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.
Announcing the boycott of the February 5 byelection to the Tamil Nadu assembly from Erode (East) constituency, the principal opposition AIADMK and its ally the DMDK have said the decision to opt out of the contest was taken since the ruling DMK would not allow the people to vote freely as was the case in the past bypolls.
As the voice of the entire state, he was proud that party MPs, including Kanimozhi, A Raja, and TR Baalu, had highlighted the rights of the state and their stiff opposition to the anti-democratic One Nation One Election would have reached the Prime Minister’s ears loud and clear.
The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Tamil Nadu government on a plea seeking to recall its judgment granting bail to the state minister Senthil Balaji in an alleged money laundering case relating to cash-for-jobs scam.
Close on the heels of cyclone Fengal, which devastated northern Tamil Nadu, heavy rains under the influence of a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal continues to lash the state and neighbouring Puducherry.
Training his guns on the DMK in the state at the centre, actor-turned neta Vjay on Friday slammed the ruling party for its arrogance and predicted that its coalition calculations will come to naught in the 2026 assembly elections.
Battling for over 20 hours amid incessant rain, the rescue team on Monday recovered the bodies of all the seven victims trapped under the debris of mudslide in the temple town of Tiruvannamalai.
In a video released on Thursday, a cheerful Dr. Balaji Jagannathan was seen taking breakfast while having a conversation with a team of doctors attending to him. He says he is keeping fine.
The Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association has gone on a state-wide strike. Barring emergency services, doctors would stay away from work at all government hospitals, including PHCs.
Opposition AIADMK leader Edappadi Palaniswami on Friday mocked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, saying that as an astrologer, he predicts the potential collapse of the DMK regime and that his forecast will come true in the 2026 assembly election.
