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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,
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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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
DMK president M K Stalin leads by 5,908 votes over nearest rival Aadi Rajaram of AIADMK in Kolathur 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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Thursday, December 24, 2020,
Hyderabad
The news that several crew members have tested psotive for coronavirus during the shooting of Rajinikanth-starrer Annaatthe in Hyderabad, has ramifications for the Tamil film industry, but more importantly, could also further delay the superstar’s plans to launch his own political party.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2020,
Chennai
BJP circles are working on a plan to get Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah to meet actor Rajinikanth during his Chennai visit on November 21, and convince him to launch a new party in time for the 2021 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
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Sunday, March 17, 2019,
Chennai
The ruling AIADMK on March 17 released the list of constituencies to be contested by the party along with its allies for the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat for the Union Territory of Puducherry.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018,
Chennai
Much as actor Rajinikanth tries to cover up his BJP tag, the issue keeps cropping up every now and then, blocking the growth of his political party. His statement a few days ago indirectly praising PM Narendra Modi is the latest in the saga of the actor taking one step forward but two steps back while trying to build an independent party in Tamil Nadu.
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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,
Thoothukudi
Tamil Nadu, already earning a notorious tag for its efforts to put down dissent especially against the BJP, blotted its copybook further with the arrest of a 28-year-old research scholar from Canada, Lois Sofia, for shouting, “down with Modi, BJP-RSS fascist government,” towards the end of a Chennai-Thoothukudi flight when TN BJP president Tamilisai Soundarajan crossed her.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2018,
Chennai
The newly-elected president of the DMK, M K Stalin will not be as towering a personality as Muthuvel Karunanidhi. However, he will be seen as a more inclusive leader than his father. Stalin doesn’t believe in berating those who have faith in God and religion, especially Hinduism, which practice antagonized several sections of society and alienated them from the DMK.
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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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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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Friday, December 16, 2016,
Chennai
The president of the DMK and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M Karunanidhi, was readmitted to the Kauvery Hospital in Chennai on Thursday night following breathing difficulty due to heavy cold and lung infection. The 92-year-old leader underwent a tracheostomy procedure to optimise breathing, the Kauvery Hospital stated.
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Sunday, June 26, 2016,
New Delhi
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has accepted the resignation of TNCC president E V K S Elangovan.
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Sunday, February 21, 2016,
Chennai
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has axed Minister for Milk and Dairy Development B.V. Ramanaa from the State cabinet.
