Kalyanasundaram

Early trends show the NDA, led by AINRC, is set to retain power in Puducherry. Chief Minister N Rangasamy secured the Thattanchavady seat, a key victory. The Congress-DMK alliance struggles, indicating a fragmented opposition. The NDA's organizational strength and voter outreach appear to have secured them another term, promising continuity in governance.

For 35 years, Tamil Nadu librarian Palam Kalyanasundaram donated his entire salary, choosing service over personal gain. Despite earning modest wages and facing scarcity, he established 'Paalam' to channel aid to those in need. His lifelong dedication to giving, even after retirement, earned him the prestigious Padma Shri award.

Puducherry's 9.5 lakh voters will elect 294 candidates across 30 Assembly seats on April 9. The ruling NDA faces a challenge from the INDIA bloc and actor Vijay's TVK party. Chief Minister N Rangasamy is contesting from two constituencies as all arrangements are in place for the polls.

DMK is fielding Senthil Balaji in Coimbatore South with a hope to silence factions which worked against the party’s prospects in Coimbatore district in previous elections.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced nine candidates for the Puducherry Legislative Assembly elections, contesting in alliance with the All India NR Congress. The Election Commission of India has also completed the first randomisation of EVMs and VVPATs for the upcoming polls in Puducherry, Assam, and Kerala, as well as for bye-elections in other states.

The BJP has finalized its Puducherry assembly election candidates, naming M Arulmurugan for Karaikal South. This completes their list for the April 9 polls, where they contest 10 seats alongside allies AINRC, AIADMK, and LJK. Preparations are in full swing for the 30-seat election, with EVMs and VVPATs readied for over 9.44 lakh voters.

According to assistant public prosecutor S Lokkeshvaran, R Sivapoosanam, a farmer from Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, forged nativity, nationality, caste and birth certificates of his son and daughter and applied for their admission into the MBBS programme in 2004 under the Puducherry residents’ quota through Centac. The Centac scrutinised the certificates and found them to be forged.

In a statement, party general secretary K Anbazhagan said Kalyanasundaram had been removed from the party as he had indulged in anti-party activities. Party legal wing secretary R S Bharathi would replace Kalyanasundaram as organizing secretary.

A Tindivanam court on Wednesday set aside a lower court’s order convicting former Puducherry education minister P M L Kalyanasundaram and two Tamil Nadu education department officials to two years in jail on charges of criminal conspiracy, forgery and cheating in connection with SSLC examinations.

Tamil Nadu Police has stepped up efforts to arrest absconding Puducherry education minister P M L Kalyanasundaram, who is mired in a copying scandal.

A court in Tindivanam in Viluppuram district on Wednesday convicted former education minister and ruling party MLA P M L Kalyanasundaram in a case of criminal conspiracy, forgery and cheating in the SSLC Class 10 examinations and sentenced him to two two-year jail terms.

Dhanlaxmi Bank shares fell as much as 9% on Monday before recovering partially after Sridhar Kalyanasundaram, an independent director, resigned over the weekend, citing disagreements with the board on issues such as the bank's rights issuance and capital position. As of 10:20 a.m. IST, the bank's shares were down 3.25% to 28.20 rupees.

A Class X dropout from a govt school, Puducherry education minister Kalyanasundaram had quit studies in 1991 after failing in science and social sciences.

Bowing to pressure from many quarters, chief minister N Rangasamy on Saturday sacked education minister P M L Kalyanasundaram, who was accused of using a proxy to write his Class 10 supplementary examination.

Madurai south tahsildar Kalyanasundaram was transferred and placed in the waiting list after a video message surfaced on social media about the question paper leak for the village assistant examination held on Sunday.

Veteran journalist N Kalyanasundaram died at a hospital in California in the US on December 13, the Madras Reporters Guild (Chennai Nirubargal Sangam) said. He was 86.

Seventy-year-old Kalyanasundaram’s face wears a permanent look of defiance. Popularly known as ‘Thagaval Thaatha’, a veteran of over 300 applications under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, he faces threats from close to home — his neighbours.

In what is seen as pressure tactics from the Stalin camp to ease out DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, party organizing secretary P V Kalyanasundaram has tendered resignation from all party posts demanding MK Stalin be announced as DMK’s next chief ministerial candidate.

The TN police said that education minister Kalyanasundaram allegedly used an impersonator to write the class 10 supplementary exam in September.

DMK, which suspended its organising secretary P V Kalyanasundaram from all party posts, is yet to take a call on his directorship of the scam-tainted Kalaignar TV.

Indicating a churning of sorts within the DMK, the party on Thursday suspended its organizing secretary P V Kalyanasundaram for demanding that M K Stalin be made the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the 2016 assembly elections.

A 31-year-old electrician was hacked to death by two people near Kumbakonam in Thanjavur on Wednesday. Police have intensified their search operation to nab the culprits. According to police, the deceased has been identified as M Kalyanasundaram, a native of Thiruvidaimaruthur in Thanjavur district.

Tension prevailed at the 29th convocation of Pondicherry University on Tuesday as a BJP MLA, P M L Kalyanasundaram, got into a heated argument with vice-chancellor Gurmeet Singh.