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TMC stages protest against proposed electricity tariff hike in Tiruppur

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 EditorComment(0)

The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) came to power by promising to bring prosperity to the State, but ended up in putting additional burden and giving disappointment to the people, alleged G.K. Vasan, MP, here on Saturday.

Hundreds of cadres from Tamil Maanila Congress Party staged a demonstration outside the Corporation office condemning the proposed increase in electricity tariff.

The protesters raised slogans against the government for increasing the property tax and electricity charges. They also demanded to fix monthly enumeration for electricity charges.

Mr. Vasan said the DMK-led government tried to shift the blame on Union Government in order to hide their incompetence in controlling the price rise.

Mr. Vasan alleged, “the law and order has deteriorated to such an extent that women cannot move not only at night but also during the day”. He further said, industrial cities like Tiruppur would be severely affected because of the proposed tariff hike.

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“One Face Before Us, Another Before Media,” says Congress in criticism of Shashi Tharoor

October 20, 2022October 20, 2022 News Desk

With the election for party president completed, the Congress today slammed Shashi Tharoor for being “two-faced” in response to his claims of “very significant anomalies” in the internal voting. The election in-charge, Madhusudhan Mistry, responded to Shashi Tharoor’s team by saying, “I’m sad to tell that you had one face before me that communicated that you’re content with all our replies and different face in the media that made all these claims against us.” In the election, Mallikarjun Kharge easily defeated Shashi Tharoor, becoming the first president of the Gandhi Congress in 24 years. Salman Soz, Mr. Tharoor’s election agent, wrote to Mr. Mistry while the ballots were being counted yesterday, calling attention to “disturbing facts” regarding the poll in Uttar Pradesh and requesting that the results be thrown out. Even while Mr. Tharoor later expressed regret over the release of a “strictly internal letter” and urged everyone to “move on,” the Congress’s response was scathing and merciless. Mr. Mistry said in his point-by-point refutation that “we granted your request… and in spite of that you went to the media stating that the Central Election Authority was conspiring against you.” By giving the idea that the entire exercise was unjust to your candidate, you sought to make a mountain out of a mole(hill), he added. Throughout his campaign for the top position in the Congress, Mr. Tharoor frequently voiced his worries about a “uneven playing field,” saying that the two contenders were treated “vastly differently.” Even though the Congress stated that the election was free and fair, few questioned Mr. Kharge’s victory because he was largely regarded as the “Gandhis endorsed” choice.

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Thousands of nearly naked migrants found on Turkish-Greek border

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 News Desk

The group’s arrival under circumstances that, according to the Greek ministry of civil protection, gave forth a “inhuman picture,” was confirmed by EU border agency Frontex to AFP. According to Paulina Bakula, a spokeswoman for the organisation, “Frontex officers reported that the migrants were found almost naked and some of them with evident injuries.” In a tweet, the UNHCR refugee organisation expressed its “great sorrow” over the horrifying stories and pictures of 92 persons who were allegedly discovered naked at the Greek-Turkish land border. Speaking from Frontex’s Warsaw headquarters, Bakula said Frontex agents collaborated with Greek authorities to offer the migrants—most of whom were Afghans and Syrians—immediate aid. She noted that the group had alerted the agency’s fundamental rights officer to a possible infringement of rights. The latest in a string of accusations against Turkey about migration between the neighbours came from Greek Minister of Civil Protection Takis Theodorikakos. Theodorikakos claimed that many of the migrants told Frontex that “three Turkish army vehicles had relocated them” to the river, which serves as a natural border, when speaking on Skai television. The Turkish presidency rejected any responsibility for the refugees in a string of critical tweets, blaming Greece for the “inhuman” circumstances. Fahrettin Altun, the top press aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, wrote: “We urge Greece to stop its harsh treatment of refugees as soon as possible, to cease its frivolous and misleading accusations against Turkey. In tweets sent in Turkish, Greek, and English, he continued, “With these pointless and ridiculous efforts, Greece has once again shown to the entire world that it does not respect the dignity of refugees by posting these oppressed people’s pictures it has deported after extorting their personal belongings.” Ismail Catakli, the deputy interior minister for Turkey, urged Greece to cease its “manipulations and dishonesty” in a tweet. Notis Mitarachi, the Greek minister in charge of immigration and asylum, had called the occurrence on Saturday “a stain on civilization.” NGOs and the media frequently accuse Athens of trying to forcibly return migrants to Turkey, something the Greek capital consistently refutes. Erdogan charged Greece of turning the Aegean Sea into a “cemetery” with “oppressive tactics” on immigration in a speech to the UN last month. Rights organisation Mare Liberum, located in Berlin, tweeted: “In the Evros region, systematic human rights abuses against individuals on the move are committed by Turkey as well as Greece on a daily basis.” The group continued, “When these crimes are openly acknowledged by government officials, it simply serves to stoke the fire of the protracted war between Turkey and Greece, not to protect persons on the move.