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Topic: Tamil Nadu

Inside ‘traditional’ DMK’s digital shift & the company driving it — Stalin app & podcast to 2024 prep

At the heart of DMK’s recent digital shift is its very own strategist firm, Populus Empowerment Network, owned by Stalin’s son-in-law V. Sabareesan and founded in November 2022.

Tamil Nadu is the new China+1 for shoes. Crocs, Nike, Adidas foot India’s manufacturing push

Taiwan giants like Shoetown, Feng Tay, Pou Chen, and Hong Fu are setting up huge non-leather shoe factories in Tamil Nadu. Made in India footwear will take over world, say industry leaders.

‘I have lost a dear friend’ — PM Modi pays tribute to late DMDK founder-leader Vijayakanth

Vijayakanth's 'legacy will continue to live on in the hearts of his fans... and the corridors of public service', writes Modi on his website www.narendramodi.in. The actor-politician died last week.

Modi starts 2024 with big-ticket TN trip, professes ‘Tamil love’ with eye on LS polls

Modi Tuesday inaugurated new terminal building for Tiruchirappalli international airport. Altogether, he inaugurated or laid the foundation stone for projects worth Rs 20,000 crore.

Modi inaugurates new terminal at TN’s Trichy airport, launches projects worth Rs 20,000 cr

PM Modi is on 2-day tour of Tamil Nadu, Lakshadweep & Kerala. Projects to be inaugurated include Kochi-Lakshadweep Islands Submarine Optical Fibre Connection (KLI-SOFC) project.

Modi-Shah’s 2024 goal is to diminish Dravidianism. It is the next frontier

The Modi-Shah-Yogi Trimurti has decided to bring an Article 370-like disruption in Tamil politics in 2024. BJP wants to squeeze out the separatist Dravidian impulse from Tamil cultural politics.

‘Captain’ Vijayakanth, who offered alternative to DMK & AIADMK, had meteoric rise & fall in politics

Actor-turned politician, who had contracted COVID-19, passes away aged 71. His party, DMDK, won vote share of over 8 percent in its poll debut in 2006 & became TN's main opposition in 2011.

12 hospitalised after Ammonia gas leak at Chennai fertiliser unit. Police say situation ‘stabilised’

Leak, caused by rupture in underwater pipeline, was detected Tuesday. Several residents demand free medical camp & legal action in case of irregularity in facility's functioning.

At general & executive council meeting, AIADMK announces resolves to not ally with BJP for 2024 polls

Tuesday's announcement comes 3 months after AIADMK decided to break all ties with BJP, with which it had forged an alliance in 2019. The 2 parties have been at loggerheads since February. 

ED registers case against its own officer jailed in Tamil Nadu on bribery charge

Ankit Tiwari and his team had allegedly demanded bribes from several individuals to close their ED-related cases. He was posted in the central agency's Madurai sub-zonal office.

On Camera

Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?