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Ambedkarism, Periyarism Key To Defeat BJP: Congress Leader Siddaramaiah
On a visit to Chennai, Siddaramaiah, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Karnataka Assembly who called on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, claimed that the BJP could not succeed in capturing power in Tamil Nadu.
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Favour Backfires, DMK Wants Defence Minister, O Panneerselvam To Quit
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman found herself dragged into Tamil Nadu's politics on Wednesday after word got out that she had ordered use of a military aircraft to fly the Balamurugan, younger brother of Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam from Madurai to Chennai for medical treatment earlier in July. The opposition DMK's MK Stalin demanded t...
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RK Nagar By-Poll: "Threat To Life", Says Relative Of Actor Vishal's Missing Proposer
Two persons who had reportedly proposed actor Vishal Krishna's nomination for Chennai's RK Nagar by-poll and later claimed their signatures are forged, have gone missing. The actor alleges their lives are under threat from Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK. "I am worried about those two people who signed up for me. We are not able to get in touch with the...
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For Presidential Election, Tamil Nadu's Ruling AIADMK Allies With BJP
Just a few weeks before the Presidential election, Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK has pledged its support for the BJP candidate, claiming to follow the "footsteps of Amma" or J Jayalalithaa, former chief minister and the powerful chief of the party, who died in December last year.
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Expect Invitation To Form Government Today, Says Team Sasikala: 10 Facts
A team led by Edappadi Palanisamy, handpicked by VK Sasikala as the AIADMK's presumptive Chief Minister, met Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Wednesday evening and said it expects him to invite them today to form government in the state. The Governor later met O Panneerselvam, who too has staked claim to the top post. Ms Sasikala has reached...
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Sasikala, In Tears, Reveals To Lawmakers 'Jayalalithaa's Last words'
Anticipating a court verdict that could scupper her plans to become Chief Minister Of Tamil Nadu, VK Sasikala declared to lawmakers last night, "I have spent time in jails...I am ready to spend more time in any jail." In two visits to a resort near Chennai where ruling AIADMK lawmakers have been "hidden away" since Chief Minister O Panneerselvam em...
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In Imposing 30-SUV Convoy, Sasikala Drives In To Resort To Meet Lawmakers
In scenes perfected by many a Hollywood drama, a cavalcade of around 30 SUVs snaked its way this afternoon from Poes Garden, the residence of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, to the beachfront luxury resort 80 km away, that has been at the heart of the political crisis gripping the state for the last week. The occasion was for VK Sa...
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In Sasikala vs Panneerselvam, Rival DMK's Stalin Meets Governor: 10 Facts
With the AIADMK split into two warring camps, MK Stalin of Tamil Nadu's main opposition party DMK met Governor C Vidyasagar Rao amid intense speculation that his party too could stake claim to form government in the state or back O Panneerselvam. Neither, said Mr Stalin, stating that he had met the governor to express concern that administration in...
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Panneerselvam Rebels, Sasikala Gains Control With Midnight Meet: 10 Facts
O Panneerselvam, not a politician known for dramatic flourish, strode centrestage at night into the political theatre that Tamil Nadu is witnessing over a transfer of power to a new Chief Minister. In a dramatic press conference outside J Jayalalithaa's memorial late in the evening, Mr Panneerselvam claimed he was the successor of the former Chief ...
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Youth Are Behind People's Welfare Front In Tamil Nadu, Says GK Vasan
Tamil Maanila Congress chief GK Vasan today claimed the support for the People's Welfare Front-DMDK-TMC combine is increasing day-by-day and it would storm to power in the May 16 Assembly elections.
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Tamil Nadu Power Minister Slams Piyush Goyal For 'Jaya Inaccessible' Remark
Reiterating his Cabinet colleague O Panneerselvam's claim, Electricity Minister Natham R Viswanathan today said Union Minister Piyush Goyal's remark that he could not reach out to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is false and part of "cheap politics".
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Polls Will Be A Repeat Of 1967: Peoples Welfare Front
Four-party Peoples Welfare Front (PWF), led by MDMK chief Vaiko, today claimed it has emerged as an alternative for AIADMK and DMK and would come to power in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, saying the outcome would be a repeat of 1967 polls when Congress was dethroned.
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33,000 Power Loom Units On Strike In Tamil Nadu
About 33,000 power looms units in Tamil Nadu's hosiery capital Tirupur and Coimbatore districts are on an indefinite strike since Thursday demanding higher compensation which they claim had been agreed upon by textile manufacturers in 2014.
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Tamil Nadu's power claim to be decided after hearing others: Government
The Tamil Nadu claim over the additional power surrendered by Delhi during winter cannot be decided without hearing other states, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday.
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Kudankulam row: 11 arrested for allegedly trying to instigate protesters
Eleven persons, claiming to be members of a fact-finding team, were arrested on Friday when they were on way to the nuclear power plant site at Kudankulam, 30 km from Tirunelveli.
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Ambedkarism, Periyarism Key To Defeat BJP: Congress Leader Siddaramaiah
On a visit to Chennai, Siddaramaiah, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Karnataka Assembly who called on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, claimed that the BJP could not succeed in capturing power in Tamil Nadu.
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Favour Backfires, DMK Wants Defence Minister, O Panneerselvam To Quit
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman found herself dragged into Tamil Nadu's politics on Wednesday after word got out that she had ordered use of a military aircraft to fly the Balamurugan, younger brother of Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam from Madurai to Chennai for medical treatment earlier in July. The opposition DMK's MK Stalin demanded t...
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RK Nagar By-Poll: "Threat To Life", Says Relative Of Actor Vishal's Missing Proposer
Two persons who had reportedly proposed actor Vishal Krishna's nomination for Chennai's RK Nagar by-poll and later claimed their signatures are forged, have gone missing. The actor alleges their lives are under threat from Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK. "I am worried about those two people who signed up for me. We are not able to get in touch with the...
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For Presidential Election, Tamil Nadu's Ruling AIADMK Allies With BJP
Just a few weeks before the Presidential election, Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK has pledged its support for the BJP candidate, claiming to follow the "footsteps of Amma" or J Jayalalithaa, former chief minister and the powerful chief of the party, who died in December last year.
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Expect Invitation To Form Government Today, Says Team Sasikala: 10 Facts
A team led by Edappadi Palanisamy, handpicked by VK Sasikala as the AIADMK's presumptive Chief Minister, met Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Wednesday evening and said it expects him to invite them today to form government in the state. The Governor later met O Panneerselvam, who too has staked claim to the top post. Ms Sasikala has reached...
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Sasikala, In Tears, Reveals To Lawmakers 'Jayalalithaa's Last words'
Anticipating a court verdict that could scupper her plans to become Chief Minister Of Tamil Nadu, VK Sasikala declared to lawmakers last night, "I have spent time in jails...I am ready to spend more time in any jail." In two visits to a resort near Chennai where ruling AIADMK lawmakers have been "hidden away" since Chief Minister O Panneerselvam em...
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In Imposing 30-SUV Convoy, Sasikala Drives In To Resort To Meet Lawmakers
In scenes perfected by many a Hollywood drama, a cavalcade of around 30 SUVs snaked its way this afternoon from Poes Garden, the residence of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, to the beachfront luxury resort 80 km away, that has been at the heart of the political crisis gripping the state for the last week. The occasion was for VK Sa...
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In Sasikala vs Panneerselvam, Rival DMK's Stalin Meets Governor: 10 Facts
With the AIADMK split into two warring camps, MK Stalin of Tamil Nadu's main opposition party DMK met Governor C Vidyasagar Rao amid intense speculation that his party too could stake claim to form government in the state or back O Panneerselvam. Neither, said Mr Stalin, stating that he had met the governor to express concern that administration in...
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Panneerselvam Rebels, Sasikala Gains Control With Midnight Meet: 10 Facts
O Panneerselvam, not a politician known for dramatic flourish, strode centrestage at night into the political theatre that Tamil Nadu is witnessing over a transfer of power to a new Chief Minister. In a dramatic press conference outside J Jayalalithaa's memorial late in the evening, Mr Panneerselvam claimed he was the successor of the former Chief ...
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Youth Are Behind People's Welfare Front In Tamil Nadu, Says GK Vasan
Tamil Maanila Congress chief GK Vasan today claimed the support for the People's Welfare Front-DMDK-TMC combine is increasing day-by-day and it would storm to power in the May 16 Assembly elections.
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Tamil Nadu Power Minister Slams Piyush Goyal For 'Jaya Inaccessible' Remark
Reiterating his Cabinet colleague O Panneerselvam's claim, Electricity Minister Natham R Viswanathan today said Union Minister Piyush Goyal's remark that he could not reach out to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is false and part of "cheap politics".
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Polls Will Be A Repeat Of 1967: Peoples Welfare Front
Four-party Peoples Welfare Front (PWF), led by MDMK chief Vaiko, today claimed it has emerged as an alternative for AIADMK and DMK and would come to power in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, saying the outcome would be a repeat of 1967 polls when Congress was dethroned.
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33,000 Power Loom Units On Strike In Tamil Nadu
About 33,000 power looms units in Tamil Nadu's hosiery capital Tirupur and Coimbatore districts are on an indefinite strike since Thursday demanding higher compensation which they claim had been agreed upon by textile manufacturers in 2014.
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Tamil Nadu's power claim to be decided after hearing others: Government
The Tamil Nadu claim over the additional power surrendered by Delhi during winter cannot be decided without hearing other states, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday.
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Kudankulam row: 11 arrested for allegedly trying to instigate protesters
Eleven persons, claiming to be members of a fact-finding team, were arrested on Friday when they were on way to the nuclear power plant site at Kudankulam, 30 km from Tirunelveli.
