A Raja Controversy

The Congress on Tuesday condemned the reported controversial remarks of A Raja, a senior leader of ally DMK, and asserted that one should exercise restraint while speaking.

After National award-winning Tamil director Vetrimaaran sparked controversy by claiming that Raja Raja Chola wasn't a Hindu king, Kamal Haasan has backed the director's statement

DMK deputy general secretary A Raja sparked a controversy over his Shudra remark and drew BJP's ire with the saffron party accusing him of spewing hatred against a community to appease others.

Less than two weeks before Tamil Nadu goes to vote, former Union Minister A Raja has provoked a major controversy by calling Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami, popularly known as EPS, "worth less than [DMK chief MK] Stalin's slipper".

Banned by Facebook on Thursday over hateful content and labelled a "dangerous individual", controversial Telangana BJP MLA T Raja Singh claimed it had been more than a year since he left the social networking website and asked whether the company was working under Congress "pressure".

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.

The Uttar Pradesh government has suspended a senior police officer for allegedly making controversial remarks in an interview to a news website. He has also been given the punishment because of unauthorised absence from duty, official sources said today.

The Vice-Chancellor of Purvanchal University has waded into controversy after remarks that appeared to encourage students to get into fights and even commit murders. As National Conference chief Omar Abdullah targeted the BJP, Uttar Pradesh minister Siddharth Nath Singh recommended action against Raja Ram Yadav, saying a vice-chancellor of "such me...

A controversial BJP legislator from Hyderabad T Raja Singh has resigned from the party so that he can "act" against cow slaughter during Eid al-Adha without embarrassing the party.

H Raja, a BJP leader in Tamil Nadu, blamed staff managing his Facebook page as he confronted a huge backlash over a post that is seen to have driven the vandalism of a statue of rationalist movement founder EV Ramasamy or Periyar. He expressed regret over the post, which he had deleted yesterday.

BJP national secretary H Raja has created a storm in Tamil Nadu with a controversial Facebook post this morning, warning that the statue of social reformer EVR Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, will be brought down, just like Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin's statue was razed in Tripura yesterday.

Senior officials at the office of then prime minister Manmohan Singh had "suppressed the most relevant and controversial part" of A Raja's letter and the then telecom minister "cannot be faulted" for misrepresenting the facts, a special court said on Thursday.

Deepika Padukone's 'crime' has been to act in a film called "Padmavati" that has the country up in arms

The controversy over Vijay-starrer "Mersal" continued today, with actor Vishal taking exception to senior BJP leader H Raja's reported remarks that he had watched the movie online. Referring to Raja's remarks, reported in a section of the media, Vishal, head of the Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) and general secretary of the South Indian Artist...

The Congress on Tuesday condemned the reported controversial remarks of A Raja, a senior leader of ally DMK, and asserted that one should exercise restraint while speaking.

After National award-winning Tamil director Vetrimaaran sparked controversy by claiming that Raja Raja Chola wasn't a Hindu king, Kamal Haasan has backed the director's statement

DMK deputy general secretary A Raja sparked a controversy over his Shudra remark and drew BJP's ire with the saffron party accusing him of spewing hatred against a community to appease others.

Less than two weeks before Tamil Nadu goes to vote, former Union Minister A Raja has provoked a major controversy by calling Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami, popularly known as EPS, "worth less than [DMK chief MK] Stalin's slipper".

Banned by Facebook on Thursday over hateful content and labelled a "dangerous individual", controversial Telangana BJP MLA T Raja Singh claimed it had been more than a year since he left the social networking website and asked whether the company was working under Congress "pressure".

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.

The Uttar Pradesh government has suspended a senior police officer for allegedly making controversial remarks in an interview to a news website. He has also been given the punishment because of unauthorised absence from duty, official sources said today.

The Vice-Chancellor of Purvanchal University has waded into controversy after remarks that appeared to encourage students to get into fights and even commit murders. As National Conference chief Omar Abdullah targeted the BJP, Uttar Pradesh minister Siddharth Nath Singh recommended action against Raja Ram Yadav, saying a vice-chancellor of "such me...

A controversial BJP legislator from Hyderabad T Raja Singh has resigned from the party so that he can "act" against cow slaughter during Eid al-Adha without embarrassing the party.

H Raja, a BJP leader in Tamil Nadu, blamed staff managing his Facebook page as he confronted a huge backlash over a post that is seen to have driven the vandalism of a statue of rationalist movement founder EV Ramasamy or Periyar. He expressed regret over the post, which he had deleted yesterday.

BJP national secretary H Raja has created a storm in Tamil Nadu with a controversial Facebook post this morning, warning that the statue of social reformer EVR Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, will be brought down, just like Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin's statue was razed in Tripura yesterday.

Senior officials at the office of then prime minister Manmohan Singh had "suppressed the most relevant and controversial part" of A Raja's letter and the then telecom minister "cannot be faulted" for misrepresenting the facts, a special court said on Thursday.

Deepika Padukone's 'crime' has been to act in a film called "Padmavati" that has the country up in arms

The controversy over Vijay-starrer "Mersal" continued today, with actor Vishal taking exception to senior BJP leader H Raja's reported remarks that he had watched the movie online. Referring to Raja's remarks, reported in a section of the media, Vishal, head of the Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) and general secretary of the South Indian Artist...