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Sasikala launches new party with a ‘coconut farm’ strategy. What it could mean for AIADMK & DMK

Nearly a decade after Jayalalithaa’s death, her aide Sasikala’s AIPTMMK enters the fray, with analysts predicting it could fragment AIADMK’s traditional support.

Expelled AIADMK leader Sasikala announces name of new political party

The new party, called All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, has as its symbol the ‘coconut grove’ symbolising unity, the party supremo said.

Closure of over 200 hotels & eateries in Chennai fuels DMK attacks on BJP for ‘cylinder shortage’

Chief Minister M K Stalin says he already wrote to PM & Union ministers, urging immediate action to restore LPG, petrol & diesel supplies. BJP going extra mile to dispel 'narrative'.

End of Vellappally era? Why Kerala HC disqualified SNDP Yogam chief, son Thushar & 2 others

Kerala HC’s Justice TR Ravi said disqualification of Natesan and three others, including his son Thushar Vellappally, was necessary because they violated rules under Companies Act.

Left veteran Sudhakaran finally cuts the cord, plans Independent run in Kerala polls

Sudhakaran’s rift with the party began after the 2021 polls in which he did not participate. During the next year’s organisational reshuffle, he was dropped from state committee.

Russian oil, Epstein & an Om Birla intervention: Rahul sets off fireworks in Lok Sabha

The LoP was stopped mid-speech by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who said he would not allow Rahul to proceed as he was going off topic, to which there was vehement protest from Oppn.

Why Meghalaya’s Garo Hills have been on the boil ahead of tribal council polls

Meghalaya's Garo Hills Autonomous District Council is among the few councils in the Northeast region that still have a handful of unreserved seats.

Rahul’s ‘Samajik Parivartan’ to Akhilesh’s ‘PDA Divas’, UP parties scramble to claim Kanshi Ram’s legacy

The Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram's birth anniversary is on 15 March. Later this year, Uttar Pradesh goes to polls.

Back after no-confidence saga, Speaker Om Birla says no special privileges in LS, with a Vajpayee story

Birla addressed House a day after Opposition-sponsored resolution seeking his removal over charges of bias and partiality was defeated by voice vote.

‘Everything starts & ends with one family’: In Trichy, Modi accuses DMK of ‘scientific corruption’

Addressing a public meeting, PM says NDA only force that can bring complete change to the state, launches multitude of projects.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.