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Sunday, July 14, 2024,
Chennai
The customary governor’s address to the state legislative assembly at the beginning of a new year-session has turned out to be an exercise in futility and reduced to a farce. A colonial legacy, it could as well be converted into a chief minister’s address, since it is prepared by the cabinet and not the governor.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2021,
Chennai
The DMK stormed back to power in Tamil Nadu after a gap of 10 years, with its president M K Stalin set to take over as chief minister on May 7 at a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan. The DMK-led front won 159 of the 234 seats up for grabsin the April 6 elections, counting for which was taken up on May 2 and 3, 2021. The AIADMK had to bow out of power, coming down from 134 in the previous House to just 66 now. Edappadi Palaniswami submitted his resignation as chief minister.
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Sunday, May 2, 2021,
Chennai
UDHAYANIDHI STALIN (DMK), son of DMK president M K Stalin, defeated his nearest rival KASSALI A. V. A of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) by 69,355 votes in Chepauk-
Tiruvallikeni constituency of Chennai.
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Sunday, May 2, 2021,
Chennai
O Panneerselvam, deputy chief minister and AIADMK co-ordinator, won from Bodinayakanur constituency, defeating his nearest rival ThangaTamilselvan of DMK
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Sunday, May 2, 2021,
Chennai
P Dhanapal of AIADMK leads by 49,244 votes over nearest rival Adhiyaman of Aadhi Tamizhar Peravai (ATP) in Avinashi (SC) constituency.
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Sunday, May 2, 2021,
Chennai
Minister D Jayakumar of AIADMK trails by 4,573 votes over nearest rival R Murthy of DMK in Royapuram constituency.
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Sunday, May 2, 2021,
Chennai
Chief Minister and AIADMK Joint Co-ordinator Edappadi K. Palaniswami of AIADMK leads by 19,903 votes over nearest rival T. Sampath Kumar of DMK in Edappadi
constituency.
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Sunday, May 2, 2021,
Chennai
A. Bannari of AIADMK defeated P L Sundaram of CPI by 9,546 votes. AIADMK retains seat.
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Sunday, May 2, 2021,
Chennai
The DMK-led front has secured a vote-share of 43.65 per cent in the votes counted so far, about 2.18 per cent more than that of the AIADMK-led combine's vote share of 41.47 per cent. The AIADMK current vote-share clearly indicates an anti-incumbency trend against CM Edappadi K Palaniswami's AIADMK rule compared to the 2016 Assembly polls. However, these votes from the AIADMK kitty went to other parties, not the DMK, and this explains why the DMK could not register an emphatic victory
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Sunday, May 2, 2021,
Chennai
After three rounds of counting for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the opposition DMK-led front established early leads over the AIADMK-led alliance. The DMK-led
combine was ahead in 138 constituencies out of the 234 seats up for grabs, AIADMK-led front in 94, MNM leader Kamal Haasan in Coimbatore-South, and AMMK leader TTV Dinakaran in Koilpatti.
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Thursday, April 22, 2021,
Chennai
The wheel has moved a full circle for the Dravidian parties, which now seek to share power with the national parties at the Centre and rub shoulders with them during the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.
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Thursday, April 22, 2021,
Chennai
The AIADMK and its ally, the BJP, are not on the same page here. The AIADMK wants the convicts in the Rajiv killing case be given pardon but Governor Banwarilal Purohit toes the Centre line that no mercy should be shown as it is an issue concerning national security and terrorism
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Friday, October 30, 2020,
Chennai
Senior police officer and former head of CBI, RK Raghavan, provides juicy details of his encounter with the then chief minister M G Ramachandran who was desperately trying to convert the actress Shoba case from suicide to murder ! He wanted a murder case tpo be filed against film director Balu Mahendra who was in a relationship with her.
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Friday, October 30, 2020,
Chennai
R K Raghavan, former head of CBI and IG Intelligence, Tamil Nadu, has described in his book his harsh encounters with the DMK and AIADMK governments in the State, including former chief ministers MG Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa. "Jayalalithaa was dangerously reckless, and paid the penalty for it”.
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Friday, September 11, 2020,
Chennai
Nephew of late MG Ramachandran, M C Chandran, son of MG Chakrapani, MGR's elder brother, succumbed to Corona-virus attack on September 11, 2020. The death came at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General hospital in Chennai where he was undergoing treatment for the last few days. He was 75.
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Thursday, August 6, 2020,
Chennai
The capital need not be shifted from Chennai. Yet, the metropolitan centre badly needs a second capital to decongest Chennai which would be easier for people in southern districts of TN to access, like Tiruchi or Karur. A look at MGR, Jaya proposals on the Capital issue, and why they were made and shelved
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Friday, April 17, 2020,
Chennai
A thorough probe needs to be ordered into the acts of the Election Commission both at the Centre and in the State regarding not just the nominations for the November 2016 by-elections but the manner in which the symbol was frozen and then allotted.
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Friday, January 3, 2020,
Chennai
The DMK-led opposition alliance established a psychological victory over the front formed by the ruling AIADMK in elections held to rural local bodies in December 2019. Coming just 15 months before the Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, the results have come as a shot in the arm for the DMK and its allies.
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Thursday, January 2, 2020,
Chennai
The DMK-led opposition alliance was ahead of the front led by ruling AIADMK in elections held to Tamil Nadu rural local bodies.
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Friday, May 24, 2019,
Chennai
P Kandaswamy (AIADMK) won the Sulur Assembly byelection, defeating his nearest DMK rival Pongalur N Palanisamy (DMK) by 10,113 votes.
