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Puducherry:08:07:2017: Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi along with police force, cycling on Beach Road on the bandh day, which was called by various political parties to condemn her style of functioning in Puducherry on Saturday.Photo:M_samraj.

Running amok

Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi nominates and swears in three BJP leaders as MLAs in utmost secrecy and in blatant disregard of all established norms a
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For Frontline ,PUDUCHERRY, 12/05/2017: (Pix for story by R.K. Radhakrishan sir) Chief Minister V.Narayanasamy. Photo: T_Singaravelou

Running feud

Kiran Bedi, Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, persists in her battle with the elected government, but the Chief Minister and his team seem confident
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For Frontline ,PUDUCHERRY, 12/05/2017: (Pix for story by R.K. Radhakrishan sir ) Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi, at Raj Niva. Photo: T_Singaravelou

‘Inherent contradiction’

Interview with Kiran Bedi, Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
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For Frontline ,PUDUCHERRY, 12/05/2017: (Pix for story by R.K. Radhakrishan sir) Chief Minister V.Narayanasamy. Photo: T_Singaravelou

‘Good relations with the Centre’

Interview with Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy.
R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 19/06/13: Patients of ortho ward use their own table fans to beat the humidity at Stanley Hospital in Chennai on June 19, 2013. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam

Poverty amidst plenty

Chennai has a surfeit of medical facilities, but access to health care for the poor and needy remains an issue.
R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 14/02/2017: PWD Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and other MLAs leave the Golden Bay resort at Koovathur on February 14, 2017. Photo: R. Ragu

Last resort

From being herded into a resort at Koovathur to gathering at Fort St. George, the seat of power in Tamil Nadu, for the confidence vote in the Assembly
R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN
New Delhi: Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu O. Panneerselvam brief the Media after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at Tamilnadu Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo by Atul Yadav (PTI1_19_2017_000060B)

Lessons for parties

The jallikattu protests exposed how the political parties of Tamil Nadu gravely miscalculated the people’s anger and sense of alienation.
R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 09/01/2017: AIADMK general secretary V.K. Sasikala and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam at the India Today Conclave in Chennai on January 9, 2017. Photo: V. Ganesan

New leaders, old problems

In Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK is on unstable ground with Sasikala Natarajan’s elevation as party chief. The DMK may be on firmer terrain, but its new work
R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 16/05/2016: The DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin casting his vote in the assembly elections at a polling booth in SIET College, Chennai on May 16, 2016. His wife Durga Stalin is also seen in the picture. Photo: S.R. Raghunathan

DMK in transition

The political situation created by Jayalalithaa’s death presents a new set of challenges before the DMK.
R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN
For States Page /TN : Mr M. Karunanidhi, DMK Leader, Mr N. Sankaraiah of CPI (M ), Mr N. Ram- Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu at a human chain rally in Chennai on Wednesday ( November 12 ) protesting against TN Assembly's order on the breach of privilege notices against the Hindu and Murasoli newspapers and the sentence against DMK MLA Mr Parithi Ilamvazuthi. Photo : Bijoy Ghosh ( Digital Image )

Contempt for media

Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister did not hesitate to make public her intolerance of the media and opposition criticism, and she did this through a slew
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CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 27/05/2015: Mechanised boats have blocked all entrances to the Harbour, picture taken at Kasimedu in Chennai on May 27, 2015. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam

Struggling to stay afloat

Fishermen in Tamil Nadu are hit hard as the cash flow dries up and people stop buying fish.
R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN
In this photograph received from the Maldives Presidency on October 25, 2015, Maldives President Abdulla Yameen speaks of the dismissal of Vice President Ahmed Adeeb from his duties during his Address to the Nation in Male. Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on October 25, 2015 described his deputy as a threat to national security after his arrest over an alleged attempt to assassinate Yameen in a speedboat bombing last month. AFP PHOTO/ MALDIVES PRESIDENCY ----EDITORS NOTE---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'AFP PHOTO / MALDIVES PRESIDENCY' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----------

Trouble in paradise

President Yameen is unlikely to mend his undemocratic ways as long as he enjoys the tacit or active support of India and China.
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