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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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Monday, May 23, 2016,
Chennai
Shortly after being sworn in as chief ministerr of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa got down to business straightaway. She signed five orders, to begin implementation of some poll promises.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016,
Chennai
Tamil film actor and leader of All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK), Sarath Kumar, met Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa in Chennai on March 23 and announced his decision to be part of the AIADMK-led alliance again.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016,
Chennai
Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) leader G K Vasan has declined to indicate if his party would join the Vijayakanth-led CVF for the May 16 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls and said his party was yet to make up its mind on the alliance question.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016,
Chennai
The DMDK will contest 124 seats as part of the Captain Vijayakanth Front (CVF) in the May 16 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, and the 4-party People's Welfare Front (PWF) in 110 seats, the CVF convenor Vaiko announced in Chennai on March 23.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016,
Chennai
Captain Vijayakanth Front leader Vijayakanth on March 23 declared that the front would form a coalition government in Tamil Nadu which would include the DMDK, MDMK, Left parties and the Viduthalai Siuruthaigal Katchi (VCK).
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016,
Chennai
The DMK on March 23 received a major set-back as the Vijayakanth-led DMDK announced the formation of a third front with the four-party People's Welfare Front (PWF) for the May 2016 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
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Sunday, February 28, 2016,
Chennai
BJP emissary and Union minister Prakash Javdekar called on DMDK leader Vijayakanth on February 28 in a bid to convince the DMDK to form alliance with the BJP for the forthcoming elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly
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Sunday, February 21, 2016,
Kancheepuram
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam leader Vijayakanth has made it clear that he would like to be king rather then king-maker, implying that the party would not play second fiddle to the DMK, thereby turning down the alliance offer.
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Monday, February 15, 2016,
Chennai
DMK president M Karunanidhi on February 14 virtually closed the door for estranged son and Madurai strongman K S Alagiri and said the former Union Minister who has been suspended from the party was in no way connected with the DMK.
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Monday, January 4, 2016,
Tiruchirapalli
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko has said that the People Welfare Front (PWF) was going up in popularity and would emerge as a leading front in the 2016 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
