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Tamil Nadu politics is rife with speculation that state Youth Welfare and Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin might soon be elevated after minister Raja Kannappan referred to the scion of the Stalin family as deputy chief minister.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's victory from Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga constituency in the 2009 national election holds, the Madras High Court said today, cancelling a petition which challenged the former Union Minister's Lok Sabha election win.

The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition by Home Minister P Chidambaram against a plea challenging his election in 2009. In his application, Chidambaram had contended that there were some defects in the petition filed by his immediate AIADMK rival R S Raja Kannappan Kannappan, who lost the election by just 3,354 votes.

Reports that the Congress and Jayalalithaa may be flirting with the idea of an alliance have this to consider - the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu attacked one of the most senior ministers in the government today and demanded that he resign.Jayalalithaa called on the Prime Minister in Delhi today and then, during a press conference, she declared that...

Tamil Nadu politics is rife with speculation that state Youth Welfare and Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin might soon be elevated after minister Raja Kannappan referred to the scion of the Stalin family as deputy chief minister.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's victory from Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga constituency in the 2009 national election holds, the Madras High Court said today, cancelling a petition which challenged the former Union Minister's Lok Sabha election win.

The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition by Home Minister P Chidambaram against a plea challenging his election in 2009. In his application, Chidambaram had contended that there were some defects in the petition filed by his immediate AIADMK rival R S Raja Kannappan Kannappan, who lost the election by just 3,354 votes.

Reports that the Congress and Jayalalithaa may be flirting with the idea of an alliance have this to consider - the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu attacked one of the most senior ministers in the government today and demanded that he resign.Jayalalithaa called on the Prime Minister in Delhi today and then, during a press conference, she declared that...