Periyar
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Tamil Nadu govt to celebrate Ramaswamy Periyar's birth anniversary as social justice day: CM Stalin
India | Sep 06, 2021, 01:51 PM ISTTamil Nadu government has decided to celebrate the Periyar's birth anniversary every year to serve as a symbolic reinforcement of his egalitarian principles.
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Statue of Periyar in Trichy found smeared with dye, blame game erupts
India | Sep 27, 2020, 02:48 PM ISTA statue of E V Ramasamy Periyar was found smeared with saffron dye on Sunday by unidentified miscreants. The saffron-smeared statue of the reformist leader has drawn strong responses from political leaders in Tamil Nadu.
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Periyar statue smeared with saffron paint in Coimbatore
India | Jul 17, 2020, 05:28 PM ISTA statue of social reformer EV Ramasami 'Periyar' was found smeared with saffron paint in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore on Friday. Following the incident, a youth belonging to a fringe pro-Hindu outfit surrendered in this connection.
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Periyar row: Madras High Court dismisses plea against Rajinikanth
India | Jan 24, 2020, 01:24 PM ISTThe Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed against actor Rajinikanth over his remarks on rationalist leader E V Ramasamy "Periyar" as the petitioners withdrew the plea. Justice P Rajamanickam was hearing the petition by Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam, a fringe outfit.
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Remembering Periyar on his 141st birth anniversary
India | Sep 17, 2019, 02:31 PM ISTOn 141st birth anniversary of E Venkatappa Ramasamy, famously known as Periyar, the nation remembers the great leader who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. Best known as the Father of Dravidian Movement, Periyar has done exemplary works against Brahminical dominance, casteism and women oppression in Tamil Nadu.
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Periyar University UG, PG supplementary result 2019 declared at periyaruniversity.ac.in; check details
Exam Results | Sep 01, 2019, 06:55 AM ISTPeriyar University UG, PG Supplementary Result 2019: The Periyar University has declared the Supplementary Result 2019 online for all the students who appeared for the undergraduate and postgraduate exam earlier in the month on the official website i.e., periyaruniversity.ac.in. Candidates can get latest updates here.
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CRPF jawan, undergoing psychiatric treatment, arrested for vandalising Periyar statue in Tamil Nadu
India | Mar 21, 2018, 04:36 PM ISTAccording to police, the arrested jawan has been undergoing psychiatric treatment since February.
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Another Periyar statue vandalised in Tamil Nadu
India | Mar 20, 2018, 05:28 PM ISTUnidentified persons cut off the head of the statue using a chisel and placed it near the roundtana, the local term to describe a roundabout, police said.
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After Lenin, Periyar, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee statue vandalised in Kolkata
Politics | Mar 07, 2018, 11:45 AM IST