Tn Politics

Tough, and a stickler to the rule book, TN Seshan fearlessly took on both inert officials and slack political parties to ensure fair and free elections in the country during his trail-blazing six-year stint between 1990 and 1996 as the chief election commissioner.

Handpicked by his mentor VK Sasikala before she left for a Bengaluru jail to serve her four-year sentence for corruption, AIADMK's chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami was sworn-in as Tamil Nadus chief minister on Thursday evening. Mr Palaniswami received the invitation to form the government from Governor C Vidyasagar Rao earlier in the day after...

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is a seasoned politician. But it seems, he could not put up a brave face when it comes to reforms front. Political compulsions of the UPA coalition made him tread a very cautious path in Budget 2012.

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is a seasoned politician. But it seems, he could not put up a brave face when it comes to reforms front. Political compulsions of the UPA coalition made him tread a very cautious path in Budget 2012.

Ten tonnes of chicken from the poultry farms here was sent back from Idukki district in Kerala today following rumours in the neighbouring state that they were suffering from diarrhoea, which officials said had been done for some "political reasons".

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday said there was no need for a special session of the Assembly to discuss the Mullaperiyar row as the political parties in the TN were united on the issue. Jayalalithaa told reporters here, "At the moment I do not think it is necessary, because we are all united in our stand."

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday assured External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee that DMK will not precipitate a political crisis for UPA government. Speaking on the Lankan issue, Pranab Mukherjee said that he and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have repeatedly told Sri Lanka that ethnic crisis can be solved only politically. ...

Actor-turned-politician and DMDK leader Vijaykanth Thursday charged all the political leaders in Tamil Nadu with indulging in corruption.

Tough, and a stickler to the rule book, TN Seshan fearlessly took on both inert officials and slack political parties to ensure fair and free elections in the country during his trail-blazing six-year stint between 1990 and 1996 as the chief election commissioner.

Handpicked by his mentor VK Sasikala before she left for a Bengaluru jail to serve her four-year sentence for corruption, AIADMK's chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami was sworn-in as Tamil Nadus chief minister on Thursday evening. Mr Palaniswami received the invitation to form the government from Governor C Vidyasagar Rao earlier in the day after...

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is a seasoned politician. But it seems, he could not put up a brave face when it comes to reforms front. Political compulsions of the UPA coalition made him tread a very cautious path in Budget 2012.

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is a seasoned politician. But it seems, he could not put up a brave face when it comes to reforms front. Political compulsions of the UPA coalition made him tread a very cautious path in Budget 2012.

Ten tonnes of chicken from the poultry farms here was sent back from Idukki district in Kerala today following rumours in the neighbouring state that they were suffering from diarrhoea, which officials said had been done for some "political reasons".

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday said there was no need for a special session of the Assembly to discuss the Mullaperiyar row as the political parties in the TN were united on the issue. Jayalalithaa told reporters here, "At the moment I do not think it is necessary, because we are all united in our stand."

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday assured External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee that DMK will not precipitate a political crisis for UPA government. Speaking on the Lankan issue, Pranab Mukherjee said that he and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have repeatedly told Sri Lanka that ethnic crisis can be solved only politically. ...

Actor-turned-politician and DMDK leader Vijaykanth Thursday charged all the political leaders in Tamil Nadu with indulging in corruption.