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Thursday, November 7, 2024
TopicBJP in Tamil Nadu

Topic: BJP in Tamil Nadu

Are DMK and BJP cosying up? The goal is to wrong-foot Congress and AIADMK

If the AIADMK and the Congress are smart enough to seize the opportunity presented to come together again, Tamil Nadu could see a new alliance forming for the 2026 Assembly elections.

Amid rumours that Amit Shah admonished her, Tamilisai clarifies — ‘asked about post-poll follow-up’

Video clip of animated conversation at Naidu swearing-in led to speculation that Amit Shah had been admonishing Tamilisai Soundararajan for her comments on TN BJP chief Annamalai.

IUML trounces NDA-backed OPS — why Hindutva poll plank failed in seat housing Rameswaram temple

IUML's Navaskani is only the third Muslim MP from Ramanathapuram seat since its formation in 1951. He trounced NDA-backed former chief minister OPS by a margin of 1.6 lakh votes.

BJP fails to win a single seat in Tamil Nadu but vote-share peaks at 10.69%

The BJP’s vote share in Tamil Nadu registered a marked improvement from 2019, when it managed to get only 3.66 percent.

Seven hurdles BJP faces in Tamil Nadu and Kerala and how they’re playing out in 2024 polls

BJP’s political adversaries in the south, even the Congress, are much more organised and alive in their response to hot-button issues.

On Camera

Trump has called Delhi a big abuser of tariffs. India-US economic ties are about to change

How Trump responds to the growing Russia-China alliance and their anti-American diatribes will require some strategising among the Indian foreign policy and national security mandarins.

How Adani halving power supply to Bangladesh could land the country in ‘dire straits’

Bangladesh is already reeling from low coal-fired power production & inability to import enough coal, gas. Now, Adani has cut supplies over unpaid dues. However, this could hurt Adani too.

India, Bangladesh Army chiefs discuss issues of ‘mutual interest’

Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.