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Press bodies demand action against MDMK secretary for verbally abusing journalists

According to Chennai Press Club statement, Vaiyapuri Gopalsamy was speaking when some party cadres began to disperse. He started abusing the media personnel present who were recording the incident.

Why MDMK chief’s son Durai Vaiko walked back resignation as principal secretary in 24 hours

Durai had resigned, citing the presence of a person trying to “destroy” the party. A rift between him & deputy general secretary Mallai Sathya had been simmering for a while, it is learnt.

Day before crucial MDMK meet, Durai Vaiko resigns as principal secy over ‘rift’ with senior leader

Durai, son of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secy Vaiko, alleged the leader was indirectly working to destroy party 'by giving news to the media' to defame him.

As call for MDMK-DMK merger sparks debate, how splits & ‘ghar wapsis’ shaped Dravidian politics

When Dravidian politics stalwart S Duraisamy quit Vaiko’s MDMK Tuesday, he called for its merger with ‘mother’ party DMK. A look at the many splits & succession wars in the Tamil Nadu parties.

Centre trying to take away rights of states in PG medical admissions, says MDMK chief Vaiko

Vaiko, who's also a Rajya Sabha MP, said the Union government holding counselling for admissions to all postgraduate seats in state-run medical colleges is unacceptable.

MDMK official arrested for Facebook post that showed Modi carrying a begging bowl

Sathiyaraj was arrested on complaints from local BJP and Hindu Makkal Katchi leaders about his post on social media.

Last Laughs: The farmers’ march, Rahul Gandhi’s travels & trying to save public banks

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘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.