It appears that the days when southern film personalities commanded influence over politics are over. Rajinikanth trashed his political ambitions and dissolved his Rajini Makkal Mandram just when his ...

It might be difficult to believe now, but only a decade ago, in the 2011 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, it was Jayalalithaa who shouted the loudest against freebies. She said, “The chief ministe...

Seeking to court the minorities, the AIADMK has in its poll manifesto done an about-turn and promised to press the Centre to repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act. After much haggling, the BJP has bee...

M.K. Stalin became the first non-Congress leader to propose without reserve Rahul Gandhi as candidate for Prime Minister, prompting some Opposition leaders to accept the need to consider such a propos...

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