Influencers From Tamil Nadu

The Narendra Modi-led BJP looked set to return to power with an overwhelming mandate as the results of the Lok Sabha elections trickled in on Thursday. Riding on a wave of nationalism spurred by the February 26 Balakot air strikes, the party made deep inroads into West Bengal and put to rest speculations that its influence was on the wane in northe...

Actor Kamal Haasan, who is in the US, will meet key influencers from Tamil Nadu and explore a better future for the state.

TTV Dhinakaran, who is leading a rebel faction of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK, today warned that he has far more support within the party than is known and Chief Minister E Palaniswami should take note of it and step down. Mr Dhinakaran and his aunt, jailed leader VK Sasikala, are known to have the support of 21 lawmakers, 19 of whom have been seque...

Nineteen legislators of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK are reportedly being moved to a resort outside Chennai, as the party's sidelined number 2 TTV Dhinakaran attempts to keep them together and away from the influence of Chief Minister E Palaniswami. This morning, these MLAs met the state's Governor and requested that Mr Palaniswami be sacked as Chief...

Nephew of the jailed AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, TTV Dinakaran was arrested by the Delhi Police around Tuesday midnight on charges of fixing a deal to bribe Election Commission officials to get the party's 'two leaves' election symbol allotted for the Amma faction that he led as his aunt's proxy. The Crime Branch believes that the 27-year...

Ten parliamentarians - 8 from the Lok Sabha and two from Rajya Sabha -- extended support to acting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Sunday. While it has no direct bearing on Mr Panneerselvam's support in the state assembly - which is necessary to become a Chief Minister -- it is seen as a factor that would influence many legislators who...

The delay in her accession to the post of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister was designed to "create a split" in the ruling AIADMK party, VK Sasikala alleged today, promising to escalate the week-long political crisis that has crippled the state with a "new kind of protest" from tomorrow. The sharp change in her tone came after a meeting with legislators of...

Tamil Nadu continued to experience monsoon fury, with heavy rains pounding various parts of the state under the influence of a well marked low pressure area over Bay of Bengal, as the death toll from rain-related incidents climbed to 59.

J Jayalalithaa, one of the most powerful and popular politicians from Tamil Nadu, will spend at least another week in jail. The 66-year-old former Chief Minister's request for bail will be heard on Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court has decided. On Saturday, she was sentenced to four years in jail and fined Rs 100 crore. Jayalalithaa was arrested ...

A depression over the Bay of Bengal would intensify into a deep depression and bring rain or thundershowers under its influence in coastal Andhra Pradesh from November 21, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said in Chennai today.

A senior lawyer known to be a close associate of former Telecom Minister A Raja has been suspended from his post in the Tamil Nadu Bar Council for attempting to influence a judge, Justice R Raghupathy. RK Chandramohan is the Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Bar Council. He allegedly tried to influence Justice Raghupathy to grant anticipatory bail to his...

The Narendra Modi-led BJP looked set to return to power with an overwhelming mandate as the results of the Lok Sabha elections trickled in on Thursday. Riding on a wave of nationalism spurred by the February 26 Balakot air strikes, the party made deep inroads into West Bengal and put to rest speculations that its influence was on the wane in northe...

Actor Kamal Haasan, who is in the US, will meet key influencers from Tamil Nadu and explore a better future for the state.

TTV Dhinakaran, who is leading a rebel faction of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK, today warned that he has far more support within the party than is known and Chief Minister E Palaniswami should take note of it and step down. Mr Dhinakaran and his aunt, jailed leader VK Sasikala, are known to have the support of 21 lawmakers, 19 of whom have been seque...

Nineteen legislators of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK are reportedly being moved to a resort outside Chennai, as the party's sidelined number 2 TTV Dhinakaran attempts to keep them together and away from the influence of Chief Minister E Palaniswami. This morning, these MLAs met the state's Governor and requested that Mr Palaniswami be sacked as Chief...

Nephew of the jailed AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, TTV Dinakaran was arrested by the Delhi Police around Tuesday midnight on charges of fixing a deal to bribe Election Commission officials to get the party's 'two leaves' election symbol allotted for the Amma faction that he led as his aunt's proxy. The Crime Branch believes that the 27-year...

Ten parliamentarians - 8 from the Lok Sabha and two from Rajya Sabha -- extended support to acting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Sunday. While it has no direct bearing on Mr Panneerselvam's support in the state assembly - which is necessary to become a Chief Minister -- it is seen as a factor that would influence many legislators who...

The delay in her accession to the post of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister was designed to "create a split" in the ruling AIADMK party, VK Sasikala alleged today, promising to escalate the week-long political crisis that has crippled the state with a "new kind of protest" from tomorrow. The sharp change in her tone came after a meeting with legislators of...

Tamil Nadu continued to experience monsoon fury, with heavy rains pounding various parts of the state under the influence of a well marked low pressure area over Bay of Bengal, as the death toll from rain-related incidents climbed to 59.

J Jayalalithaa, one of the most powerful and popular politicians from Tamil Nadu, will spend at least another week in jail. The 66-year-old former Chief Minister's request for bail will be heard on Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court has decided. On Saturday, she was sentenced to four years in jail and fined Rs 100 crore. Jayalalithaa was arrested ...

A depression over the Bay of Bengal would intensify into a deep depression and bring rain or thundershowers under its influence in coastal Andhra Pradesh from November 21, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said in Chennai today.

A senior lawyer known to be a close associate of former Telecom Minister A Raja has been suspended from his post in the Tamil Nadu Bar Council for attempting to influence a judge, Justice R Raghupathy. RK Chandramohan is the Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Bar Council. He allegedly tried to influence Justice Raghupathy to grant anticipatory bail to his...