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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,...

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.

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.’

Chidambaram-led manifesto panel skips OPS, Priyanka & other Congress leaders want it as poll promise

Updated draft of Congress manifesto is with Mallikarjun Kharge for approval. Some functionaries like Praveen Chakravarty have earlier questioned scheme’s effectiveness in poll battles.

Question of survival for Amma’s ‘chosen one’ — why OPS is pinning hopes on BJP

Former Tamil Nadu CM has faced several setbacks, including in courts, after his expulsion from party in 2022. AIADMK's K. Swaminathan says OPS has exhausted all his options.

HC nullifies election of OPS’s son from Theni LS in 2019 — ‘Suppressed assets, given false information’

OP Ravindranath Kumar, who won the Theni LS seat in 2019, was granted a 30-day stay on the verdict to appeal to the SC. He was the lone NDA MP from Tamil Nadu.

New AIADMK general secretary EPS on party building spree: ‘Enrolling new cadres, infusing fresh blood’

Edappadi K. Palaniswami was Tuesday announced 6th general secretary of AIADMK after Madras HC rejected rival O. Panneerselvam's petitions challenging his own expulsion & EPS's elevation.

Speculation rife after warring AIADMK factions avoid bypoll face-off — ‘BJP the binding factor’

O. Paneerselvam pulled out his candidate, Senthil Murugan, from the upcoming Erode East bypolls, for which Edappadi K Palanisamy-led AIADMK had announced the name of K.S. Thennarasu.

Erode East bypoll in TN — AIADMK factions face off, BJP mulls stand & ‘upper hand with Congress’

The Erode East bypoll was necessitated by sudden death of sitting MLA Thirumahan Everaa. Congress has decided to field Everaa's father EVKS Elangovan.

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Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

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.