Tamil Politics
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Interview: AS Panneerselvan on Tamil politics and the disadvantages faced by regional parties
The author of a new biography of M Karunanidhi talks about the complexities in negotiating with a homogenising Centre.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
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Will MK Stalin’s reshaping of the DMK pay off – and vindicate Karunanidhi’s succession plan?
The DMK leader’s attempt to carve out a legacy independent of his father’s hinges on the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly election results.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
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Ground report: Will giving Vanniyar community 10.5% reservations help AIADMK win north Tamil Nadu?
There is euphoria about the quota among some Vanniyars. But the decision has angered other powerful communities in the region.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
Trending
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How a cryptocurrency exchange in Mumbai flourished despite RBI’s ban on virtual coins
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India is running out of oxygen, Covid-19 patients are dying – because the government wasted time
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Supreme Court order allowing deportation of Rohingyas shows that India hasn’t shed Partition baggage
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Lahore and Amritsar: Two cities joined at birth are dying together
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Imagine what humans could do with the technology that allowed a monkey to play a game with its mind
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In Tamil Nadu, DMK drives a hard bargain on seat sharing, allies in a fix
Congress leaders maintain the alliance will be broken if the DMK does not give it more seats.
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‘Does Modi support corruption?’: MK Stalin criticises PM for sharing stage with TN chief minister
Stalin said the gesture created doubts about Modi’s stand on corruption.
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TN elections: Kamal Haasan’s party invites online applications from potential candidates
The AIADMK and DMK also announced the beginning of the application process.
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Video
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Hospitals out of beds, ministers pose with oxygen cylinders: Scenes from the Covid-19 crisis
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Watch: Heavy April snowfall covers Badrinath and higher parts of Uttarakhand
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Watch: Scenes from Prince Philip’s funeral following royal protocol (and physical distancing)
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Watch: Migrants throng Lucknow bus station to go back to their hometowns after lockdowns elsewhere
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Caught on camera: Tiger shark’s menacing pursuit of crocodile off the coast of Australia
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VK Sasikala announces return to politics, urges AIADMK to unite against ‘common enemy’ DMK
She said the AIADMK should win the upcoming Assembly elections and dedicate its victory to late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
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Sasikala to be released from hospital on Sunday
The former AIADMK leader was being treated for Covid-19 at a Bengaluru hospital.
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Former AIADMK leader VK Sasikala released from prison after serving four years
Sasikala, who was a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late J Jayalalithaa, was convicted in a disproportionate assets case in February 2017.
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The Reel
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Film flashback: In ‘Mississippi Masala’, migration, an inter-racial romance and the idea of home
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Tribute: Vivekh’s comedy captured the imagination of the urban youth
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‘Horror was my playground’: What it meant to be a member of the Ramsay film clan
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The final edition of the Rising Gardens festival has films about solidarity between women
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IFFLA 2021 programme includes ‘Fire in the Mountains’, ‘Biriyaani’, ‘Koozhangal’ and ‘Seththumaan’
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Rajinikanth’s Rajini Makkal Mandram says members can join other parties after workers move to DMK
The group said though they may join other parties, the functionaries should ‘not forget that they are fans of our beloved leader’.
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Tamil spirit cannot be suppressed, says Rahul Gandhi in a dig at Centre, attends jallikattu event
The Congress leader also said that the bull-taming event jallikattu was not harmful to the animals.
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‘No difference of opinion within AIADMK on alliance with BJP,’ says Palaniswami
He made it clear that the AIADMK was leading the alliance in Tamil Nadu.
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The Field
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IPL 2021: Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan undergoes angioplasty in Chennai
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IPL 2021: Shikhar Dhawan’s brilliant 92 helps Delhi Capitals beat Punjab Kings by 6 wickets
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Tennis: Roger Federer confirms he will play French Open this year
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IPL 2021: ‘It’ll be fantastic’ – AB de Villiers hoping for SA comeback, form and fitness permitting
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Best win of my life so far: Tsitsipas downs Rublev in Monte Carlo final for first Masters 1000 title