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PMK foundation day overshadowed by father-son feud as Anbumani Ramadoss pitches for share in TN govt

Chennai: The Pattali Makkal Katchi’s 37th foundation day was observed quietly amid the growing standoff between the party’s founder S. Ramadoss and his son,...

PMK founder Ramadoss says son Anbumani ‘held his feet & cried’ for tie-up with BJP for 2024 LS polls

Father-son feud continues in Tamil Nadu as Ramadoss says making his son a cabinet minister was a ‘mistake’, adds, 'it was not Anbumani who erred, it was me'.

How a father-son feud threatens to split PMK before 2026 Tamil Nadu elections

Though PMK leaders claim all is well, party workers fear founder S Ramadoss and his son Anbumani—at odds over alliance strategy—may not reconcile in time for the assembly polls.

How smaller TN parties are bolstering bargaining power to extract more from senior partners in 2026

Polls about a year away, parties such as VCK, PMK, DMDK are organising large rallies & conferences to mobilise support bases, and send signals to their existing or prospective allies.

How BJP’s early push for alliance ahead of TN polls has exposed simmering father-son conflict in PMK

In a dramatic turn of events, PMK founder S Ramadoss on Thursday announced in Villupuram that he would take over the party’s leadership from his son with immediate effect.

Ramadoss & Anbumani’s spat at PMK meet exposes ‘simmering’ rift, drawing focus to party’s dynastic politics

The heated exchange between the father & son occurred over the appointment of P. Mukundan, the former’s grandson & latter’s nephew, as the party’s youth wing secretary.

What DMK’s resounding Vikravandi bypoll win means for AIADMK, BJP and its allies

AIADMK’s call to boycott Vikravandi bypoll was seen as bid to relay message to BJP-ally PMK with eye on 2026 assembly polls. But bypoll result has shown opposition to DMK is weak.

In AIADMK’s boycott of today’s Vikravandi bypoll, a message to former ally PMK

AIADMK has opted out of contest in stronghold in apparent olive branch to NDA ally PMK, say observers. But PMK asserts that coalition is intact & it’ll pick allies closer to state polls.

Sheds urban tag of BJP, foray in north, stable voteshare — What PMK brings for NDA in Tamil Nadu

Alliance with BJP is likely to have most impact on AIADMK, as well as turn electoral contest into a three-horse race in southern state.

Mandatory parental consent for under-21s to marry — PMK manifesto pledge to fight ‘staged love’

Proposal was taken into account to protect family system as well as to safeguard future of young girls, Tamil Nadu-based party says.

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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

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.