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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicK. Annamalai

Topic: K. Annamalai

AIADMK-BJP truce hides old wounds and new ambitions

BJP still seems to view AIADMK as a potential Shiv Sena in the making—a party it could fracture at some stage and then acquire a large part of its vote base.

Who is Nainar Nagendran & why he fits the bill as Tamil Nadu BJP chief ahead of 2026 polls

Unanimously elected, Nainar Nagendran replaces outgoing president K. Annamalai. A former AIADMK leader, Nagendran was the only one to file the nomination papers for the post.

Centre-South Hindi imposition war spills over to UPSC, reignites debate over TN’s falling success rate

The controversy erupted after BJP president K. Annamalai blamed the education quality in the state for the drop in students clearing the Union Public Service Commission exam.

Back in action, BJP’s Annamalai positions himself as rival to Udhayanidhi & Vijay, eases up on AIADMK

The state BJP chief, back from 3-month fellowship in UK, has resumed leadership of party before next yr’s polls. Analysts see his softening on AIADMK as tactic to woo party's voter base.

Why Tamil Nadu BJP is training guns on DMK more than AIADMK in Annamalai’s absence

BJP has put a six-member panel led by H Raja, who comes from a background vastly different from Annamalai’s. He is waging an ideological battle against government in Tamil Nadu.

In Khushbu’s return to active politics, TN BJP gets another crowd-puller, but ‘outsider’ image hangs heavy

Known for controversial statements & being a crowd-puller, the actor-politician, who had resigned as NCW chief, returns at a time when BJP state chief Annamalai is going on study leave.

BJP approves TN chief Annamalai’s 3-month break to pursue fellowship at Oxford, replacement unlikely

Annamalai was at helm of party’s campaign in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha polls, but BJP did not win any seats. He himself failed to secure win in Coimbatore, considered a BJP stronghold.

BJP’s shadow, ousted leaders & Thevar votes — AIADMK cadres tell EPS what went wrong in LS polls

AIADMK gen secy & Tamil Nadu ex-CM Palaniswami is holding 10-day meeting with party functionaries and workers to analyse showing in LS polls and map out next moves.

‘Admonishment by Amit Shah?’ — Annamalai, Tamilisai blame game over LS polls divides Tamil Nadu BJP

Former Telangana governor Tamilisai had suggested that Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai’s decision not to ally with AIADMK cost the party in the Lok Sabha polls.

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.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.