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Once AIADMK CM, now DMK ‘cadre’. Tracing arc of OPS as he joins Stalin’s party before TN polls

OPS, who was considered close aide of Jayalalithaa, served as TN CM thrice. He was involved in a bitter factional feud with EPS over AIADMK leadership, & was expelled in 2022.

Report card of 82 district secys in hand, EPS signals to AIADMK cadre—loyalty alone won’t fetch ticket

Ahead of district secretaries' meet, EPS studying report cards of 82 district secretaries prepared by party war room. Analysts say EPS wants results on the ground, not just loyalty.

His call for AIADMK unification ignored, ex-minister Sengottaiyan joins hands with rebels OPS, TTV

Chennai: Senior AIADMK leader and former minister K.A. Sengottaiyan, who had last month called for the unification of all breakaway factions of the party,...

Karur stampede slugfest in Tamil Nadu assembly: Stalin blames Vijay, AIADMK blames Stalin govt

After AIADMK staged a walkout, Stalin told the assembly that the Oppn is raising their voice for a 'third party' as they are 'desperate to form an alliance' with it.

EPS caught in political bind after reviving demand to rename Madurai airport after Thevar icon

EPS has declared that if it returns to power in Tamil Nadu next year, AIADMK will push the Centre to rename Madurai airport after Thevar community icon Pasumpon U Muthuramalinga.

KA Sengottaiyan: MGR loyalist, Jayalalithaa’s strategist and now challenger to AIADMK chief EPS

In 1989, Sengottaiyan introduced EPS to Jayalalithaa, recalls former MLA. EPS has now stripped Sengottaiyan of all party posts after his call to all expelled AIADMK leaders to reunite.

Denied meeting with Modi, OPS walks out of NDA, keeps political opponents guessing next move

On whether AIADMK Cadres Rights Retrieval Committee led him would consider teaming up with actor-politician Vijay’s TVK, former CM OPS says, ‘Time will tell, and there is still time for elections.’

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...

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.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.

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.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.