Setting the bar for other parties ahead of the highly-anticipated Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, actor-turned-politician Vijay on Wednesday unveiled key promises of his party’s election manifesto, pledging free higher education for children of small and marginal farmers and vowing strict action against corruption if voted to power in the state. Addressing party functionaries in the … Read more
Last Updated:February 16, 2026, 18:46 IST Infighting, strain with allies to senior leaders’ comments: A look at the Congress’s poll position, alliances in Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Bengal Rahul Gandhi with Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge (right). (PTI File) Be it the strain with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) over power-sharing or Assam senior leader … Read more
Further Stalin said: “The victory of International Booker Prize winner, Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq, who is present here, shows its (translations and copyright transfers) importance.” PTI Last Updated : 18 January 2026, 14:53 IST ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us : Comments Source link
A Chennai Mahila Court’s verdict on Monday in the Anna University sexual assault case, which sentenced the convict to life imprisonment for a minimum of 30 years without remission, has triggered a war of words between Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK and the main Opposition party, AIADMK. AIADMK leader and Leader of Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami … Read more
Amit Shah and MK Stalin (File photo) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Friday slammed the renewed alliance between the AIADMK and BJP, calling it an “alliance of defeat” and branding Union home minister Amit Shah’s Chennai press conference “unworthy of the position he holds.”In a statement released by … Read more
The bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan invoked Article 142 to take over the role vested with the Governor in the lawmaking process. The extraordinary power to pass orders to do “complete justice” is sparingly used by the Court, especially when it involves other Constitutional authorities. The Court has also redrawn the … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday hit out at Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, who skipped Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official engagements in the state. Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai accused MK Stalin of insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Stalin was in Udhagamandalam (Ooty) to unveil a government hospital, and said he … Read more
NEW DELHI: The DMK-led Tamil Nadu assembly on Thursday passed a resolution against the proposed Waqf bill in Parliament and urged the central government to withdraw it. Chief minister MK Stalin said that the bill would “badly affect minority Muslims“.Speaking in the state assembly, the CM said, “Union Government is trying to amend Waqf Bill, … Read more
MK Stalin (left), and Yogi Adityanath NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Thursday hit out at Yogi Adityanath, after the UP CM criticised Stalin over the three-language row and delimitation, saying that Tamil Nadu CM was trying to create divisions based on region and language. “Tamil Nadu’s fair and firm voice on … Read more
Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Sunday said his government replaced the ‘Rs’ symbol with ‘Ru’ in the budget 2025-2026 to demonstrate DMK’s commitment to the language issue. He was referring to his allegation that the Central government has been trying to foist Hindi on Tamil Nadu by enforcing the National Education Policy (NEP). … Read more