Chief Minister MK Stalin made a veiled reference to the Karthigai Deepam controversy at Thiruparukundram today, accusing the BJP of politicising a religious issue. In Madurai to attend official and ...

The Thiruparankundram dispute over lighting the karthigai deepam highlights the state's need to act as a neutral facilitator. The controversy, rooted in faith and administrative discretion, ...

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Thursday allowed conduct of a peaceful hunger strike at Thiruparankundram on December 13, demanding to light Karthigai Deepam on the deepathoon atop ...

DMK leader Kanimozhi on Wedneaday submitted an impeachment notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking the removal of Madras High Court judge G R Swaminathan. She did so after securing the signatures ...

The Madurai Deepam controversy is intensifying with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat asserting that the Deepam issue can be resolved within the state on the basis of the strength of Hindus. Your neighbors may ...

In Parliament, Anurag Thakur flagged the Madurai ‘Deepam’ controversy, saying the dispute over lighting the Karthigai Deepam at the Deepathoon near a dargah in Thiruparankundram has created ...

The Madras High Court on Friday asked the Tamil Nadu government again to explain its repeated failure to permit the lighting of the Karthigai Deepam lamp atop the Deepathoon, the ancient stone lamp ...

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday heard a contempt petition arising out of the Thiruparankundram Karthigai Deepam dispute, with Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary and Director General of ...

In a heated Parliament session, BJP MP Anurag Thakur termed Tamil Nadu a 'symbol of anti-Sanatan Dharma' over the Thiruparankundram Deepam controversy. Thakur alleged that despite Madras High Court ...

The issue of lighting of a traditional lamp at a hilltop temple near Madurai rocked the Lok Sabha on Friday (December 5, 2025), with DMK leader T.R. Baalu accusing the BJP of trying to "ignite" ...

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has voiced deep concern over the controversy surrounding the lighting of the Karthigai Deepam at Thirupparankundram, the first of the six ...

The Lok Sabha on Friday (December 5, 2025) witnessed a face-off between the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the long-standing dispute over lighting the ...