Local body polls | DMK’s sweet revenge for 2011 whitewash — 5th running win over AIADMK
DMK overturns drubbing AIADMK handed it in 2011 local body polls. EPS' leadership, his casteist politics, his love for BJP under question
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NEET a good stick for DMK to beat AIADMK, BJP
Now that the Tamil Nadu Governor, R N Ravi, has received the Bill, commonly called the NEET Exemption Bill, from the Tamil Nadu Government as duly passed by the State Assembly for the second time, focus is on the Governor as to his next course of action. Constitutional experts say that the...
Another straw on the camel’s back: Stalin peeved by Modi govt’s move on IAS cadre rules
The union government’s recent move, whereby it can summon any IAS official on central deputation without obtaining the consent of the state governments, has led to yet another point of friction between the BJP-led government at the Centre and the DMK-led government in Tamil Nadu. The Centre is...
Stalin injects first dose of shock treatment to lethargic ministers
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has quietly changed the portfolios of some of his ministers, indicating his disappointment over their performance. Stalin is said to have observed that only Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan, Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu, Health Minister...
Stalin must remember that the secular alliance is bigger than the DMK
The buzz lately in political circles has been that the DMK could be sidling up to the BJP. But if one looks at the past patterns of partnership of the two main Dravidian parties, it becomes evident that the people of Tamil Nadu have always picked the secular alliance. The biggest danger...
Modi visit will bolster BJP’s courtship of DMK
Will the New Year bring in its wake a new equation in the relationship between the Union government at the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government, or between two diametrically opposed parties, the BJP and the DMK? This is the question uppermost in the minds of political parties as the State gets...
NEET: DMK govt law will be stonewalled by BJP
The DMK government's legislation seeking exemption from NEET for examinations to medical and dental colleges in Tamil Nadu could well meet the same fate as ordinances and resolutions sent by previous governments on the issue. Recently, Chief Minister MK Stalin had met with state Governor RN...
CJ Banerjee transfer a move to elevate Bhandari as CJ of Madras HC?
The simultaneous transfer of the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Sanjib Banerjee, to the Meghalaya High Court, as well as the senior-most judge of the Allahabad High Court, Munishwar Nath Bhandari, to the Madras High Court, raises more questions than answers. Has the entire exercise...
Chennai flood: Past deeds haunt DMK, AIADMK; Corporation polls may be put off
Tamil Nadu's famous poet Kannadasan in a song of everlasting beauty for the Tamil film Paadhakaanikkai (பாதகாணிக்கை), sung by TM Soundararajan, tuned by Viswanathan Ramamurthy runs thus: வீடு வரை உறவு வீதி வரை மனைவி காடு வரை பிள்ளை கடைசி வரை யாரோ? veedu varai uravu veedhi varai manaivi kAdu...
HC ruling on Vanniyar quota puts caste basis under scanner
The verdict of Madras High Court's Madurai Bench quashing the much-touted 10.5 per cent quota for Vanniyars within the Most Backward Class (MBC) category in Tamil Nadu Reservation, has created pandemonium and chaos in political circles of Tamil Nadu. A question mark now prevails over the...
