Pon Radhakrishnan

The BJP on Saturday named senior party leader and former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan as its candidate for the April 6 bypoll to the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu police on Wednesday arrested a Congress-affiliated orator accused of making a controversial speech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah earlier this week, news agency ANI reported. He was picked up from Perambalur, located nearly 300 km from Chennai.

Several BJP leaders have been detained in Chennai for taking out a protest to demand the arrest of a Congress-affiliated orator accused of making a controversial speech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah earlier this week.

Home Minister Amit Shah had triggered a political row when he had said that only Hindi could unite the country.

Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, state party chief Tamilisai Soundararajan and national secretary H Raja, known for his rabble rousing speeches, are among the five candidates announced by the BJP on Thursday for Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu.

The halwa ceremony marks the beginning of the process of printing documents for the Budget 2019. Once the halwa is served, a large number of officials and support staff - who are directly associated with the Budget making and printing process - are required to stay in the ministry and remain cut off from their families till the presentation of the ...

The Sabarimala shrine witnessed a steady flow of devotees Friday, even as Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan came out in support of a senior IPS officer who was allegedly embroiled in a spat with Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan two days ago.

The BJP leaders in Kerala alleged that Kerala police stopped Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan at Pamba base camp when he was returning from the hill shrine well past midnight Thursday.

The BJP in Kerala demanded action against police officer Yathish Chandra who entered into an argument with Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan on Wednesday over pilgrims not being allowed to take private vehicles to Sabarimala.

The Bharatiya Janata Party wants the Superintendent of Police Yathish Chandra suspended for his alleged rude behaviour with Union Minister of State for Finance and Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan when he came to pay his obeisance at the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday.

Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, who was on his way to the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday, found himself engaged in a bitter war of words with the police over restrictions on private vehicles heading to Pamba, the base camp from where the climb towards the shrine of Lord Ayyappa starts.

Union Minister of State for Finance and Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan refused to go up on a stage at a government event in Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district after he expressed discontent over low turnout of people at the venue.

Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan has said the #MeToo movement was started by "people with perverted minds" and wondered if it was fair to level accusations over incidents that happened years ago.

The BJP is becoming the focal point in Tamil Nadu politics as all political parties were either criticising or appreciating it, Union Minister of State for Finance, Pon Radhakrishnan said Saturday.

Asking public and private insurance companies to quickly settle claims filed by the flood-affected in Kerala, Union Minister of State for Finance Pon Radhakrishnan has said that the Centre will consider the state's demand to raise its borrowing limit.

The BJP on Saturday named senior party leader and former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan as its candidate for the April 6 bypoll to the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu police on Wednesday arrested a Congress-affiliated orator accused of making a controversial speech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah earlier this week, news agency ANI reported. He was picked up from Perambalur, located nearly 300 km from Chennai.

Several BJP leaders have been detained in Chennai for taking out a protest to demand the arrest of a Congress-affiliated orator accused of making a controversial speech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah earlier this week.

Home Minister Amit Shah had triggered a political row when he had said that only Hindi could unite the country.

Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, state party chief Tamilisai Soundararajan and national secretary H Raja, known for his rabble rousing speeches, are among the five candidates announced by the BJP on Thursday for Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu.

The halwa ceremony marks the beginning of the process of printing documents for the Budget 2019. Once the halwa is served, a large number of officials and support staff - who are directly associated with the Budget making and printing process - are required to stay in the ministry and remain cut off from their families till the presentation of the ...

The Sabarimala shrine witnessed a steady flow of devotees Friday, even as Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan came out in support of a senior IPS officer who was allegedly embroiled in a spat with Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan two days ago.

The BJP leaders in Kerala alleged that Kerala police stopped Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan at Pamba base camp when he was returning from the hill shrine well past midnight Thursday.

The BJP in Kerala demanded action against police officer Yathish Chandra who entered into an argument with Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan on Wednesday over pilgrims not being allowed to take private vehicles to Sabarimala.

The Bharatiya Janata Party wants the Superintendent of Police Yathish Chandra suspended for his alleged rude behaviour with Union Minister of State for Finance and Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan when he came to pay his obeisance at the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday.

Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, who was on his way to the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday, found himself engaged in a bitter war of words with the police over restrictions on private vehicles heading to Pamba, the base camp from where the climb towards the shrine of Lord Ayyappa starts.

Union Minister of State for Finance and Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan refused to go up on a stage at a government event in Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district after he expressed discontent over low turnout of people at the venue.

Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan has said the #MeToo movement was started by "people with perverted minds" and wondered if it was fair to level accusations over incidents that happened years ago.

The BJP is becoming the focal point in Tamil Nadu politics as all political parties were either criticising or appreciating it, Union Minister of State for Finance, Pon Radhakrishnan said Saturday.

Asking public and private insurance companies to quickly settle claims filed by the flood-affected in Kerala, Union Minister of State for Finance Pon Radhakrishnan has said that the Centre will consider the state's demand to raise its borrowing limit.