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Periyar

  • The big news: Karnataka Lokayukta stabbed inside his office, and nine other top stories

    The big news: Karnataka Lokayukta stabbed inside his office, and nine other top stories

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 07, 2018 · 01:59 pm
  • Tamil Nadu: Ritual threads of 15 people allegedly cut in Chennai

    Tamil Nadu: Ritual threads of 15 people allegedly cut in Chennai

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 07, 2018 · 11:44 am
  • Statues vandalised: Modi, Rajnath Singh condemn incidents, ask states to deal with cases sternly

    Statues vandalised: Modi, Rajnath Singh condemn incidents, ask states to deal with cases sternly

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 07, 2018 · 11:08 am
  • The big news: Narendra Modi condemns razing of statues in Tripura and TN, and nine other top stories

    The big news: Narendra Modi condemns razing of statues in Tripura and TN, and nine other top stories

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 07, 2018 · 08:39 am
  • What explains the BJP’s animosity towards Periyar and his statues?

    What explains the BJP’s animosity towards Periyar and his statues?

    Vinita Govindarajan
    · Mar 07, 2018 · 06:30 am
  • Tamil Nadu: Two men arrested for vandalising  social reformer Periyar’s statue near Vellore

    Tamil Nadu: Two men arrested for vandalising social reformer Periyar’s statue near Vellore

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 06, 2018 · 10:55 pm
  • BJP leader says Periyar’s statues in Tamil Nadu next target after Lenin statue damaged in Tripura

    BJP leader says Periyar’s statues in Tamil Nadu next target after Lenin statue damaged in Tripura

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 06, 2018 · 03:54 pm
  • Defunct research centre in Chennai speaks of the state of Dravidian ideals in the land of its birth

    Defunct research centre in Chennai speaks of the state of Dravidian ideals in the land of its birth

    Vinita Govindarajan
    · Apr 25, 2017 · 10:30 am
  • Three students of Delhi’s St. Stephen’s drown in Periyar river during college trip to Kerala

    Three students of Delhi’s St. Stephen’s drown in Periyar river during college trip to Kerala

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 17, 2016 · 08:01 am
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