‘We need to be visible for the world’: Ukraine’s 2024 Eurovision Song Contest entrants set off from war-torn home

“We need to be visible for the world,” Heil said at Kyiv railway station. “We need to show that even now, during the war, our culture is developing, and that Ukrainian music is something waiting for the world to discover.” Singer Jerry Heil (right) and rapper alyona alyona (centre), Ukraine’s entrants in the Eurovision Song … Read more

Katchatheevu: M K Stalin slams BJP for “somersault” on Katchatheevu, dubs RTI disclosure “wrong information”

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday said the BJP has done a “somersault” on the Katchatheevu issue since the LS polls are round the corner. Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not have the guts to neither condemn Sri Lanka over fishermen arrests nor oppose China on its claims over Arunachal Pradesh. When … Read more

mk stalin: What central projects have we stalled, Stalin asks, responding to PM’s allegations

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should spell out what central schemes the state government has “blocked”, and said those it opposed include NEET and the CAA, keeping public welfare in mind. The chief minister was responding to Modi’s claim that there was lack of … Read more

TN govt to consider reservations for Muslim converts of backward classes

DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said on Thursday that the state government will consider a request to extend reservation to Backward Class, Most Backward Class and denotified communities who have converted to Islam. Stalin was responding to a request by MMK leader M.H. Jawaharullah on … Read more

DMK not against Ram temple; don’t agree with shrine built after demolishing mosque: Udhayanidhi Stalin

DMK leader and Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday said his party is not against the Ram temple at Ayodhya but is opposed to the shrine coming up after “demolishing a mosque”. The late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi had stated that DMK is not against a particular religion or faith, Udhayanidhi said, speaking to … Read more