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Topic: DMDK

How smaller TN parties are bolstering bargaining power to extract more from senior partners in 2026

Polls about a year away, parties such as VCK, PMK, DMDK are organising large rallies & conferences to mobilise support bases, and send signals to their existing or prospective allies.

TN seeing another political ‘son rise’. How DMDK’s pinning revival hopes on founder Vijayakanth’s son

V Vijaya Prabhakaran has been appointed secretary of DMDK’s youth wing ahead of the 2026 assembly election, as he sets out to carry forward the legacy of his father, Vijayakanth.

A vote for ‘Captain’ Prabhakaran — why Virudhunagar contest is ‘defining’ for Karuppu MGR’s son & DMDK

Pitted against sitting Congress MP B. Manickam Tagore & NDA's Radhika Sarathkumar, Prabhakaran is expected to make the contest triangular even though this is his debut.

AIADMK releases first list of 16 candidates for Lok Sabha polls

While releasing the list, party general secretary, Edappadi K Palaniswami, said that five constituencies have been allocated to the DMDK; and one each to Puthiya Tamilagam and SDPI.

Ex-DMK MP, 15 ex-MLAs from across parties in Tamil Nadu join BJP — ‘points to growing support for Modi’

Apart from DMK, leaders from AIADMK, DMDK & Congress join BJP. State BJP chief Annamalai says first time in history of Tamil Nadu that 16 former representatives were joining the party.

‘I have lost a dear friend’ — PM Modi pays tribute to late DMDK founder-leader Vijayakanth

Vijayakanth's 'legacy will continue to live on in the hearts of his fans... and the corridors of public service', writes Modi on his website www.narendramodi.in. The actor-politician died last week.

‘Captain’ Vijayakanth, who offered alternative to DMK & AIADMK, had meteoric rise & fall in politics

Actor-turned politician, who had contracted COVID-19, passes away aged 71. His party, DMDK, won vote share of over 8 percent in its poll debut in 2006 & became TN's main opposition in 2011.

After Amma, an Anni to lead a party in Tamil Nadu — who is Premalatha, DMDK’s new general secretary

Last week, actor-politician Vijayakanth handed over reins of his party DMDK to his wife Premalatha. But questions were raised about the manner of this power transfer.

Vijayakanth-led DMDK quits AIADMK-BJP alliance ahead of Tamil Nadu assembly polls

After three-rounds of negotiations with AIADMK over seat sharing, the DMDK said it was moving out of the alliance due to non-allocation of specific constituencies and seats.

Protests against Vedanta plant turns violent, 1 killed in police firing

Police said section 144 of CrPc has been invoked in and around the Sterlite unit to provide security to it as per the orders of the Madras High Court.

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BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.