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Sunday, May 2, 2021,
Coimbatore
Noted actor and MNM leader Kamal Haasan lost narrowly to BJP leader Vanathi Srinivasan in Coimbatore South constituency. The margin of defeat was just 1,439 votes.
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Saturday, May 1, 2021,
New Delhi
Several state governments have said they won't be able to start the Phase 3 vaccination drive from May 1, 2021, because they do not have sufficient vaccine doses.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018,
Chennai
The much-touted rally of Muthuvel Karunanidhi’s ostracized son M K Alagiri in Chennai on September 5 has been a failure of sorts as he failed to attract any DMK functionary of note, with the party showing it is solidly behind his brother M K Stalin. However, in the eclipse of Alagiri, lies another story of the DMK being left without a strong southern satrap or star.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2018,
Chennai
Leader after leader of various opposition parties, speaking at the Kalaignar condolence meeting in Chennai on August 30, stressed that the newly-elected president M K Stalin will play a crucial role in the formation of the next government at the Centre. For Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Pon Radhakrishnan of the BJP, it must have been galling to find a galaxy of opposition parties coming together under one platform which could be a precursor to an alliance for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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Wednesday, August 8, 2018,
Chennai
The Madras High Court decision on allowing the Karunanidhi Memorial on the Marina Beach, next to the Anna Memorial is a huge psychological and political victory for the DMK in the battle with the AIADMK which commenced 46 years ago from the time actor MGR formed the Anna DMK after his ouster from the DMK.
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Tuesday, August 7, 2018,
Chennai
Kamal Haasan’s spy film Vishwaroopam 2 has hit the screens on August 10. Kamal, who is actively promoting the film, said that the film was extremely close to his heart. “This is the longest I had to wait for the release of a movie”, he said. Vishwaroopam 2 is an espionage thriller packed with high-octane action sequences, with Kamal at the age of 63, performing the stunts himself.
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Monday, June 25, 2018,
Chennai
Chennai Police detained over 50 PMK members when they attempted to lay siege to the BJP office at T Nagar in Chennai on June 25, 2018, to condemn its state president Tamilisai Soundararajan’s criticism of their party leader and founder Dr S Ramadoss.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2018,
Tiruchirapalli
The Tamil Nadu government has announced that the much-anticipated All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will come up at Thoppur near Madurai at an estimated cost of Rs 1,500 crore.
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Friday, February 3, 2017,
Bengaluru
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader and former Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss suffered a mild heart attack in Dharmapuri on
February 3 evening and was rushed to the Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bengaluru.
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Monday, January 23, 2017,
Chennai
The pro-Jallikattu agitation turned violent near the Chennai Marina Beach on January 23 as a section of them set on fire several vehicles parked in front of the Vivekananda House police station. Police resorted to teargas shells and lathi charge in some areas to disperse protestors and bring the situation under control.
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Friday, January 20, 2017,
Chennai
The Tamil Nadu government draft ordinance to allow the holding of Jallikattu in the State has been handed over to the Centre and will
be implemented by Sunday after getting the President's assent on January 21. Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam, said on his
return from Delhi after meeting legal experts, that the Jallikattu event would be held on Sunday, if all goes well as per schedule.
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Saturday, December 31, 2016,
Chennai
Sasikala Natarajan formally took over as the AIADMK general secretary at the party headquarters on December 31, and vowed to lead the party on the path laid by Jayalalithaa.
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016,
New Delhi
Senior IPS officer Archana Ramasundram, a Tamil Nadu cadre officer, was on February 1 appointed Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), the first woman to head a paramilitary force.
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Sunday, January 31, 2016,
Chennai
A special court for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases here on Jan 29 convicted and sentenced five persons to various terms of imprisonment and slapped a total fine of Rs. 1.65 crore, over three decades after the Robin Mayne scandal came to light.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016,
Chennai
Malini Parthasarathy, Editor of The Hindu, has resigned. The management has appointed its National Editor Suresh Nambath as the interim editor of the newspaper.
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Sunday, October 18, 2015,
Chennai
The Vishal group bagged key posts in the hotly contested Nadigar Sangam (South Indian Film Artistes Association) elections held in Chennai on October 18, 2015, ending the domination of Sarath Kumar and his brother-in-law Radha Ravi.
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Sunday, October 18, 2015,
Vishal bagged the post of Nadigar Sangam General Secretary, defeating Radha Ravi in a hotly contested, prestigious election held in Chennai on October 18, 2015.
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Sunday, October 18, 2015,
Chennai
Sarath Kumar maintained his lead over rival Nasser in election for the post of Film Artistes assn president but his partner Radha Ravi trailed behind Vishal for post of general secretary
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Sunday, October 18, 2015,
Chennai
The ruling Sarath Kumar group is ahead of the rival Vishal group as counting of votes commenced for the South Indian Film Artistes Association (Nadigar Sangam) elections held in Chennai on October 18, 2015.
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Friday, October 9, 2015,
Chennai
The Tamil Nadu Government has appointed IPS officer T K Rajendran as the new Greater Chennai Police Commissioner. Home Secretary Apurva Varma announced the change on October 9 night. S George, the current Police Commissioner, has been moved out as IG of Prisons.
