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Vaiko outburst against Nehru, Indira upsets TN Congressmen

CHENNAI, April 6 -- nThe DMK-led front in Tamil Nadu has successfully completed the allocation of seats among its alliance partners but there is widespread discontentment among Congressmen across the ... Read More


Dynastic politics and the mirage of leadership

India, April 5 -- There is an adage in south India which when translated into English would read like this ; "The moment you see a kid, you can make out the plight of the village from where he hails".... Read More


General Election nominations done and dusted in Kerala

KOCHI, April 5 -- Battle lines are drawn for the Lok Sabha election from Kerala scheduled for April 26 as the last of the candidates submitted their nomination papers on Thursday, the last day for fil... Read More


SDPI offers support to Congress led UDF in Kerala

KOCHI, April 4 -- The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political outfit launched by the banned Popular Front of India, announced on Tuesday that it would offer unconditional support to the... Read More


Three former foreign secretaries ask parties not to rake up Katchatheevu

CHENNAI, April 3 -- The DMK's game plan to bring in Katchatheevu, a 285 acre uninhabited islet 20 km off Rameswaram coast, an issue in the upcoming Lok Sabha poll has backfired as three former Foreign... Read More


Leadership qualities in netas do not come with their ancestral ties

Chennai, April 3 -- There is an adage in south India which when translated into English would read like this ; "The moment you see a kid, you can make out the plight of the village from where he hails... Read More


Katchatheevu takes centre stage in TN

CHENNAI, April 2 -- The Katchatheevu islet issue between India and Sri Lanka has reached a flash point by Monday. As the DMK and the Congress lambasted the Narendra Modi Government for doing nothing t... Read More


Over 170 bogus voters shocker in Kerala ward

KOCHI, March 31 -- More than 170 fake names have been identified in the Lok Sabha electoral roll of a ward in Udumbanchola, a small town in Kerala's Idukki district. The State goes to the polls on Apr... Read More


Resilient Padmarajan refuses to bow out of Elections

THRISSUR, March 29 -- As returning officer VR Krishna Teja, who is also the District Collector, started accepting the nomination papers for the Lok Sabha election from Thrissur constituency on Thursda... Read More


Erode MP kills self over denial of ticket

CHENNAI, March 29 -- A Ganeshamurthi, the 76-year-old Member of Parliament (MP) belonging to the MDMK who was representing Erode in the Lok Sabha, committed suicide over denial of ticket. Ganeshamurt... Read More