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Expressing happiness that his friend, Rajinikanth, had decided to not enter politics in view of his health, veteran Congress leader P Chidambaram said the 70-year-old superstar was a "devout Hindu, but a secular man" and unlikely to support the BJP.

Saturday's death by suicide of three aspirants ahead of the all-India medical entrance test NEET during the coronavirus pandemic reverberated in the Tamil Nadu assembly today as the ruling AIADMK trained guns on Nalini Chidambram, an advocate and wife of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, for a pro-NEET verdict in 2017.

DMK chief MK Stalin is all set to lead a massive rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Chennai on Monday despite the police denying permission to do so.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today termed the latest political developments in Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK as "low comedy turning into farce" asked why was the state governor not taking any action.

The students of Tamil Nadu who have passed NEET, the all-India medical entrance test, plan to take on the government's move to scrap this year's exams and introduce it from next year. And senior advocate Nalini Chidambaram -- the wife of former Union Minister P Chidambaram - who is representing them, said the state and the Centre had entered a dea...

Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the Congress' organisational structure is "no match" to that of the BJP-RSS combine, which in turn could not match the party set-up of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the AIADMK.

Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram today expressed grief over the death of AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa, saying she "brought a hard, uncompromising style" to politics and governance that won praise and criticism.

On a day it came under severe attack from AIADMK in Lok Sabha on the 2G scam, DMK today slammed its arch rival for not raising issues impacting Tamil Nadu, asking how many times it had stalled Parliament like it was doing now on the Aircel-Maxis issue.

Heavy sloganeering by AIADMK members seeking action against P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram on Aircel-Maxis issue and by Congress lawmakers over alleged Gujarat land scam led to two adjournments in Rajya Sabha, even as the government said it was ready to discuss the matter raised by AIADMK.

AIADMK members created uproar in Lok Sabha for the second day today demanding action against former Union Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram on the Aircel-Maxis issue as Speaker Sumitra Mahajan allowed them to raise the matter later in the day.

Karti Chidambaram, allegations against whom led to stalling of Parliament, today said his business is fully compliant with all laws and regulations of the country and rejected charges of money laundering.

Congress today asked Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to direct her party cadres to end the agitation against TNCC president EVKS Elangovan over his alleged remarks against her.

The poll prospects of 845 contestants, including 2G scam accused A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran, Congress' Manishankar Aiyar and Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti, will be known tomorrow when votes polled for 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu are taken up for counting.

At Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu, Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti is the Congress candidate. His main rival is PR Senthilnathan of the AIADMK, whose Raja Kannapan had lost by a wafer-thin margin to Mr Chidambaram in the 2009 election.

With the rupee at an eight-month-high and Sensex at an all-time high, Finance Minister P Chidambaram slams theories that attribute this to the hope rally due to the euphoria that BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi could lead the next government.

Expressing happiness that his friend, Rajinikanth, had decided to not enter politics in view of his health, veteran Congress leader P Chidambaram said the 70-year-old superstar was a "devout Hindu, but a secular man" and unlikely to support the BJP.

Saturday's death by suicide of three aspirants ahead of the all-India medical entrance test NEET during the coronavirus pandemic reverberated in the Tamil Nadu assembly today as the ruling AIADMK trained guns on Nalini Chidambram, an advocate and wife of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, for a pro-NEET verdict in 2017.

DMK chief MK Stalin is all set to lead a massive rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Chennai on Monday despite the police denying permission to do so.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today termed the latest political developments in Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK as "low comedy turning into farce" asked why was the state governor not taking any action.

The students of Tamil Nadu who have passed NEET, the all-India medical entrance test, plan to take on the government's move to scrap this year's exams and introduce it from next year. And senior advocate Nalini Chidambaram -- the wife of former Union Minister P Chidambaram - who is representing them, said the state and the Centre had entered a dea...

Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the Congress' organisational structure is "no match" to that of the BJP-RSS combine, which in turn could not match the party set-up of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the AIADMK.

Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram today expressed grief over the death of AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa, saying she "brought a hard, uncompromising style" to politics and governance that won praise and criticism.

On a day it came under severe attack from AIADMK in Lok Sabha on the 2G scam, DMK today slammed its arch rival for not raising issues impacting Tamil Nadu, asking how many times it had stalled Parliament like it was doing now on the Aircel-Maxis issue.

Heavy sloganeering by AIADMK members seeking action against P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram on Aircel-Maxis issue and by Congress lawmakers over alleged Gujarat land scam led to two adjournments in Rajya Sabha, even as the government said it was ready to discuss the matter raised by AIADMK.

AIADMK members created uproar in Lok Sabha for the second day today demanding action against former Union Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram on the Aircel-Maxis issue as Speaker Sumitra Mahajan allowed them to raise the matter later in the day.

Karti Chidambaram, allegations against whom led to stalling of Parliament, today said his business is fully compliant with all laws and regulations of the country and rejected charges of money laundering.

Congress today asked Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to direct her party cadres to end the agitation against TNCC president EVKS Elangovan over his alleged remarks against her.

The poll prospects of 845 contestants, including 2G scam accused A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran, Congress' Manishankar Aiyar and Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti, will be known tomorrow when votes polled for 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu are taken up for counting.

At Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu, Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti is the Congress candidate. His main rival is PR Senthilnathan of the AIADMK, whose Raja Kannapan had lost by a wafer-thin margin to Mr Chidambaram in the 2009 election.

With the rupee at an eight-month-high and Sensex at an all-time high, Finance Minister P Chidambaram slams theories that attribute this to the hope rally due to the euphoria that BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi could lead the next government.