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Focus shifts to tussle within  AIADMK ahead of district secretaries’ meeting with EPS

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Focus shifts to tussle within  AIADMK ahead of district secretaries’ meeting with EPS

Even as AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami is scheduled to hold discussions with the party’s district secretaries in Chennai on Tuesday, the focus turns to the eventual outcome of the intra-party tussle between his camp and the rebels led by former Ministers S.P. Velumani and C.Ve. Shanmugam. A cross-section of the party functionaries feels…

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Congress’ wait to join the Tamil Nadu Cabinet continues

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Congress’ wait to join the Tamil Nadu Cabinet continues

Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi participates in the swearing-in ceremony of TVK Chief Vijay as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Despite Congress leader Rahul Gandhi taking part in the swearing-in of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay in Chennai on…

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Untested TVK adding suspense to the script of Tamil Nadu thriller this time

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Untested TVK adding suspense to the script of Tamil Nadu thriller this time

It has been over two years since top Tamil actor Vijay launched his party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). Yet, with no electoral debut so far, there is little clarity on the party’s potential vote share in the upcoming Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Assembly elections. Within the party, optimism runs high, with some functionaries informally projecting…

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Tamil Nadu Assembly poll: Congress names 27 candidates; Melur nominee yet to be announced

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Tamil Nadu Assembly poll: Congress names 27 candidates; Melur nominee yet to be announced

TNCC chief Selvaperunthagai. File | Photo Credit: M. Periasamy The Congress on Friday (April 3, 2026) finally announced its list of candidates for 27 out of 28 Tamil Nadu Assembly constituencies allotted to it by the DMK for the upcoming polls. The list was released after lengthy discussions in New Delhi. Tamil Nadu Congress Committee…

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Tamil Nadu Assembly election: CPI(M) State Committee stands firmon six seats

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Tamil Nadu Assembly election: CPI(M) State Committee stands firmon six seats

CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Communist Party of India (Marxist)’s State Committee is firm that it cannot scale down its share of seats below six. “The mandate is for six seats,” party sources said. However, the DMK leadership is offering only five seats. The State Committee’s decision will be…

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Parties must avoid excessive freebies, focus on development, says ex-Minister Semmalai

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Parties must avoid excessive freebies, focus on development, says ex-Minister Semmalai

AIADMK’s senior leader and former Education and Health Minister S. Semmalai on Saturday called upon political parties to avoid rolling out a slew of freebies. Asked whether the spree of freebies, being announced by major political parties as part of their electoral assurances, would facilitate the development of Tamil Nadu, the 80-year-old former Minister replied…

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