the previous day.
Tamil Nadu vaccinated 12,709 people on Saturday, including 5,354 who were administered the second dose. Saturday s vaccination figures are 3,364 less than Friday s. As of Saturday, the state has vaccinated 4,57,951 persons, the majority of them health care workers, 3,55,829. Frontline workers including police account for more than a lakh. The government has also vaccinated 1,419 election staff so far.
On Saturday, from the 659 sessions held across the state, the state had the capacity to vaccinate 65,088 people, but only 19.5% of the beneficiaries turned up. Chennai reported the most cases, 187, on Saturday, while the three neighbouring districts, Tiruvallur (35), Chengalpet (36), and Kancheepuram (21) together re