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‘Mano ki baat’: Why Mano Thangaraj is asking Prime Minister Modi to answer 108 questions

The Tamil Nadu Minister for Milk and Dairy Development talks about why he wrote his book ‘Mr. Modi, The Nation Has 108 Questions For You’.

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The Maldives Controversy: An Explainer by R.K.Radhakrishnan

The recent ugly troll exchanges on social media are an indication of a new online danger that threatens to undermine India’s real diplomatic efforts.

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Parakala Prabhakar: ‘Cylinders to the poor, airports to a friend’

The political economist believes that even if BJP were to lose in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, its brand of politics will not go away anytime soon.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K Stalin flags off the vessel carrying essential supplies to Sri Lanka, in Chennai Port on May 19.

Tamil Nadu sends the first consignment of food, medicine, and other relief aid to Sri Lanka

Tamil Nadu sends the first consignment of rice, milk powder and essential medicines to Sri Lanka on May 19, signalling a shift in the relation between

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CHENNAI : 22/03/2008 : Former Chief Minister (late) C.N.Anna Durai with C.Rajagopalachari (late) Governor General of India.Photo : DIPR

When Anna warned of ‘relentless agitation’

Speaking on the Official Languages Bill, C.N. Annadurai, MP, and later Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, made many valid points. The following are

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CHENNAI,TAMIL NADU,30/04/2022: Dravidar Kazhagam president K. Veeramani, CPI State Secretary R. Mutharasan and others during a rally to erase Hindi letters at Egmore Railway station in protest against the Union goveernment’s attempts to impose Hindi, in Chennai on April 30.

A history of resistance: Tamil Nadu's struggle against Hindi imposition

Political parties across the spectrum oppose the imposition of Hindi in Tamil Nadu. Anti-Hindi struggle in the State dates back to pre-Independence da

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Government supporters and police confront each other outside the President’s office in Colombo on May 9.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa: The making and unmaking of a President

Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned after the May 9 violence in Colombo, but his replacement, Ranil Wickremesinghe, looks more like part of the problem than a

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Ranil Wickremesinghe (left) being sworn in as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister by President Gotabaya Rajapakse in Colombo on May 12.

Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the sixth time

In what can only be described as the greatest ever political comeback in South Asia, a person who was rejected by the people and was literally in the

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A protester watching an address to the nation by Sri Lanka;s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa near the President's office in Colombo on May 11.

Sri Lanka crisis: Gotabaya places four new proposals to end the political deadlock in the country

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on May 12 outlined four new proposals to address the political instability in the country.

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The house of Minister Sanath Nishantha was set on fire by protesters, in Arachchikattuwa, Sri Lanka, on May 9.

Sri Lankan politicians of the ruling party go into hiding as people direct their anger at them

The protesters have made it clear that they will not withdraw their agitation until President Gotabaya Rajapaksa steps down.

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Mahinda Rajapaksa, a file photograph.

Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns

The resignation follows unrest and violence in Colombo, unleashed by Mahinda Rajapaksa’s supporters on peaceful protestors.

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A Sri Lankan Catholic priest and other anti-government protesters being attacked by government supporters outside Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 9.

Protesters outside Sri Lankan Prime Minister’s residence and at Galle Face attacked by government supporters and the police

Thugs owing allegiance to Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) attacked protesters in front o

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