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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
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With OPS & Dhinakaran out of Tamil Nadu NDA, why Vijay’s TVK could benefit from crisis

Chennai: With breakaway AIADMK leader O. Panneerselvam and AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran quitting the NDA alliance and senior AIADMK leader and former minister K.A....

Why EPS’ call for anti-DMK alliance meets only rejection and silence

Chennai: In a bid to forge a formidable anti-DMK alliance for the 2026 assembly elections, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami extended a public...

Retreat or strategic pause? Annamalai takes vow of silence on BJP-AIADMK alliance, for now

Annamalai’s political silence follows his controversial 12 June statement that a BJP govt and not a coalition govt should be formed in Tamil Nadu after the 2026 Assembly polls.

BJP ally AIADMK distances itself from Amit Shah’s remark that Tamil Nadu will get ‘coalition govt’

The chief minister will be from the AIADMK, Amit Shah has said in an interview. But, he did not name General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami as the CM candidate.

As AIADMK picks two ex-MLAs for Rajya Sabha polls, Annamalai may have missed the bus this time

Annamalai may be given a post at national level to build the party, BJP central leadership will decide when, says Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagenthiran.

Our take on BJP-AIADMK alliance, IPL boundaries, MK Stalin & more—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

BJP is lifeboat for AIADMK. Every Tamil Nadu party is facing leadership crisis

DMK is being mocked as party of the ‘rising son’. AIADMK is struggling to fill the vacuum left behind by Jayalalithaa, while the Congress suffers from leadership bankruptcy.

How AIADMK plans to convince its workers & voters to bet on alliance with BJP

BJP, AIADMK have revived alliance ahead of TN polls. Ground realities have forced rethink on strategy for how EPS-led party can convince voters to look beyond opposition to BJP's policies.

No coalition govt, alliance only for 2026 polls—EPS contradicts Amit Shah on AIADMK-BJP tie-up

Amit Shah last week said BJP and AIADMK would together form govt and would fight the 2026 polls under the leadership of EPS, who was seated next to the home minister at the time.

AIADMK-BJP truce hides old wounds and new ambitions

BJP still seems to view AIADMK as a potential Shiv Sena in the making—a party it could fracture at some stage and then acquire a large part of its vote base.

On Camera

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.