Tamil Nadu BJP appoints Khushbu Sundar as party's vice president
Chennai, Jul 31 (PTI): Noted actress Khushbu Sundar was on Wednesday appointed by Tamil Nadu BJP President Nainar Nagenthran as the party's state vice president.
Former MPs, VP Duraisamy, KP Ramalingam, Sasikala Pushpa and others including M Chakravarthi continue to be the party's state vice-presidents, Nagenthran said in a party release adding the appointments have been cleared by national president JP Nadda.
Kesava Vinayakan continues to be the State general secretary (Organisation), Prof Raama Sreenivsan continues to be state general secretary and Karate R Thiagarajan would continue to work as state secretary.
In total, 45 state level office-bearers have been named, of which most retain their positions and some like Khushbu Sundar have been newly appointed to state-level positions, according to party sources.
Nainar Nagenthran, who took over in April 2025 as BJP Tamil Nadu unit president greeted the party-office bearers.
In 2020, Khushbu Sundar joined the BJP after quitting the Congress party and she had last year resigned as a member of the National Commission for Women.
I am immensely indebted to our H'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji and our TN State President @NainarBJP avl and @blsanthosh ji for trusting me and giving me the huge responsibility as the Vice President, State of Tamilnadu. As a Karyakarta of BJP, I promise to give my best and work… pic.twitter.com/JrckgDyl2b
— KhushbuSundar (@khushsundar) July 30, 2025
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LS passes bill to open up nuclear sector for private participation
New Delhi (PTI): Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the nuclear energy bill with Union minister Jitendra Singh asserting that it would help India achieve its target of 100 GW atomic energy generation by 2047.
The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, which seeks to open the tightly-controlled civil nuclear sector for private participation, was passed by voice vote amid a walkout by the opposition.
Singh termed the bill a "milestone legislation" that will give a new direction to the country's developmental journey.
"India's role in geopolitics is increasing. If we have to be a global player, we have to follow global benchmarks and global strategies. The world is moving towards clean energy. We too have set a target of 100 GW of nuclear energy capacity by 2047," he said.
The opposition contended that the bill diluted provisions of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 that passed on the liability for a nuclear incident on to the suppliers of nuclear equipment.
