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TopicEdappadi K. Palaniswami

Topic: Edappadi K. Palaniswami

In AIADMK-BJP split, an opportunity for OPS — ‘BJP leadership in touch with me for past 3 months’

AIADMK rival faction leader O Panneerselvam said ‘BJP is capable of ruling a third time’ at Centre. Decision on possible alliance after ‘BJP decides on its stand’.

From MGR & Amma to EPS: How ‘Lion of Salem’ Palaniswami made AIADMK crown his own

AIADMK is finally in grip of Jayalalithaa protégé EPS after a bitter factional battle. But while he is coming into his own, threats linger — from ally BJP to rival O. Panneerselvam.

EPS meets Amit Shah, seals BJP-AIADMK alliance in Tamil Nadu for 2024 Lok Sabha polls

Meeting came at a time when EPS and BJP state chief K. Annamalai were seen to be at loggerheads amid growing fissures in alliance. Now, EPS says 'there is no fight' between them.

Breakup or bid for bargaining power? What BJP-AIADMK war of words in Tamil Nadu signals

While BJP top leadership is in favour of alliance, it's letting state chief K Annamalai needle ally, say leaders. AIADMK says it's focussing on relationship with BJP high command.

Supreme Court order on AIADMK rift: What are OPS’s options now & what ruling means for EPS & BJP

While OPS faction says the court battle is far from over, analysts say this could be the end of the road for the former CM, leaving him with few options like allying with Sasikala.

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EPS elected as AIADMK interim general secretary, council members expel OPS from party

AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami had called a general council meeting, fiercely opposed by O. Panneerselvam, to deliberate on single leadership issue in the party.

Palaniswami-led AIADMK is bad news for BJP in Tamil Nadu but it opens up opportunities too

While OPS has been courting the BJP in Tamil Nadu enthusiastically, the latter isn't inclined to take any side in AIADMK’s internal warfare yet.

AIADMK may have lost, but for Palaniswami, Tamil Nadu election results are seen as a win

With no Jayalalithaa & battling anti-incumbency, Chief Minister Palaniswami held his own and ensured AIADMK will still be a vital part of the state's politics as the main opposition.

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Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.