Chennai, April 1 (IANS) The resignation of senior Congress leader and Virudhunagar MP Manickam Tagore as chairman of the party’s Election Management and Coordination Committee has brought internal divisions within the Tamil Nadu unit into focus, just weeks ahead of the April 23 Assembly elections.The development has highlighted simmering tensions over candidate selection and alliance dynamics within the party.According to sources, disagreements among senior leaders intensified during the final…
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Chennai, March 7 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin met R. N. Ravi on Saturday in Chennai and congratulated him following his appointment as the new Governor of West Bengal. The meeting, held at the Governor’s official residence in Guindy, marked a formal and courteous interaction between the two leaders despite their past political differences.According to official sources, the Chief Minister visited the Raj Bhavan in Guindy to extend his greetings to Ravi after the Union government …
Chennai, Jan 24 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has been adjourned sine die on Saturday, with Speaker M. Appavu announcing the dissolution of the session without fixing a date for its next sitting. The decision brought to a close the year’s first Assembly session, which was marked by political tension and controversy surrounding the Governor’s address.The session commenced on January 20 with the customary address by the Governor. However, the proceedings took an unexpected turn at the…
Chennai, Jan 13 (IANS) Congress MP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, arrived in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday to a rousing reception from party workers, who hailed him as “Thalaiva (leader)”, signalling the party’s renewed push for greater political space within the ruling alliance ahead of the state Assembly elections later this year.Rahul Gandhi is in the state to attend the golden jubilee celebrations of a school in Gudalur, located in the Nilgiris district.While the …
Chennai, Jan 11 (IANS) The debate over the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) in Tamil Nadu sharpened on Sunday after P. Shanmugam, State secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), launched a strong attack on Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS), accusing him of deliberately misleading government employees for political gain. In a post on X, Shanmugam was responding to Palaniswami’s allegation that the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) had deceived government employees by claiming to have restored…