CHENNAI: “At the back of my mind, I know winning is the only way I can help my family repay the loans that they have taken for my career,” said 17-year-old cyclist Antony Raj, who is one among the four Tamil Nadu athletes qualified for the Asian MTB Championships in the junior section scheduled to…
CHENNAI: After Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay called on Governor R V Arlekarand staked claim to form the next govt in Tamil Nadu, AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran on Friday night met the governor and accused TVK of indulging in “horse-trading.”Calling it “a mockery of democracy”, Dhinakaran said he had urged the governor to…
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Both CPM and CPI on Friday extended letters of support for Vijay’s TVK to form the govt. CHENNAI: While extending support to Vijay’s Tamiliga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) for the formation of the govt in Tamil Nadu, Left parties on Friday clarified that they would continue to work with DMK to safeguard the state’s interest and…
Vijay has received 107 seats so far Tamil Nadu, which saw its 16th assembly formally dissolved on Wednesday, may have just strayed into one of the gaps, grey zones and silences that dot the pages of the Constitution of India, the world’s most voluminous written constitution.In the 234-member assembly, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of Vijay…
Chennai: Governor R V Arlekar held separate meetings with the state chief secretary, M Sai Kumar, and DGP Sandeep Rai Rathore, amid political developments in the state on Thursday.Sources said Sai Kumar met the governor at Raj Bhavan around 3.30pm, while Rathore met him at 4pm. Each meeting lasted around 20 minutes. Officials said the…
Chennai student secures 595 marks, aims for Chartered Accountancy CHENNAI: V Sandhya, daughter of autorickshaw driver R Saravanan, broke down in tears on Friday after learning that she had emerged as the school topper in the Tamil Nadu Class 12 board examinations with 595 out of 600 marks. A student of Government Girls Higher Secondary…
CHENNAI: TN BJP state president Nainar Nagendran on Friday said the BJP would not involve itself in any effort to form the government in Tamil Nadu following the Assembly election results.In a statement, he said the party had contested the elections with the aim of serving the welfare and progress of the people of Tamil…
Chennai: Defending Congress’s decision to extend support to TVK in the post-election scenario, the party’s leader C Rajesh Kumar on Thursday rejected allegations that the move amounted to “betraying” the people of Tamil Nadu or “stabbing them in the back”.Rajesh Kumar said Congress had remained with DMK front despite other options because of its resolve…
Puducherry: Chief minister N Rangasamy submitted his resignation to lieutenant governor K Kailashnathan on Thursday. He would be staking claim to form the next govt in the wake of AINRC-led NDA’s victory in the Puducherry assembly election. Rangasamy later told reporters that he will stake a claim to form the govt after a meeting with…
