Moving closer to the saffron party, the AIADMK appears all set to make its re-entry into the BJP-led NDA ahead of the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections.
The no-confidence motion moved by the principal opposition, AIADMK, against Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M Appavu was defeated on Monday, with the ruling DMK and its allies holding a majority.
The Tamil Nadu Assembly witnessed a dramatic start to the budget session as the opposition AIADMK staged a walkout, while the BJP boycotted the proceedings.
Reiterating his opposition to the three-language formula and asserting that Tamil Nadu is a land of self-respect, actor-turned neta Vijay on Wednesday vowed to create history by capturing power in the 2026 assembly elections like 1967 and 1977 when the state witnessed regime change by new entrants.
Kept under lock and key in the treasury of the Karnataka government, housed in the Vidhan Soudha, Jayalalithaa’s properties were decreed to belong to the Tamil Nadu government by the Karnataka High Court in a judgment made last month.
In a setback for former Tamil Nadu chief minister E K Palaniswami, the Madras High Court on Wednesday gave the go ahead for the Election Commission to proceed with petitions on intra-party disputes in the AIADMK and challenging the legitimacy of the present leadership.
The DMK candidate VC Chandirakumar polled a whopping 1,15,709 voteswhile the NTK’s MK Seethalakshmi secured 24,151, accounting for 15.59 per cent.
With the principal opposition AIADMK and the BJP boycotting the February 5 crucial bypoll for the Tamil Nadu Assembly from Erode East constituency, both are apparently yielding the opposition political space to a resurgent 'Naam Tamilar Katchi' (NTK) of filmmaker Seeman, espousing Tamil nationalism.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MG Ramachandran on his 108th birth anniversary on Friday.
Tightening the screws on Tightening the screws on R Vaithilingam, a confidant of expelled AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam (OPS), the Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached two immovable properties worth Rs 109.92 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
