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RajiniKanth at a press conference in Chennai on December 3, after announcing his plan to launch a political party.

The 'chosen' one: Can Rajinikanth break the monopoly of Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu?

After much wavering and keeping his fans in suspense for over two decades Rajinikanth has decided to enter politics. Does he have the political, ideol

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Mohamed Nasheed, Malidives Majlis Speaker, with Harsh Vardhan, India’s Foreign Secretary, on November 9.

After a Twitter spat on repayment of loans by Maldives, Zhang Lizhong, the Chinese Ambassador to Maldives, and Mohamed Nasheed, Speaker of the country’s Majlis, make conciliatory gestures

A diplomatic spat between China and Maldives over repayment of loans availed by Maldives to Chinese banks was averted just after a day it escalated pu

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Rajinikanth during a press conference to announce the launch of his political party in January 2021, in Chennai on December 3.

Ending two decades of suspense, actor Rajinikanth decides to launch a political party

Three years after he first announced that he will launch a political party and fight the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections, actor Rajinik

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Anbumani Ramadoss (second from right, in brown shirt) meeting Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on December 1.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami institutes a commission to carry out a caste survey after the PMK, its alliance partner, demands 20 per cent reservation for the Vanniyar community

A day after the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) launched an indefinite agitation to secure 20 per cent reservation for Vanniyars, the caste group that con

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Rajinikanth after meeting with senior functionaries of Rajini Makkal Mandram to decide on his political entry, in Chennai on November 30.

Rajinikanth puts off announcement on political entry yet again

Actor Rajinikanth, who has been thinking of entering politics ahead of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections due in mid-2021, has once again p

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami (left) and Deputy Chief Minister O. Paneerselvam at the inauguration of various infrastructure projects, including the dedication of a new reservoir at Thervaikandigai in Tiruvallur district, at a function held in Chennai on November 21.

AIADMK leaders use a government function to announce the continuance of the party’s alliance with the BJP in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah

A function organised by the Tamil Nadu government in Chennai with taxpayers’ money was turned into a political platform to affirm the alliance between

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami.

No permission for vetrivel yatra, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy categorically tells BJP State president

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami “politely but firmly” told Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) State president L. Murugan on November 13 that he wou

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M.K. Surappa, Vice Chanceller, Anna University, Chennai.

Tamil Nadu government orders probe against M.K. Surappa, Vice Chancellor of Anna University, for financial and administrative ‘irregularities’

In a surprising move, the Tamil Nadu government has appointed a retired judge to probe allegations against the Vice Chancellor of Anna University, M.K

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L. Murugan before commencing his yatra at Tiruttani.

The BJP’s ‘vel yatra’, seen as an attempt to gain popularity in Tamil Nadu by invoking religious symbols associated with Lord Muruga, fizzles out with the government taking a firm stand against it

In a desperate act, the Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sought to boost its popularity in the State using Lord Muruga after it

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DMK president M.K. Stalin (centre), along with party leaders and cadres, protesting against Governor Banwarilal Purohit over the delay in signing the medical admission reservation Bill, in Chennai, on October 24.

Tamil Nadu's political parties continue to resist NEET

Tamil Nadu’s political parties, which continue to resist NEET on the grounds that it strikes at the root of the State’s well-established success in ac

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Tamil Nadu: Curious statistics

The number of new COVID cases in the State in October has remained unbelievably low and steady.

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DMK president M.K. Stalin.

Stalin joins AIADMK in asking Tamil Nadu Governor to sign NEET Bill on 7.5% reservation for rural students

Even as Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit maintained a studied silence over giving his assent to a Bill that grants 7.5 per cent reservation to r

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