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Ex-MNM office bearers Mahendran and YouTube-beautician-turned social activist Padma Priya jump ship to DMK

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Former Vice President of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) Mahendran has jumped ship to DMK following MNM’s debacle in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections.

Along with him YouTube beautician-turned-social activist-turned-politician Padma Priya has joined the DMK.

Dr. R. Mahendran is a doctor in Pollachi and a successful entrepreneur. He was one of the key figures of the party and had contested the 2019 Parliamentary Elections from Coimbatore coming third with about 1.5 lakh votes.

Padma Priya had contested in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections from the Maduravoyal Constituency and got 33401 votes.

Both of them had quit MNM in May 2021.

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Roads in UP to be named after Karsevaks who were killed during the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi movement

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As per reports, roads in various cities and towns in the state will be named “Balidani Ram Bhakt Marg” and a karsevaks home with names and pictures of the deceased displayed on the plaque.

Officially, 16 karsevaks died in police firing ordered by the then UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, but Hindu organisations claim the the number of Karsevaks killed in the police firing is much higher.

“Karsevaks had come to Ayodhya in 1990 and wanted the darshan of Ram Lalla. The then SP govt had fired bullets at the unarmed Lord Ram devotees. Many had died. Today, I announce that roads would be constructed in UP in the name of all such kar sevaks,” Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya said during his visit to Ayodhya on Tuesday (6 July), reports Times Now.

The decision to name roads after fallen karsevaks comes at a time when the state assembly elections are less than one year away.

The construction of Ayodhya Ram Mandir is also going on parallelly following Covid-19 restrictions. It is expected to be finished by late 2023 or early 2024.

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#BREAKING: Former IPS Officer K. Annamalai is now BJP TN President

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K. Annamalai, who was the Vice President of Tamil Nadu BJP has been elevated to the post of State President of the party.

His elevation comes after the post fell vacant following Dr. L. Murugan becoming the Union Minister in PM Modi’s cabinet.

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Dalit man lynched in public in Congress-ruled Rajasthan by Sagar Qureshi, Raes, Imran & Akhtar

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In the Congress-ruled state of Rajasthan, another Dalit man named Krishna Valmiki from Jhalawar was publicly lynched at Haldighati road by Sagar Qureshi, Raes (Kaalu), Imran (Shanu), Akhtar, and others on July 01.

Valmiki was rushed to Jhalawar’s government district hospital but due to the serious injuries sustained during the lynching, he had to be shifted to a city hospital in Jaipur where he succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday (July 6) morning. 

As per reports, Valmiki was dragged out of his car and attacked by prime accused Qureshi and his gang due to personal animosity. After beating him senselessly with sticks and clubs, the attackers left him to die on the road while one of the attackers had allegedly shot the video of the incident which went viral on social media. 

While the main accused have been arrested, the police are on the lookout for the one who shot the video of the lynching.

Valmiki was attacked by at least 12 men who as per the latest report, wanted to take revenge due to an ongoing rivalry and the Police have informed that a group had attacked Qureshi after which he along with his accomplices made a plan to take revenge.

Police have reportedly said that all accused, namely Sagar Qureshi, Raees, Imran, Akhtar Ali, Sohail, Sahid, etc have been arrested and most of them are history sheeters.

After the arrest of Qureshi, and few of his companions on Tuesday, anticipating further violence, police teams had been deployed in several areas of Jhalawar and Jhalrapatan.

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Watch: DMK Fisheries Minister carried by fishermen to the shore to avoid wetting his shoes

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A video of DMK Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan being carried to the shore by a fisherman because the minister didn’t want to get his dazzling white shoes wet has gone viral on social media.

Anitha Radhakrishnan, the DMK MLA from Thiruchendur constituency and Minister for Fisheries in Tamil Nadu, was at Palaverkadu to inspect the effects of sea erosion.

When Anitha Radhakrishnan’s boat approached the shoreline, he realized he would have to walk the remaining distance in the water to get to land. However, because the Minister did not want to get his bright white sports shoes wet, he let a fisherman carry him to the shore as his followers and other fishermen crowded around him for support.

Recognizing that his video was becoming viral for all the wrong reasons, the minister gave an evasive reply, claiming that it was that fisherman who insisted on carrying him on their shoulders out of affection.

Some of the tweets criticizing DMK minister behaviour:

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UP ATS proposes to set up all-women Special Police Operation Team

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In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a proposal is being made to set up a first-of-its-kind Anti-Terrorist Squad (UP ATS) that will consist of an all-women police squad.

This special squad will be named Special Police Operation Team and will include 58 personnel, including a dog squad, a bomb disposal team, and a wireless trapping unit (SPOT).

After discussion with the Home Department officials, a senior officer at UP ATS said that a proposal has been sent to the government for approval and budgeting.

Once approved, this specialized force will be trained and equipped to deal with anti-hijacking and counter-insurgency activities such as terrorist attacks. Experts from the BSF, CISF, ITBP and other paramilitary forces would train those chosen to join the SPOT commandos.

The UP ATS officer said the idea to raise an all-women squad with specialized training was based on increasing representation of women at workplaces and their deployment at sensitive locations and help carry out rescue operations and tackling women troublemakers would also be easier with this squad.

ATS Inspector General G.K. Goswami said that SPOT would also perform security surveys during peacetime and train special weapons advanced tactics teams of district police.

SPOT is a specialized unit of ATS. The first unit raised in 2018 comprised men only and its exclusive training center is located in Sarojini Nagar in Lucknow.

Meanwhile, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is in the process to raise three all-women battalions which have already begun.

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EAM S Jaishshankar makes surprise visit to Iran, meets President-elect Ebrahim Raisi

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As the Taliban in Afganistan gains ground after the withdrawal of the NATO forces, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in a surprise diplomatic visit to Iran, met with President-elect Ebrahim Raisi which is a rare gesture by Iran when to allow the incoming president meet a visiting foreign dignitary.

Jaishankar is now the first foreign dignitary and senior minister from the Modi government to meet Iran’s hard-liner President-elect Raisi to succeed Hassan Rouhani.

During the meeting, Jaishankar delivered a written congratulatory message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to President-elect Raisi and both sides agreed on the necessity to strengthen inter-Afghan dialogue leading and later a statement was issued by the Iranian foreign ministry.

The date of India’s EAM’s travel to Iran, however, coincided with a delegation of Taliban officials led by Shir Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai visiting Iran from Doha to promote intra-Afghan talks following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

“Thank President-elect Ebrahim Raisi for his gracious welcome. Handed over a personal message from PM @narendramodi. Appreciate his warm sentiments for India. Deeply value his strong commitment to strengthen our bilateral ties and expand cooperation on regional and global issues (sic),” Jaishankar said in a tweet.

According to Iran’s foreign ministry, Jaishankar had “thanked Iran for its efforts” for bringing the Afghan government and the Taliban leaders “closer to a comprehensive political solution” even as the intra-Afghan talks remained in a stalemate.

The talks with Iran also featured Oil Trade, the future of the Chabahar Port, and the resumption of oil imports from Iran, which were stopped in May 2019 due to American sanctions under the Trump administration.

India is now cautiously watching the Joe Biden administration and the lifting of the sanctions as New Delhi is keen to resume the bilateral trade with Iran on oil and petrochemicals.

For India in order to remain relevant in Afganistan, the Chabahar Port is critical as it gives India connectivity and trade to Afghanistan.

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DMK appoints Dindigul Leoni who made sexist remarks on women during election campaign as head of TN textbook corporation

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The appointment of Dindigul I. Leoni as the head of the Tamil Nadu Textbook & Educational Services Corporation by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has triggered controversy.

Dindigul I. Leoni, also known as Dindigul Leoni, is the DMK’s propaganda wing secretary and a pattimandram (debate) anchor on Kalaignar TV. He is known for his sexist statements he made during elections where he compared the waist of Tamil women with barrels.

During the 2021 assembly elections, while campaigning for Karthikeya Sivasenapathy in the Thondamuthur constituency, he said “women have lost their shape” and “increasingly look like a barrel”. He went on to compare their physical shape to that of cows and said that they were starting to look like them since they have been drinking the milk obtained from foreign imported cows. Women activists, political leaders, and the general public all denounced his sexist remarks.

Leoni has emerged in the spotlight following his appointment as the head of the Tamil Nadu Text Book Corporation. His appointment was criticized by a number of women activists, political leaders, celebrities, and journalists.

Women activists have criticized Dindigul Leoni’s recent appointment as the chairman of the Tamil Nadu Textbook Society by Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, claiming that he has made inappropriate remarks about women in the past.

Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss criticized his appointment in a series of tweets, stating that there is no bigger disrespect to the position than appointing someone who has survived to talk disparagingly of women.

Journalist Sandhya Ravishankar took a dig at DMK for the appointment of Dindigul Leoni to the Tamil Nadu textbook corporation.

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US Prez Joe Biden to host Quad Summit, vaccines, climate change, and Indo-Pacific in agenda

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The US coordinator for the Indo-Pacific region Kurt Campbell said on Tuesday that US President Joe Biden will host a summit with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan this year and it should bring “decisive” commitments on vaccine diplomacy and infrastructure.

Campbell made the remarks at an event hosted by the Asia Society think tank.

Known as the “Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, representatives for the four member nations have met periodically since its establishment in 2007. The Quad member states have been resolving to uphold a rules-based international order in the Indo-Pacific amid growing Chinese dominance in the region.

At the first summit of the grouping in March this year, PM Modi said the Quad has come of age and its agenda covering areas like vaccines, climate change and emerging technologies makes it a force for global good. In his opening remarks, he had also talked about shared values and promoting a secure, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific.

“We are united by our democratic values, and our commitment to a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific. Our agenda today covering areas like vaccines, climate change and emerging technologies makes the Quad a force for global good,” he had said. The virtual summit was attended by US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

President Joe Biden had earlier said that a “free and open Indo-Pacific is essential” to all and the US was committed to working with its partners and allies in the region to achieve stability. Biden had also described the Quad as a new mechanism to enhance cooperation and raise mutual ambition as the member states address accelerating climate change.

After the recently concluded G-7 summit where the leaders of the world richest countries unveiled the Build Back Better World or B3W to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Kurt Campbell who is the US coordinator for the Indo-Pacific region said on Tuesday (July 6) that US President Joe Biden will host a summit with the leaders of Australia, India, and Japan this year.

The virtual summit was attended by US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

The purpose of this important summit is to create “decisive” commitments on vaccine diplomacy, infrastructure, and rules-based international order in the Indo-Pacific amid the growing Chinese belligerence in the region.

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TN Media is buttressing DMK by not exposing its wrongdoings: Former AIADMK Min C.Ve. Shanmugam

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Former Tamil Nadu Minister C.Ve. Shanmugam said that the media in Tamil Nadu is buttressing the DMK by not exposing the DMK’s failures and wrongdoings

He was speaking at a meeting of AIADMK Union executives held at Singavaram village next to Ginger in Villupuram district: During the meeting he said that the DMK did not get the victory it had expected in the recent Assembly elections and that Stalin himself admits that fact. He said that if the elections were to be held now, the AIADMK would come back to power again.

He also came down heavy on DMK Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan who while responding to a question about the DMK not fulfilling its promise of reducing fuel prices in a press meet had said that they did not give any date to fulfill that promise.

Shanmugam also said that the some of the AIADMK’s decisions had become advantageous to the DMK like their alliance with the BJP. This comment has now irked the BJP in Tamil Nadu with senior BJP leader K.T. Raghavan giving a response saying that such comments are against the coalition dharma.

The former Minister also said that people of Tamil Nadu did not vote for the DMK because they wanted Stalin as the Chief Minister. He further said that the media in Tamil Nadu is trying to play second fiddle to the DMK by buttressing them and not exposing their failures and wrongdoing to the public.

(With inputs from Dinamalar)

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