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‘Unfit to hold any position’: PMK founder Ramadoss expels son Anbumani ahead of Tamil Nadu polls

Post of PMK working president will remain vacant for now, octogenarian says. 'Party cannot be claimed as a hereditary possession.'

PMK father-son feud: After mediation flops, setback for Ramadoss as HC allows Anbumani to hold meeting

Chennai: In a major setback to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss, the Madras High Court dismissed the writ petition filed by the...

‘Can’t sit dummy & give party to son Anbumani,’ says Ramadoss as PMK feud reaches Madras HC

PMK founder has approached court to restrain son Anbumani from holding party’s general council meeting on 9 August, says differences began over alliance and candidates.

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.

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It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.