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Amid Water Crisis, How Chennai Residents And Hotels Are Saving Water
Chennai, which is reeling under severe water crisis as all four reservoirs around the city have dried up, is making residents and hotels use water responsibly and initiate water conservation drives.
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In Chennai, Sasikala Is Viscerally Unpopular
There is a deep anger about the degrading of Tamil political life, where personality trumps policy and the pursuit of power (and personal wealth) blots out serious discussion of how to govern better. And this is more than simply the standard middle-class disdain for "vulgar" politics.
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In E Palaniswami Cabinet, Ministers Who Worked For Panneerselvam Find Space
Edapaddi K Palaniswami, who today took office as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, will hold the important Home and Finance portfolios, which were earlier held by his predecessor O Panneerselvam.
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Sasikala Had A Rough Night, Says Party, Was Refused All Requests In Jail
VK Sasikala, prisoner number 9234 at Bengaluru's Central jail, had a hard time last night, said a leader of her party, the AIADMK. Denied the privilege of home food and other facilities, she had refused dinner on Wednesday night and slept on the floor. She could not sleep and was restless, the leader said. The jail had served her two rotis, one rag...
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Team Sasikala Takes Charge Of Tamil Nadu, Trust Vote On Saturday: 10 Points
AIADMK's Edappadi Palaniswami, party chief VK Sasikala's proxy, will seek a vote of confidence on Saturday to prove he has majority support in the Tamil Nadu legislature, at a special session called by the state's Governor C Vidyasagar Rao. Mr Palaniswami took oath as Chief Minister earlier this evening along with a 31-member cabinet. Mr Palaniswam...
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Governor C Vidyasagar Rao May Invite Sasikala Pick, E Palaniswami To Form Government: Sources
Governor C Vidyasagar Rao is expected to decide by this afternoon who will take oath as Tamil Nadu's next Chief Minister and, sources said, is likely to invite E Palaniswami. Governor Rao had heard competing pitches on Wednesday night from within the AIADMK, first meeting Mr Palaniswami, handpicked by party chief VK Sasikala and who claimed the sup...
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VK Sasikala Placed Nephew In Charge Of Party. It Can't Get Enough Of Him
Ahead of being jailed, VK Sasikala executed precise action to ensure that the controls of her party, the AIADMK, will remain firmly in her clutches.
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Governor Meets Teams Sasikala And Panneerselvam. Decision Awaited
Governor C Vidyasagar Rao heard competing pitches tonight from within the ruling party of Tamil Nadu over who should be Chief Minister. However, sources said he will not disclose a decision tonight on which faction of the AIADMK should take a shot at proving its leader should be head of the government.
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'Will All Who Worked At Her Home Become Amma?' O Panneerselvam's Dig At VK Sasikala
The VK Sasikala versus O Panneerselvam duel in the ruling AIADMK for the post of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has seen bitter words traded publicly by the two leaders as they await the Governor's decision on who will get a chance first to prove majority support of party legislators on the floor of the state assembly.
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Chinnamma Has Not Replaced Amma In Breast Pocket Photos
The first segment of the Budget Session of Parliament had its interesting moments for me, especially as MPs began to gather in Central Hall and discuss the new political challenges of the New Year. Central Hall is formally used only once each year: for the address by the President to the joint sitting of both Houses. For the rest of the period, it ...
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Delay In Swearing-In Intended To Split Party, Says VK Sasikala: 10 Facts
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...
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Jayalalithaa's Soul Will Not Forgive O Panneerselvam For Trying To Split Party: AIADMK
AIADMK today kept up its attack on O Panneerselvam, saying Jayalalithaa's "soul will not forgive" him for trying to split the party. The party asserted that General Secretary VK Sasikala will be soon sworn in as Chief Minister.
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First Invite to Sasikala, Assures Governor, But After Diligence: Sources
"Many signatures in Sasikala's list are forged...O Panneerselvam told the Governor that he was forced to resign and that many legislators are being held in captivity in unknown locations," said Dr V Maitreyan, one of the senior AIADMK leaders backing Mr Panneerselvam.
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Made To Sign '4 Blank Sheets' At VK Sasikala Meeting, Alleges AIADMK Legislator
After O Panneerselvam said that he was forced to step down as Tamil Nadu chief minister at a weekend meeting of the AIADMK, another party man has alleged that legislators were made to sign blank paper ahead of the meeting, without being told why it had been called.
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Sasikala Stakes Claim To Form Government In Meet With Governor: 10 Points
AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, accompanied by ten top ministers, met Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Thursday evening and staked claim to be Tamil Nadu's next chief minister. Her party's O Panneerselvam also met the Governor, sometime before Ms Sasikala did and handed him a petition in which he has explained that he resigned as Tamil Nadu Chief...
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Amid Water Crisis, How Chennai Residents And Hotels Are Saving Water
Chennai, which is reeling under severe water crisis as all four reservoirs around the city have dried up, is making residents and hotels use water responsibly and initiate water conservation drives.
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In Chennai, Sasikala Is Viscerally Unpopular
There is a deep anger about the degrading of Tamil political life, where personality trumps policy and the pursuit of power (and personal wealth) blots out serious discussion of how to govern better. And this is more than simply the standard middle-class disdain for "vulgar" politics.
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In E Palaniswami Cabinet, Ministers Who Worked For Panneerselvam Find Space
Edapaddi K Palaniswami, who today took office as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, will hold the important Home and Finance portfolios, which were earlier held by his predecessor O Panneerselvam.
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Sasikala Had A Rough Night, Says Party, Was Refused All Requests In Jail
VK Sasikala, prisoner number 9234 at Bengaluru's Central jail, had a hard time last night, said a leader of her party, the AIADMK. Denied the privilege of home food and other facilities, she had refused dinner on Wednesday night and slept on the floor. She could not sleep and was restless, the leader said. The jail had served her two rotis, one rag...
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Team Sasikala Takes Charge Of Tamil Nadu, Trust Vote On Saturday: 10 Points
AIADMK's Edappadi Palaniswami, party chief VK Sasikala's proxy, will seek a vote of confidence on Saturday to prove he has majority support in the Tamil Nadu legislature, at a special session called by the state's Governor C Vidyasagar Rao. Mr Palaniswami took oath as Chief Minister earlier this evening along with a 31-member cabinet. Mr Palaniswam...
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Governor C Vidyasagar Rao May Invite Sasikala Pick, E Palaniswami To Form Government: Sources
Governor C Vidyasagar Rao is expected to decide by this afternoon who will take oath as Tamil Nadu's next Chief Minister and, sources said, is likely to invite E Palaniswami. Governor Rao had heard competing pitches on Wednesday night from within the AIADMK, first meeting Mr Palaniswami, handpicked by party chief VK Sasikala and who claimed the sup...
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VK Sasikala Placed Nephew In Charge Of Party. It Can't Get Enough Of Him
Ahead of being jailed, VK Sasikala executed precise action to ensure that the controls of her party, the AIADMK, will remain firmly in her clutches.
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Governor Meets Teams Sasikala And Panneerselvam. Decision Awaited
Governor C Vidyasagar Rao heard competing pitches tonight from within the ruling party of Tamil Nadu over who should be Chief Minister. However, sources said he will not disclose a decision tonight on which faction of the AIADMK should take a shot at proving its leader should be head of the government.
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'Will All Who Worked At Her Home Become Amma?' O Panneerselvam's Dig At VK Sasikala
The VK Sasikala versus O Panneerselvam duel in the ruling AIADMK for the post of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has seen bitter words traded publicly by the two leaders as they await the Governor's decision on who will get a chance first to prove majority support of party legislators on the floor of the state assembly.
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Chinnamma Has Not Replaced Amma In Breast Pocket Photos
The first segment of the Budget Session of Parliament had its interesting moments for me, especially as MPs began to gather in Central Hall and discuss the new political challenges of the New Year. Central Hall is formally used only once each year: for the address by the President to the joint sitting of both Houses. For the rest of the period, it ...
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Delay In Swearing-In Intended To Split Party, Says VK Sasikala: 10 Facts
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...
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Jayalalithaa's Soul Will Not Forgive O Panneerselvam For Trying To Split Party: AIADMK
AIADMK today kept up its attack on O Panneerselvam, saying Jayalalithaa's "soul will not forgive" him for trying to split the party. The party asserted that General Secretary VK Sasikala will be soon sworn in as Chief Minister.
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First Invite to Sasikala, Assures Governor, But After Diligence: Sources
"Many signatures in Sasikala's list are forged...O Panneerselvam told the Governor that he was forced to resign and that many legislators are being held in captivity in unknown locations," said Dr V Maitreyan, one of the senior AIADMK leaders backing Mr Panneerselvam.
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Made To Sign '4 Blank Sheets' At VK Sasikala Meeting, Alleges AIADMK Legislator
After O Panneerselvam said that he was forced to step down as Tamil Nadu chief minister at a weekend meeting of the AIADMK, another party man has alleged that legislators were made to sign blank paper ahead of the meeting, without being told why it had been called.
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Sasikala Stakes Claim To Form Government In Meet With Governor: 10 Points
AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, accompanied by ten top ministers, met Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Thursday evening and staked claim to be Tamil Nadu's next chief minister. Her party's O Panneerselvam also met the Governor, sometime before Ms Sasikala did and handed him a petition in which he has explained that he resigned as Tamil Nadu Chief...
