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Which way for Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu in 2021?

Both M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa, who shared the chief minister’s post between them for 32 out of the last 52 years, are dead now. If we include the term of M G Ramachandran, whose political legacy Jayalalithaa inherited, the chief minister’s post was held between the three people for 42 of the last 52 years.

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Updated on Mar 16, 2021 01:39 pm IST

Indian women leaders trolled more than those in US, UK, says report

According to the women politicians HT spoke to as well as those quoted in the report, the issue of online abuse cuts across party lines.

Updated on Jan 24, 2020 09:43 am IST

In Tamil Nadu, BJP blames AIADMK for its tally in civic polls, Dravidian major reacts

BJP’s former state president and former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan has claimed that his party might have done even better if it had contested without the alliance in Tamil Nadu.

Updated on Jan 05, 2020 06:48 pm IST

Amit Shah has assured of changes in CAA for Lankan Tamil refugees: AIADMK mouthpiece

Tamil Naidu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has promised that his government will urge the union government to give dual citizenship for Lankan Tamil refugees.

Updated on Dec 22, 2019 10:58 pm IST

After Maharashtra, BJP wants to keep its Tamil Nadu ally AIADMK in good humour: Analysts

The Tamil Nadu BJP does not have a leader after then president Tamilisai Sounderajan vacated her position since she was elevated as the Governor for Telangana.

Updated on Nov 30, 2019 07:30 am IST

Stalin calls Maharashtra coup a shame for democracy, AIADMK greets new govt

DMK President MK Stalin has called the new political development in Maharashtra a murder of democracy.

Updated on Nov 23, 2019 07:38 pm IST

Ahead of bypolls, AIADMK, DMK continue trading barbs over Jayalalithaa’s death

Former CM Jayalalithaa was admitted in Chennai’s Apollo Hospital on September 22, 2016. After 75 days of treatment, she was declared dead on December 5, 2016.

Updated on Oct 19, 2019 08:33 pm IST

AIADMK minister prays for Sasikala’s early release from prison, re-entry into party

VK Sasikala is serving a four-year jail term for corruption.

Updated on Oct 15, 2019 11:03 pm IST

Rural housing scheme success hinges on Opposition states this year

Prime Minister Narendra Modi felicitates beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) at Shirdi, Maharashtra.

Updated on Sept 24, 2019 01:27 am IST

MNM implements poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s template for 2021 TN assembly polls

Makkal Needhi Maiam leader Kamal Hassan has hired poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s IPAC ahead of the Tamil Nadu State Legislative Assembly (TNLA) elections due in 2021.

Updated on Aug 18, 2019 07:19 pm IST

Fissures appear in BJP-AIADMK alliance

The AIADMK has not involved the BJP in its campaign for the Vellore Lok Sabha poll on August 18. The election was postponed because of large cash seizure.

Updated on Jul 18, 2019 01:23 am IST

Will not push for no-confidence motion against speaker: Stalin

The DMK was planning to raise several issues during the session to embarrass the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).

Updated on Jun 28, 2019 11:16 pm IST

Refrigerator at home catches fire, 3 of Chennai family die

Preliminary reports indicate the fridge caught fire which may have started in the pooja room.

Updated on Jun 27, 2019 11:07 pm IST

With AIADMK in doldrums, DMK confident of returning to power in TN

AIADMK managed to save its government by winning nine of the 22 assembly seats where bypolls were held, but the strength of the DMK in the assembly has increased, given that 21 of these were held by the ruling party earlier.

Updated on Jun 23, 2019 07:30 am IST

In AIADMK, more party men press for leadership overhaul

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and his deputy, O Panneerselvam, have been running the government as well as the party as AIADMK’s co-conveners. (Photo:AIADMK Twitter)

Updated on Jun 10, 2019 12:37 am IST

AIADMK veteran demands overhaul in party leadership

Chief minister Palaniswami denied any factional feud in the AIADMK.

Updated on Jun 09, 2019 08:47 am IST

No place for Hindi in Tamil Nadu, says AIADMK

There is no place for Hindi. Neither the government nor the party would backtrack even an inch from what Anna has laid out. There would not be any change,” Tamil Nadu minister and AIADMK leader D Jayakumar said.

Updated on Jun 07, 2019 01:39 am IST

Anger in South over draft policy’s Hindi ideas

According to the draft National Education Policy that was made public by the new government, the three-language formula should be introduced at an earlier stage in schools.

Updated on Jun 01, 2019 11:54 pm IST

Charge sheet filed in Tamil Nadu’s Pollachi scandal

A CBI officer, requesting anonymity, said a lot of girls/women were not ready to come forward and lodge complaints for fear that their identities would be exposed.

Updated on May 24, 2019 10:08 pm IST

AIADMK ally to move court over EC decision to cancel Lok Sabha polls in Vellore

The AIADMK, which is in power in Tamil Nadu, is in contesting the Lok Sabha elections in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party for 40 parliamentary seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

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Updated on Apr 17, 2019 11:09 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: After Karunanidhi, will Stalin be able to lift DMK in first big poll test?

Karunanidhi Stalin, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (DMK) newly-minted president, used to be fertile material for Tamil Nadu’s formidable army of social media meme-makers.

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Updated on Apr 15, 2019 07:15 am IST

Before Tamil Nadu votes on April 18, IT sleuths carry out raids in multiple locations

Raids were also carried out at the premises of a group of financiers in Chennai and Tirunelveli based on allegations of accumulating money for election-related work.

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Updated on Apr 12, 2019 09:45 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Tirrupur constituency in Tamil Nadu is an AIADMK stronghold

Mumbai, India - Oct. 8, 2014 : Election Commission staff seals the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) at 181 Mahim Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency election office in D'Silva School, Dadar, Mumbai, India on Wednesday, October 8, 2014, days ahead of the upcoming ASSEMBLY (VIDHAN SABHA) ELECTIONS on October 15, 2014.

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Updated on Apr 15, 2019 09:16 am IST

Madras High Court quashes move to acquire land

One of the petitioners against the project is Anbumani Ramadoss, MP of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), which has joined hands with the AIADMK-BJP combine for the Lok Sabha polls that begin on April 11.

Updated on Apr 08, 2019 11:48 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: AIADMK, DMK kick off poll campaigns in Tamil Nadu

The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leaders launched their campaigns on Wednesday for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and 18 assembly seat by-polls.

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Published on Mar 20, 2019 11:37 pm IST

Is the DMDK worth all the hype?

For a party that made waves within two years of its launch, the downfall has been too quick, made worse by Vijayakanth’s ill-health

Updated on Mar 08, 2019 06:13 pm IST

Tiruvarur bypoll: For Karunanidhi seat, DMK may opt for family nominee

Chennai, India - Karunanidhi attends court in a defamation case on Monday. (Photo by V Srinivasulu) *pic received on January 18, 2016*

Published on Jan 03, 2019 08:33 am IST

Uproar over Rafale, dam on Cauvery disrupts Parliament for sixth consecutive day

AIADMK MPs staging a protest demonstration demanding to stop construction of Dam at Megadatu across Cauvery River in Parliament house in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Published on Dec 19, 2018 11:45 pm IST

AIADMK ready to re-induct 18 rebels, but says no place for Sasikala, TTV Dhinakaran

Tamil Nadu’s ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Monday ruled out the return of VK Sasikala and her nephew, TTV Dhinakaran, to the party while showing the willingness to re-induct the 18 lawmakers disqualified for supporting them.

Published on Dec 11, 2018 12:17 am IST

Will you eat lizard in certified food, AIADMK asks Rajinikanth over criticism of Sarkar protests

The AIADMK on Saturday hit out at veteran actor Rajinikanth for criticising protests by party activists against film Sarkar (File Photo)

Updated on Nov 11, 2018 12:07 am IST

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