Following AIADMK chief Sasikala’s conviction, Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao today asked both Palanisamy and Panneerselvam to come up with their list of supporters in their bid to become the next chief minister. Highly-placed sources have said that if Palanisamy is able to present a list of more than 118 supporters, he will be sworn in as the CM. […]
» Read moreDimple Yadav, wife of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, on Wednesday campaigned for her sister-in-law Aparna Yadav in Lucknow Cantt assembly seat. Dimple, an MP from Kannauj, attacked BJP for raising law and order issue in Uttar Pradesh. “It hurts when law and order issue is being raised here. This is an issue of entire country be it Maharashtra or Gujarat. […]
» Read moreOne of the recently appointed Organising Secretaries of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and former MLA V. Karuppasamy Pandian, who re-entered the outfit only seven months ago, resigned the party position on Wednesday in protest against the appointment of T.T.V. Dinakaran as party’s deputy general secretary. “I cannot digest the appointment of a person, who was removed from the […]
» Read moreIn step with government’s digital India drive, the Income Tax department is developing an app that will soon allow assessees to pay taxes or apply for PAN using smartphones. The deartment is also working on a project to issue PAN to assessees within minutes by way of e-KYC authentication using Aadhaar, a move that will help bring more people under […]
» Read moreThe problems for AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala, who surrenders in Bengaluru special court today before being sent to jail, seem to be increasing. An FIR has been lodged against her for allegedly kidnapping and keeping party MLAs as hostage in Chennai’s Golden Bay Resorts. Based on a complaint by Madurai South MLA, S Saravanan, the FIR has been registered […]
» Read moreSacked AIADMK presidium chairman, E. Madhusudhanan, has termed the appointment of V.K. Sasikala’s nephew T.T.V. Dinakaran as deputy general secretary as “illegal.” In an interview to The Hindu, Mr. Madhusudhanan said as per the AIADMK’s party bye-laws set down by MGR, “only a person who has been a member of the party for five continuous years can hold any post […]
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