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1 month, 1 week ago

Common man has the power to change T.N.’s politics, says Annamalai

The common man has the power to change Tamil Nadu’s politics, said K. Annamalai, Tamil Nadu president of Bharatiya Janata Party, in Coimbatore on Sunday. Speaking at the valediction of A3, a two-day conclave, organised by Voice of Covai, he said that in the last three months, a successful actor had entered politics and a “failed actor had become the …

Politics Tamil Nadu Common Man

3 months, 1 week ago

VCK is all set for the anti-liquor conference: Will it revive TN's movement?

New Indian Express

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, a key ally of the ruling DMK party, is fully prepared for the women's conference on alcohol and drug prohibition, which will be held tomorrow, October 2, in Ulunderpet, Kallakurichi. The conference, expected to draw at least a lakh women from across Tamil Nadu, will urge the state government to establish a timeline for the complete closure …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin condemns Karnataka's refusal to release TN's share of Cauvery water

Hindustan Times

An all party meeting convened on Tuesday by the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu condemned Karnataka for its refusal to release the state's share of Cauvery river water according to the directions of the Supreme court, ANI reported. Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin said, "This all-party meeting strongly condemns the Karnataka government for refusing to release Cauvery …

Bengaluru Karnataka Tamil Nadu Supreme Court Court Cauvery River Water

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam to not contest in T.N.’s local body polls, Vikravandi bypoll

The Hindu

Actor Vijay’s political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, announced that until the 2026 Assembly polls, it would not contest in any elections. In a statement, TVK general secretary N. Anand said Mr. Vijay would make a public announcement on the party’s ideology and policy positions at the party’s first public meeting. “Thereafter, he would work toward …

Party Tamil Vijay

8 months, 3 weeks ago

The sorry state of saree makers in TN's Tiruvannamalai

New Indian Express

A businessman from Mullipet in Arani, who engages around 10 weavers for work, confirmed the adverse impact of GST. Tamilselvan, a weaver from Saidapet in Arani, said, “Nowadays, nobody wants to get married into a weaving family as the profession is slowly disappearing.” While handloom weaving has long been revered as the traditional method for crafting purest silk sarees, the …

Raw Materials Nda Gst Dmk Weavers Power Looms

8 months, 3 weeks ago

It's star war in TN's Theni heartland for Lok Sabha polls

New Indian Express

The constituency that saw 17 Lok Sabha elections so far has seen AIADMK winning eight times, Congress five times, DMK twice and Swatantra Party and Indian Union Muslim League winning one time each. Giving a tough fight to Tamilselvan this time is AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran, AIADMK veteran VT Narayanasamy, who has been a party member for the last …

Lok Sabha Votes Sabha Dmk Star War Tamilselvan

9 months ago

‘India should follow TN's Dravidian model over Gujarat model of development’: Kamal Haasan

Hindustan Times

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Saturday called for a 'Dravidian model' of governance and development over the much-hyped ‘Gujarat model.’ Makkal Needhi Maiam leader Kamal Haasan Campaigning for DMK's South Chennai candidate Thamizhachi Thangapandian in the Mylapore area on Saturday, the Makkal Needhi Maiam chief said, “People cannot always say that the Gujarat model is great, we have come to this …

India Gujarat Model Seat Dmk Kamal Haasan Haasan

11 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP, TN’s Enduring Political Bugbear

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: ‘A Secret Pact with the BJP.’ This is the precise charge that both the leading political parties in the State, the DMK and AIADMK, trade against each other in a bid to win over the peoples’ goodwill in the context of the approaching Lok Sabha, thus making the BJP the common political bogeyman in the State and portraying it …

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1 year ago

Vijayakant: DMDK founder, actor, philanthropist, who briefly altered TN’s bipolar political landscape

The Hindu

Vijayakant, Tamil actor turned founder of Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam, whose refreshing electoral success briefly altered the bipolar political landscape in Tamil Nadu in the first decade of this millennium, died at a private hospital in Chennai on Thursday. Unlike his contemporaries Kamal Haasan and Rajinikant, who wavered, Vijayakant took a political plunge once he decided and launched DMDK and …

Film Political Party Tamil Dmk Karunanidhi Jayalalithaa

1 year, 1 month ago

Chronicle on TN’s role in freedom struggle

New Indian Express

The book is also laced with lesser-known incidents. Interestingly, an article on how Puducherry and other settlements under French rule became part of India throws light on many historical incidents. Significantly, the article by Dr MP Ramanjuam recalled the Indhiya Unionil Sera Maruppor Kazhagam, an offshoot of the Dravidian movement, headed by poet Bharthidasan demanded autonomous status for French India …

French India

2 years, 3 months ago

Another RSS functionary's house attacked in TN's Madurai, petrol bombs hurled

India Today

In another instance of attack on Rashtriya Swayasevak Sangh workers in Tamil Nadu, three petrol bombs were thrown at the house of MS Krishnan, an RSS functionary in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu. No one was injured and damaged in the accident: Shanmugam, Assistant Commissioner on petrol bomb hurled at the house of an RSS member in Madurai pic.twitter.com/qxOBjGmg3y — …

Tamil Nadu Chennai Incident Tamil Madurai Cctv Coimbatore

2 years, 4 months ago

Stalin is TN's busiest actor, DMK is full of corruption: AIADMK, BJP respond to CM's speech in Coimbatore

India Today

After Tamil Nadu CM, MK Stalin, took a dig at the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam while giving a speech in Coimbatore, on Wednesday morning, August 24, the opposition’s spokesperson, Kovai Sathyan, responded by stating that CM Stalin was the busiest actor in the state and alleged that his entire speech is scripted by others. 'STALIN IS A DOLL' …

Tamil Nadu Tamil State Coimbatore Stalin Dmk Eps

2 years, 4 months ago

21-year-old kills self in TN's Virudhunagar after parents deny permission for b'day party

India Today

A 21-year-old boy who was studying medicine in Kyrgyzstan killed himself in Virudhunagar on his birthday, August 10. He ended his own life after allegedly being upset that his parents did not permit him to celebrate his birthday in a grand manner like they usually did. Lokesh was upset that his parents denied him permission to celebrate his birthday in …

Virudhunagar His Birthday Parents Deny

2 years, 9 months ago

TN's Nadigar Sangam Election Results Plays Out Like A Gripping Mass Film

The Quint

The South Indian Artists Association is a union for film, television, and stage actors, formed in 1952 and based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Actor Radha Ravi, during his tenure with the association, affiliated himself with several political parties, actor Vijayakanth created his own political party called Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, after he resigned his post in Nadigar Sangam. In addition …

Ani Actor Nadigar Sangam Nadigar Pandavar Ani

3 years, 9 months ago

In TN’s caste-based political landscape, when Dalit leaders can’t campaign

Hindustan Times

In pockets of Villupuram district, caste politics and caste prejudice is so entrenched that Dalits aren’t welcome to campaign in localities dominated by other castes. The politics of exclusion Last week, in Villupuram assembly constituency, DMK candidate Dr R Lakshmanan faced a difficult situation where he was told to enter Mayainur in Perumbakkam without the party’s Dalit partner, VCK’s representatives. …

Tamil Nadu Dalits Dalit Campaign Caste Vck Dmk

5 years, 10 months ago

I'm not BJP's B Team, I'm TN's A Team,' claims MNM's Kamal Haasan

Deccan Chronicle

Tirunelveli : Rejecting the claim that his party was BJP's "B team," Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan said it was being targeted as they were growing in stature. One of the attacks was calling his party "the BJP's B team," he said. Attacking the grand alliance of the opposition parties, Haasan said the partners of the so-called "mahaghatbandhan" would …

Party Team Lok Sabha Bjp His Party Haasan B Team

5 years, 10 months ago

Poli-‘Ticking’: The Why, How and What of TN’s 2019 Political Scene

The Quint

.is all about M K Stalin, biological, legal, and political heir to the late DMK supremo M Karunanidhi. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is the first and oldest political party of Tamil Nadu, and the Karunanidhi family, the Tamil version of dynasty politics that exists across India. However, by 2009, his influence was such that he was often called Tamil Nadu’s …

Tamil Nadu Party Stalin Dmk Karunanidhi

5 years, 10 months ago

Kanimozhi suspicious of TN's stand on Sterlite issue

Deccan Chronicle

Thoothukudi: Member of Rajya Sabha, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, who is expected to be the DMK candidate in the Lok Sabha election for Thoothukudi constituency, has expressed suspicion on the Tamil Nadu government's stand regarding the Sterlite issue. Responding to mediapersons at the airport here on the State government's stand that the ruling party men had been boasting of victory on the …

State Issue Dmk Sterlite Kanimozhi Sterlite Issue

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Common man has the power to change T.N.’s politics, says Annamalai

VCK is all set for the anti-liquor conference: Will it revive TN's movement?

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin condemns Karnataka's refusal to release TN's share of Cauvery water

Actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam to not contest in T.N.’s local body polls, Vikravandi bypoll

The sorry state of saree makers in TN's Tiruvannamalai

It's star war in TN's Theni heartland for Lok Sabha polls

‘India should follow TN's Dravidian model over Gujarat model of development’: Kamal Haasan

BJP, TN’s Enduring Political Bugbear

Vijayakant: DMDK founder, actor, philanthropist, who briefly altered TN’s bipolar political landscape

Chronicle on TN’s role in freedom struggle

Another RSS functionary's house attacked in TN's Madurai, petrol bombs hurled

Stalin is TN's busiest actor, DMK is full of corruption: AIADMK, BJP respond to CM's speech in Coimbatore

21-year-old kills self in TN's Virudhunagar after parents deny permission for b'day party

TN's Nadigar Sangam Election Results Plays Out Like A Gripping Mass Film

In TN’s caste-based political landscape, when Dalit leaders can’t campaign

I'm not BJP's B Team, I'm TN's A Team,' claims MNM's Kamal Haasan

Poli-‘Ticking’: The Why, How and What of TN’s 2019 Political Scene

Kanimozhi suspicious of TN's stand on Sterlite issue