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Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Chief Minister, and O. Panneerselvam, Deputy Chief Minister, at the party headquarters in Chennai on February 24.

Moments of high drama lie in store ahead of 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly election

With twists and turns at every corner, the run-up to the Tamil Nadu Assembly election is packed with suspense and intrigue as the political fronts led

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N. Rangasamy, a former Chief Minister of Puducherry.

‘It was our duty to seek a trust vote’

Interview with N. Rangasamy, former Chief Minister of Puducherry.

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V. Narayanasamy and ruling party members walking out of the Puducherry Assembly after the confidence motion on February 22.

Coordinated resignations of legislators in Puducherry just ahead of the Assembly election

The coordinated resignations of legislators in Puducherry just ahead of the Assembly election smack of the BJP’s devious plans to topple governments.

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V. Narayanasamy, former Chief Minister of Puducherry.

V. Narayanasamy on BJP’s twin-track toppling game

Interview with V. Narayanasamy, former Chief Minister of Puducherry.

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Edappadi K.Palaniswami, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.

AIADMK concedes PMK demand for 10.5 per cent reservation, gets Bill passed in Tamil Nadu Assembly

The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) blinked on the vexed question of reservation in education and jobs that the Pattali Makka

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Former Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy addressing a protest meeting along with Thol. Thirumavalavan of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi and others against the toppling of the Congress-DMK government in Puducherry.

President’s rule imposed in Puducherry ahead of Narendra Modi’s visit

The Union Cabinet on February 24 recommended the imposition of President’s rule in Puducherry after Lieutenant-Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan wrote

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Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy coming out of the Raj Nivas after handing over his resignation to the Lt Governor on February 22.

N. Rangaswamy of AINRC waits to hear from Puducherry Lieutenant-Governor after Congress government loses trust vote in Assembly

A few hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party engineered a collapse of the Congress government in Puducherry, former Chief Minister and Leader of the O

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Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy (second from left) accompanied by two of his Cabinet Ministers and V. Vaithilingam (second from right), Member of Parliament, handing over a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind (centre) seeking the recall of Lt Governor Kiran Bedi, in New Delhi on February 10.

Amidst attempts to topple the Congress government in Puducherry ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s visit, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi is sacked in a surprise move

The plan to bring down the Puducherry government ahead of the visit of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on February 17 has fallen flat, but the

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In Puducherry, ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s visit, two Congress MLAs quit in two days

On February 16, a day after Malladi Krishna Rao, a Minister in the Congress government in Puducherry, resigned his Assembly seat with an announcement

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Supporters welcoming V.K. Sasikala at the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border on February 8.

V.K. Sasikala, former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s aide, returns to a tumultuous welcome in Tamil Nadu and looks set to battle it out for the leadership of the AIADMK

Former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s close associate, V.K. Sasikala, returned to Tamil Nadu on February 8 to a tumultuous welcome after serving four y

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Pranab Mukherjee, President, presents the Padma Vibhushan to Dr Shanta on April 12, 2016.

Dr V. Shanta: A life for other lives

Dr V. Shanta (1927-2021) dedicated her life to providing affordable cancer treatment and spreading awareness about preventive care, serving as a beaco

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Veda Nilayam, Jayalalithaa’s residence at Poes Garden in Chennai. Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami inaugurated it as a memorial on January 28, but it will not be open to the public until the Madras High Court decides on the petitions filed by Jayalalithaa’s legal heirs on their claims to the property.

'Veda Nilayam', Jayalalithaa’s house in Chennai, declared open as a memorial after go-ahead from High Court, but it will remain closed to the public

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami declared open the Veda Nilayam residence of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa as a memorial, riding on a Janua

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