Crosscurrent: On Tuesday, a section of AIADMK MLAs led by S P Velumani and C Ve Shanmugam announced support for Vijay Richardson WilsonOn May 12, a faction of AIADMK MLAs led by S P Velumani and C Ve Shanmugam announced their decision to defy the decision of party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and support…
CHENNAI: Chief minister C. Joseph Vijay on Tuesday said the Assembly must function as a forum where even parties with a single MLA receive the same respect and opportunity as the ruling benches, while congratulating newly elected Speaker J. C. D. Prabhakar and Deputy Speaker M. Ravishankar in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. “Even parties with…
Abhishek Singhvi (File Photo) Just ahead of Vijay’s oath-taking as TN chief minister, TVK faced an emergency. A petition was hastily filed to stop a party MLA who had won by one vote from voting in the confidence motion, being scheduled for hearing on Sunday morning. In the close numbers game, one MLA seemed worth…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay has appointed astrologer Rickey Radhan Pandit Vettrivel as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Chief Minister (Political) CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay has appointed astrologer Rickey Radhan Pandit Vettrivel as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the chief minister (Political), according to an official…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay will visit the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) headquarters in Chennai on Tuesday, in what is being seen as a notable political outreach move in the state.According to party sources, the visit is expected to be a courtesy meeting with senior Congress leaders in Tamil Nadu. The…
Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, has opened applications for its four online BS degree programmes, including data science and applications, electronic systems, management and data science, aeronautics and space technology.These programmes are open to anyone who has completed Class XII, with no age restrictions. Students can pursue these programmes either as a standalone qualification…
AMMK MLA S Kamaraj (L) has extended support to Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government, a day after his party chief accused the TVK of forging his signature CHENNAI: Hours after a rebel faction within the AIADMK announced support to the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government headed by chief minister…
A faction within AIADMK, led by S.P. Velumani and C. Ve. Shanmugam, has announced support for the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam government. CHENNAI: Amid reports of a possible split within the AIADMK, a faction led by senior leaders S P Velumani and C Ve Shanmugam on Tuesday announced support for the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam…
CHENNAI: A day before floor test in the Tamil Nadu assembly, the Madras high court on Tuesday restrained Tamilaga Vettei Kazhagam (TVK) Tirupattur MLA Srinivasa Sethupathi from participating in the assembly proceedings including the vote of confidence until further orders. A vacation bench of Justice L Victoria Gowri and Justice N Senthil Kumar passed the…
AIADMK’s internal power struggle intensified as C. Ve. Shanmugam rejected aligning with the DMK, claiming a majority of MLAs backed S. P. Velumani as their leader CHENNAI: The power struggle within the AIADMK escalated sharply on Tuesday after senior leader C Ve Shanmugam publicly rejected any possibility of aligning with the DMK and claimed that…
