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My entry into AIADMK has commenced: VK Sasikala declares her comeback in Tamil Nadu politics

Jun 17, 2024, at 05:45 pm

Chennai/IBNS: After the AIADMK's drubbing in Tamil Nadu in the Lok Sabha polls, late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's aide VK Sasikala has declared that her "entry" into the party has begun, media reports said.

Lok Sabha polls: Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai casts vote, counters DMK's 'money' charge

Apr 19, 2024, at 04:40 pm

Chennai/IBNS: Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K Annamalai lashed out at the ruling DMK and opposition party AIADMK casting his vote as the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu are being held in the first phase on Friday.

LS poll: MK Stalin trains guns at PM Modi in his poll campaigns, calls him 'vasool raja', 'anit-Tamil Nadu'

Apr 17, 2024, at 05:34 am

Chennai/IBNS: As Tamil Nadu gears up for voting in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 19, Chief Minister MK Stalin has attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is at the centre of BJP's election campaign, as “anti-Tamil Nadu” and “anti-federalism”.

Is Annamalai the BJP's game-changer in Tamil Nadu, dominated by Dravidian Politics?

Apr 15, 2024, at 10:10 pm

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to go solo in this Lok Sabha election in Tamil Nadu, ditching its alliance with the AIADMK in the Dravidian-party-dominated southern state.

AIADMK-BJP are in secret alliance, INDIA bloc will defeat them in LS polls: MK Stalin

Mar 14, 2024, at 05:22 pm

Chennai/UNI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K.Stalin lashed out at BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Opposition AIADMK and said both the parties are having secret alliance.

Tamil Nadu: 15 former AIADMK MLAs, 1 ex-MP join BJP ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Feb 08, 2024, at 05:02 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In a boost for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, 15 former AIADMK MLAs and one ex-MP joined the saffron party amid the camp's outreach to the south Indian state.

AIADMK firm on cutting ties with BJP

Sep 29, 2023, at 07:48 am

Krishnagiri/Chennai: The opposition party in southern state of Tamil Nadu, AIADMK, declared on Thursday that it will stand firm on its decision to sever ties with the BJP, media reports said.

AIADMK snaps ties with BJP-led NDA over latter's party boss remarks in Tamil Nadu

Sep 26, 2023, at 12:08 am

Chennai/UNI/IBNS: Amid growing friction and fissures in the alliance, the main Opposition AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Monday snapped its ties with the BJP and walked out of the BJP-led NDA alliance.

After court orders, ED takes TN Minister Senthilbalaji into ED custody for questioning

Aug 08, 2023, at 05:33 am

Chennai/IBNS/UNI: A couple of hours after the court gave the nod, Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case and is now in judicial remand, was taken into custody for questioning.

AIADMK leadership row: Madras High Court dismisses OPS pleas, EPS becomes gen secy

Mar 28, 2023, at 07:43 pm

Chennai/UNI: In a huge set back for deposed AIADMK Coordinator O.Panneerselvam (OPS), the Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed all the pleas filed by him challenging the July last year's General Council (GC) resolution and the elections for the post of Party General Secretary (GS).

Erode East bypoll: Elangovan gets sizeable lead over AIADMK candidate

Mar 02, 2023, at 06:02 pm

Chennai/UNI: Congress candidate and former Union Minister EVKS Elangovan has established a sizeable lead over his AIADMK rival as the counting of votes polled in the February 27 bypoll to the Erode Assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu, progressed, amid tight security on Thursday.

Tamil Nadu: EPS nominates Ex-MLA Thennarasu as AIADMK candidate for Erode East bypoll

Feb 01, 2023, at 05:26 pm

Chennai/UNI: The AIADMK faction led by Interim General Secretary Eadappadi K Palaniswami has announced former MLA K.S.Thennarasu as its candidate for the February 27 bypoll to the Erode East Assembly seat.

Tamil Nadu: Setback for EPS in bid to takeover AIADMK leadership

Jun 23, 2022, at 05:07 pm

Chennai/IBNS: Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Paneerselvam late Wednesday night received a setback from the Madras High Court in his bid to take over the leadership of his party AIADMK, media reports said.

RS polls: 6 candidates from Tamil Nadu, including P Chidambaram, to get elected unopposed

Jun 02, 2022, at 01:19 am

Chennai/UNI: All six candidates, including senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, three from the ruling DMK and two from the opposition AIADMK, will be declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu on June 3.

Stalin claims to win all 21 corporations as Tamil Nadu urban local body polls underway

Feb 19, 2022, at 06:34 pm

Chennai/IBNS: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has claimed his party DMK and its allies will win all 21 urban local bodies where elections are underway on Saturday, media reports said.

Tamil Nadu: PMK exits AIADMK front, to go it alone in rural local body polls to 9 new districts

Sep 15, 2021, at 07:28 pm

Chennai/UNI: The Pattali Makkal Katchi ((PMK) late on Tuesday announced that it was exiting the AIADMK-led Front and decided to contest the October 6 and 9 polls to rural local bodies to nine newly carved districts of Tamil Nadu on its own.

Election for lone Pondy Rajya Sabha seat to be held on Oct 4

Sep 09, 2021, at 09:32 pm

Puducherry/UNI: Election to fill a lone vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Puducherry will be held on October 4.

Puducherry: Rangasamy declared as NDA's chief ministerial candidate

Mar 10, 2021, at 06:15 pm

Puducherry/UNI: The All India NR Congress has declared their party chief N Rangasamy, as the NDA's Chief Ministerial candidate, after passing a resolution to this effect at an emergency executive committee meeting, of the party held on Tuesday night.

Amit Shah kickstarts campaign in TN, confident of AIADMK-BJP victory in Assembly polls

Mar 07, 2021, at 11:43 pm

Kanniyakumari/UNI: Kickstarting his party’s campaign for the April 6 Assembly elections and the Lok Sabha bypolls in Kanniyakumari, senior BJP leader Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday expressed confidence that the AIADMK-BJP combine would win the upcoming polls.

Tamil Nadu: VK Sasikala quits politics ahead of assembly polls

Mar 04, 2021, at 03:24 am

Chennai/IBNS: Sacked AIADMK chief VK Sasikala, who was released from jail last January, has announced her exit from public life ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections.

Ahead of Tamil Nadu assembly polls, AIADMK, DMK intensify seat sharing parleys with allies

Mar 03, 2021, at 09:32 pm

Chennai/UNI: The two Dravidian majors--the ruling AIADMK and the main Opposition DMK--continued their seat sharing talks with their respective allies for the upcoming assembly elections as the hectic parleys held so far remained inconclusive with some of their allies.

Tamil Nadu: AIADMK-PMK poll alliance finalised with last minute reservation for Vanniyar community

Feb 27, 2021, at 11:11 pm

Chennai/IBNS/UNI: The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has entered into a poll agreement with Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK).

Late Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden residence turned into memorial

Jan 28, 2021, at 06:34 pm

Chennai/IBNS: Late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's residence in Chennai's Poes Garden was on Thursday symbolically turned into a memorial by the AIADMK government, media reports said.

CBI arrests AIADMK functionary, 2 others in Pollachi sexual assault case

Jan 06, 2021, at 07:52 pm

Chennai/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested three more people, including a ruling AIADMK functionary, who was immediately expelled from the party, in connection with the sensational 2019 Pollachi sexual assault and blackmailing case.

AIADMK, DMK nominees elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu

Mar 18, 2020, at 04:46 pm

Chennai/UNI: Three candidates each from the ruling AIADMK and the Opposition DMK were today declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

Rajya Sabha polls: AIADMK, DMK nominees all set to win six seats

Mar 16, 2020, at 04:01 pm

Chennai/UNI: Three candidates each from the ruling AIADMK and the Opposition DMK are all set to be elected to the Rajya Sabha from the Tamil Nadu Assembly as their nomination papers were found in order on scrutiny on Monday.

Rajya Sabha polls : AIADMK nominates Thambidurai, Munusamy, allots third seat to Vasan

Mar 09, 2020, at 05:42 pm

Chennai/UNI: The AIADMK on Monday announced its candidates for two seats, while allotting the third to its ally Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC), for the March 26 biennial elections to Rajya Sabha from the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

AIADMK warns Puducherry govt of agitation if cash for free rice not remitted in beneficiaries account

Sep 13, 2019, at 04:52 pm

Puducherry, Sep 13 (UNI) AIADMK legislature party leader A Anbazhagan on friday warned the government that his party would resort to massive agitations if the government failed to remit the cash for free rice in the bank account of the beneficiaries forthwith.

MK Stalin demands AIADMK govt to probe sexual assault complaint in Perambalur dist

Apr 26, 2019, at 03:26 pm

Chennai, Apr 26 (UNI) DMK President M.K.Stalin on Friday demanded the AIADMK government to probe the sexual assault complaint in Perambalur district where innocent women were allegedly lured to a lodge with promise of job interviews, sexually abused them and then forced for further sexual favours to a ruling party leader.

Vellore: Former AIADMK MLA, 2 others killed in mishap

Apr 06, 2019, at 04:44 pm

Chennai, Apr 6 (UNI) A former AIADMK legislator and two others, including his wife, were killed in a road accident near Vinnamangalam village near Vaniyambadi in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday.