'Superstar of 2026 election' is DMK manifesto: CM M K StalinTamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has unveiled the DMK's election manifesto, calling it the 'superstar of the 2026 polls'. He asserted p...
05 Apr, 2026, 11.55 AM IST
In veiled swipe, Vijay says DMK rattled by TVK''s rallies, claims party allowed lotus to bloom in TNActor Vijay's new political party, TVK, has successfully held three public meetings, rattling rivals. Vijay accused the ruling DMK of allow...
25 Dec, 2025, 12.13 PM IST
What the stars foretell: A bumpy poll turf for Dravidian parties in Tamil NaduThe entry of the two top actors who take a stern view of the performance of Dravidian parties — in the absence of their towering sentinels ...
01 Jan, 2020, 12.22 PM IST
Stalin finds his feet ahead of state polls in 2021DMK insiders say he has consolidated power within a year and performed where it matters — in polls.
29 Aug, 2019, 10.35 AM IST
In Tamil Nadu, politics makes a slow shift from Dravidian identityThe anti-Hindi rhetoric has died down in keeping with the sizeable Hindi speaking population in Chennai and other parts of the state in rec...
04 Apr, 2019, 10.47 AM IST
Face-off: Decoding the two sides of Kalaignar Karunanidhi's personalityWhile Karunanidhi's biggest failure was his divisive rhetoric — the mindless promotion of caste hatred, his impetus to a socio-cultural mov...
16 Aug, 2018, 01.50 PM IST
2G spectrum case: How ambition, oratory and fate went into the making of A RajaBefore Andimuthu Raja was accused and arrested in the 2G case, he was a Dravida icon. Raja rose from poverty by educating himself to become...
23 Dec, 2017, 05.51 PM IST
Dravidian rhetoric is still relevant: Kamal HaasanIn an interview to ET’s V Prem Shanker, the 62-year old actor discussed the leadership crisis in state politics.
15 May, 2017, 07.51 AM IST
With Sasikala and Stalin taking over the reins of AIADMK and DMK, how will Tamil Nadu politics change?While for MK Stalin, this is not a huge challenge; for VK Sasikala, taking the cadre along seems to be a huge problem.
08 Jan, 2017, 10.45 AM IST
Karunanidhi makes impassioned plea to voters to elect DMKDMK does not discriminate on the basis of religion or caste, party president M Karunanidhi claimed today while making an impassioned plea t...
14 May, 2016, 09.52 PM IST
Orator Karunanidhi is vintage, Jayalalithaa intense, Vijayakanth easyAfter Basu, M Karunanidhi says had it not been for Periyar and C N Annadurai, Dravidian movement founders, he would be a communist.
14 Apr, 2016, 12.15 PM IST
Why Tamil Nadu is likely to be a battleground for conflicting, contradictory ideologiesIn Periyar country, Hindutva groups and rationalist atheist Dravidians go head to head ahead of the 2016 elections.
10 May, 2015, 10.01 AM IST
Experts sceptical as BJP looks to cash in on Tamil fishermen issue in Sri LankaThe release of five Indian fishermen on death row in Sri Lanka came after the intervention of PM Narendra Modi.
21 Nov, 2014, 12.36 PM IST
Narendra Modi, Jayalalithaa rift looks to widenAs Tamil Nadu inches closer to the polling date of April 24th, high rhetorical flourish was expected but not from these quarters or directe...
16 Apr, 2014, 06.35 PM IST
- Congress agrees to 'alliance without dignity' with Mamata
Congress wound up the rhetoric, 'alliance with dignity,' made over the weekend, and accepted 65 seats allocated by alliance partner Mamata ...
22 Mar, 2011, 04.42 AM IST
- Karunanidhi lavishing funds on temple renovation in TN
Tamil Nadu’s Dravidian movement is beginning to shake at its roots with founding member and chief minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi lavishing f...
08 Sep, 2010, 07.10 PM IST
- Cong chants 'Ram, Ram' on Sethu row
In a veiled reference to its UPA ally, the Congress accepted that its views on Ram did not “match the stand of other parties”.
22 Sep, 2007, 12.56 AM IST