AMMK leader Inbathamizhan returns to parent party, AIADMK
Former AIADMK minister and now Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam leader, Inbathamizhan, has returned to his parent party. Continue Reading
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A wave of waves
Poll pundits predicting poll prospects seem pretty sure there is no wave this time. How off the mark! If only these ‘experts’ were to see with their eyes instead of perceiving with their intellect, they will realise there are only waves all over the pollscape. And seeing is believing, mind you. Continue Reading
Sad, angry inspector in Chennai to return awards, give up promotion
After being denied a climb up the ladder, an inspector of police with the city police department announced on social media that he was going to surrender his promotion and awards given by former chief minister J Jayalalithaa in 2004. Continue Reading
2019 elections: Is consolidation of Hindu votes a threat for DMK?
“First of all, the DMK combine cannot call itself a secular alliance when it has parties like the Muslim League and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi in its fold. And in the name of minority appeasement, they are ridiculing the faith of Hindus.” Continue Reading
2019 elections: Is Tamilnadu no more star-struck, politically?
Are film stars shooting into oblivion in the political universe of Tamilnadu? Yes, as a close watch of the electoral juggernaut rolling through the State now reveals, heroes, heroines, comedians, sidekicks and technicians from the celluloid world seem to have lost the pride of place they had in the State’s political firmament as prime influencers and party ambassadors. Continue Reading
2019 polls: Mathematical analysis gives DMK advantage in TN
This is a purely mathematical exercise without venturing into forecasts or merits and demerits of parties and candidates. Continue Reading
2019 elections: Who will get the women’s votes in Tamilnadu?
With just 12 days left for the elections, time is running out for the serious political parties to come up with a strategy to garner the votes of the women of the State. For that is a vote that will count the most in the final reckoning. Continue Reading
A cash-plus economy
In a shameful first, in 2016 TN Assembly elections, polling in two constituencies was put off due to the ‘pernicious effect of money power’, to quote the EC. Continue Reading
BJP and AIADMK are natural allies, says L Ganesan (video)
There is nothing wrong in the AIADMK and BJP forging an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections as they were “natural allies”, said BJP national executive member L Ganesan in an exclusive interview to News Today TV. Continue Reading
DK to DMDK: Dilution of Dravidian ideologies in Tamilnadu
After ‘thyagam’ and ‘dhrogam’, Tamilnadu politics now revolves around ‘yagam’, for Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam is being accused of performing ‘yagna for CM post’ at the Secretariat. Continue Reading