EPS & OPS have been politically estranged since their leadership tussle after Jayalalithaa's death. Over the years, EPS consolidated control of AIADMK, with OPS being sidelined.
The breakaway faction formalised the name change days after possibility of reunion with EPS camp was ruled out at AIADMK general body meet. Group open to tie-up with even DMK.
Chennai: With breakaway AIADMK leader O. Panneerselvam and AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran quitting the NDA alliance and senior AIADMK leader and former minister K.A....
IUML's Navaskani is only the third Muslim MP from Ramanathapuram seat since its formation in 1951. He trounced NDA-backed former chief minister OPS by a margin of 1.6 lakh votes.
Ex-AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu CM OPS contested as an Independent candidate from Ramanathapuram, where he is trailing behind IUML’s K Navaskani by over 1,39,000 votes.
AIADMK rival faction leader O Panneerselvam said ‘BJP is capable of ruling a third time’ at Centre. Decision on possible alliance after ‘BJP decides on its stand’.
Palaniswami faction says Panneerselvam’s son being invited to floor leaders' meet as AIADMK leader 'wrong'. Expelled leader Panneerselvam's side says 'closely watching' developments.
AIADMK is finally in grip of Jayalalithaa protégé EPS after a bitter factional battle. But while he is coming into his own, threats linger — from ally BJP to rival O. Panneerselvam.
While in 2017, EPS joined hands with OPS after ousting Jayalalithaa aide V.K. Sasikala, he has now formed a 'working relationship' with Sasikala's nephew T.T.V. Dhinakaran in battle against EPS.
‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.
Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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