Tamil Nadu Leaders Meet President

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President KS Alagiri used 'unparliamentary' words in a meeting following a scuffle at party headquarters over postings, Congress legislature party (CLP) leader K Selvaperunthagai alleged and said the party workers

A photograph showing an elected woman panchayat leader sitting on the floor during a meeting she ought to preside over - while others sit on chairs - has sparked outrage in Tamil Nadu and exposed the deeply entrenched discriminative practices

The two-day informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram, 56 km from Chennai, would also be a symbolic walk into an ancient era of trade ties between the heritage coastal town and China around 1,600 years ago. This is the second informal meet between the two leaders since the Wuhan summit las...

India and China agreed that they need to work together to fight "radicalisation and terrorism as common challenges", the government said in a late-night press briefing on Friday. The briefing came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Chinese President Xi-Jinping to a dinner in Chennai. Earlier in the evening, PM Modi took Xi for a tour of the ...

In a veiled attack on DMK president MK Stalin, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami today said some politicians are attempting to create problems and politicise everything, including the recently concluded Global Investors Meet, "for their selfish ends."

A day ahead of his brother M K Stalin's elevation as the DMK president, expelled leader M K Alagiri today hardened his stance saying he will continue with the proposed September 5 march and warned the party of consequences if he was not readmitted.

DMK leader MK Stalin met Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday and discussed the political situation in Tamil Nadu. A day before, he met President Pranab Mukherjee to submit a memorandum, apprising him of the events that took place in the Tamil Nadu assembly last week.

After she was found guilty by the Supreme Court for corruption, VK Sasikala, who has been ordered to serve a four-year sentence, took care of some important business for her party, the AIADMK, which governs Tamil Nadu. At a meeting presided by her, the party picked a new leader, minister Edappadi K.Palanisamy, who is trusted by her. The gathering ...

Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao will return to Chennai tomorrow, where he will meet VK Sasikala and her supporters. The state's ruling AIADMK had threatened to complain to President Pranab Mukherjee that the Governor has delayed her oath ceremony by staying away since Sunday and late on Wednesday evening, a group of 9 legislators, led by senio...

J Jayalalithaa's death has impelled the emergence of new leadership not only in her party, the AIADMK, but also in arch rival DMK, as a new year begins. Both parties are prepping for meetings of their decision-making bodies, the general councils, in the next one week - the AIADMK to find a successor to Ms Jayalalithaa, the DMK to likely elevate MK ...

A delegation of opposition parties in Tamil Nadu today met President Pranab Mukherjee and sought his intervention in the setting up of Cauvery Management Board, a demand Karnataka is opposed to.

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will meet DMK president M Karunanidhi in Chennai on Monday for seat-sharing talks for the May 16 Assembly polls where a "good decision" is expected, DMK Treasurer MK Stalin said.

Faced with internal rebellion from a section of party leaders, TNCC President E V K S Elangovan dismissed the charge that he was not taking party leaders along with him and said he would be meeting the Congress President today.

The brewing dissent against Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president EVKS Elangovan came to the fore today with a delegation of senior party leaders from the state, including former Union finance minister P Chidambaram, meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi and seeking his replacement.

In order to set the house in order in the south Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi held meetings with party leaders from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Thursday in Delhi.

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President KS Alagiri used 'unparliamentary' words in a meeting following a scuffle at party headquarters over postings, Congress legislature party (CLP) leader K Selvaperunthagai alleged and said the party workers

A photograph showing an elected woman panchayat leader sitting on the floor during a meeting she ought to preside over - while others sit on chairs - has sparked outrage in Tamil Nadu and exposed the deeply entrenched discriminative practices

The two-day informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram, 56 km from Chennai, would also be a symbolic walk into an ancient era of trade ties between the heritage coastal town and China around 1,600 years ago. This is the second informal meet between the two leaders since the Wuhan summit las...

India and China agreed that they need to work together to fight "radicalisation and terrorism as common challenges", the government said in a late-night press briefing on Friday. The briefing came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Chinese President Xi-Jinping to a dinner in Chennai. Earlier in the evening, PM Modi took Xi for a tour of the ...

In a veiled attack on DMK president MK Stalin, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami today said some politicians are attempting to create problems and politicise everything, including the recently concluded Global Investors Meet, "for their selfish ends."

A day ahead of his brother M K Stalin's elevation as the DMK president, expelled leader M K Alagiri today hardened his stance saying he will continue with the proposed September 5 march and warned the party of consequences if he was not readmitted.

DMK leader MK Stalin met Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday and discussed the political situation in Tamil Nadu. A day before, he met President Pranab Mukherjee to submit a memorandum, apprising him of the events that took place in the Tamil Nadu assembly last week.

After she was found guilty by the Supreme Court for corruption, VK Sasikala, who has been ordered to serve a four-year sentence, took care of some important business for her party, the AIADMK, which governs Tamil Nadu. At a meeting presided by her, the party picked a new leader, minister Edappadi K.Palanisamy, who is trusted by her. The gathering ...

Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao will return to Chennai tomorrow, where he will meet VK Sasikala and her supporters. The state's ruling AIADMK had threatened to complain to President Pranab Mukherjee that the Governor has delayed her oath ceremony by staying away since Sunday and late on Wednesday evening, a group of 9 legislators, led by senio...

J Jayalalithaa's death has impelled the emergence of new leadership not only in her party, the AIADMK, but also in arch rival DMK, as a new year begins. Both parties are prepping for meetings of their decision-making bodies, the general councils, in the next one week - the AIADMK to find a successor to Ms Jayalalithaa, the DMK to likely elevate MK ...

A delegation of opposition parties in Tamil Nadu today met President Pranab Mukherjee and sought his intervention in the setting up of Cauvery Management Board, a demand Karnataka is opposed to.

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will meet DMK president M Karunanidhi in Chennai on Monday for seat-sharing talks for the May 16 Assembly polls where a "good decision" is expected, DMK Treasurer MK Stalin said.

Faced with internal rebellion from a section of party leaders, TNCC President E V K S Elangovan dismissed the charge that he was not taking party leaders along with him and said he would be meeting the Congress President today.

The brewing dissent against Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president EVKS Elangovan came to the fore today with a delegation of senior party leaders from the state, including former Union finance minister P Chidambaram, meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi and seeking his replacement.

In order to set the house in order in the south Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi held meetings with party leaders from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Thursday in Delhi.