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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicEdappadi Palaniswami

Topic: Edappadi Palaniswami

Stalin censors DMK’s 2nd rung from reacting to AIADMK, Vijay’s TVK. ‘Needless attention to Oppn’

DMK leadership wants ground-level leaders to focus on membership drive & attacking the BJP. However, Udhayanidhi Stalin & Kanimozhi encouraged to take on AIADMK boss Palaniswami.

Tamil Nadu politics is fracturing. Vijay entry can shake things up

There is an overall sense of ennui with the cynical, established and entrenched parties and politicking in the state.

Supreme Court verdict on AIADMK leadership: Decoding the ruling that caps EPS-OPS tussle

The bench, however, clarified that none of its observations in the judgment would have any bearing on the pending civil suits between archrivals Edappadi K Palaniswami & O Panneerselvam.

What makes Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami and deputy CM Panneerselvam eat out of Amit Shah’s hand

Sasikala will be out of jail before the Tamil Nadu election. The chief minister and his deputy must brace for a storm in the AIADMK.

Health minister’s confidante, Congress leader’s daughter: Why TN health secretary was shunted

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Palaniswami’s Tamil Nadu govt is safe for now after assembly bypoll wins

Amid the DMK wave across Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK won 9 out of 22 seats in the assembly bypolls, helping it reach a small majority of 122 out of 234 MLAs.

ADMK cheers Madras HC split verdict on 18 disqualified MLAs — for now

Verdict buys Tamil Nadu chief minister Palaniswami  time, ruling out by-elections and a floor test till case is heard afresh.

Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery setback was ‘minimal’, legal team debating whether to seek review

Shekhar Naphade, who represented the state in the SC, says TN will insist on Centre constituting court-mandated water management board within 6 weeks.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

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.