22-year-old Praveen belonging to the Paraiyar caste (classified as Scheduled Caste) was killed by Sharmila’s brother Dinesh (24) and four other men in the Pallikaranai locality on February 24.
As many as 10 farmers from Parandur’s Ekanapuram have been booked under non-bailable sections for boycotting the Lok Sabaha elections on Friday, April 19. The farmers are among those who have been protesting against the Parandur airport project alongside the Joint Movement Against Parandur Airport and Farmers Welfare Association.
Tamil Nadu party NTK fields 50% women candidates in three consecutive elections at the time when women's reservation bill has been in conversations but none of the ECI recognized parties have managed to field women in even 33% seats.
Sowcarpet in Central Chennai, celebrated the inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya in January but the voters, predominantly north-Indians from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, seem split between the DMK and the BJP ahead of Lok Sabha 2024 polls.