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People all set to seal the fate of key contenders for power in TN, the AIADMK, DMK Published: Share Tweet Recipients Name Send After fierce electioneering over a span of about four months, with a resurgent DMK eyeing capturing power and a determined AIADMK straining every nerve to retain power for the second time, Tamil Nadu is all set for the Assembly polls on Tuesday. Chennai: The most intense in i...

Ground report: Will giving Vanniyar community 10.5% reservations help AIADMK win north Tamil Nadu? There is euphoria about the quota among some Vanniyars. But the decision has angered other powerful communities in the region. Mar 17, 2021 · 09:00 am Leaders of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Pattali Makkal Katchi signed an alliance in Chennai. | AIADMK/Twitter At around 2.30 pm on February 26, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami held an ur...

Send The ruling AIADMK on Saturday finalised seat sharing with ally Pattali Makkal Katchi and held parleys with BJP for the April 6 Assembly polls, a day after the Election Commission announced the election schedule. Representative Image Chennai: AIADMK Coordinator and and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam announced that his party and PMK have decided to face the election as allies. As per the agreement reached between AIADMK and PMK, 23 seats have been allot...

ISSUE DATE: February 22, 2021 UPDATED: February 15, 2021 13:50 IST Photo illustration by Nilanjan Das SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK ON FEBRUARY 9, Vivekananda Krishnaveni Sasikala, released after four years in a Bengaluru jail on charges of corruption, returned to Chennai to a grand welcome by supporters as well as some of the ruling AIADMK (All-India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) leaders. At several places en route, well-wishers greeted the 66-year-old leader with firecrackers and flowers (one reason wh...

Updated: Share Article AAA People belonging to de-notified communities stage g a protest in front of Madurai railway junction on Sunday.   | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy Leaders of de-notified communities have warned of serious backlash if the State government unilaterally announced exclusive reservation for Vanniyars among the Most Backward Communities. The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) has demanded 20% exclusive reservation for Vanniyars in government jobs and higher education.“Southern distri...