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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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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.