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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicMK Stalin

Topic: MK Stalin

DMK says 2026 to mark the rise of ‘Dravidian model 2.0 regime’ in TN

With Stalin’s five-fold outreach, people-centric governance, and welfare push, the ruling party declares the state is ready for ‘Dravidian model 2.0’ ahead of the 2026 polls.

India’s language policy failed Hindi, not Stalin or Thackeray brothers

English is the real official language in India. Calling Hindi the Raj-bhasha has been more for political reasons, and an expensive farce.

Chennai is being governed on PowerPoint—plans shine on slides, fail on streets

The city once prided itself on civic order. But under the DMK, it has been made to believe that dysfunction is normal, accountability is too much to ask for, and complaints should be whispered, not filed.

ASI is now calling researchers to crack a 100-year-old mystery—Indus Valley script

The Archaeological Survey of India will host a three-day-long international conference on cracking the Indus script in August. Its title: Decipherment of Indus Script: Current status and Way Forward.

Eyeing larger share of pie in seat-sharing talks, allies keep pressure on DMK ahead of TN polls

DMK allies like Congress, VCK, CPI (M) seeking more seats, saying it'd increase their presence & help alliance rather than weaken it. DMK says ‘our leader won't let anybody be unhappy’. 

With Kanimozhi, A Raja among 7 new zonal in-charges, DMK steals a march in 2026 TN poll prep

The newly appointed in-charges are already in their constituencies, taking stock at booth level. DMK is more serious about 2026 polls than 2021, political watchers say.

More than ‘petty quarrel over petrol’—behind Vadakadu caste violence, a long-simmering temple dispute

According to data submitted by Union Home Ministry in Lok Sabha this February, Tamil Nadu recorded 1,274 cases of crimes against SCs in 2020, 1,377 in 2021, and 1,761 cases in 2022.

Our take on BJP-AIADMK alliance, IPL boundaries, MK Stalin & more—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

DMK minister Ponmudi removed from party post amid row over vulgar remarks on Shaivism & Vaishnavism

Ponmudi removed as DMK deputy general secretary days after he cracked an inappropriate joke at a public meeting in Villupuram. Not the first time his speeches have drawn flak.

On Camera

India’s diplomatic failures aren’t just Trump’s fault. It’s the price of Modi’s narcissism

The Modi govt first put all its eggs into the US basket when the unipolar moment was clearly over. It subsequently overcorrected, accommodating an aggressive China.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.