Dhinakaran moves Delhi High Court with plea to start new partyDhinakaran had emerged victorious in the recently concluded poll for the same constituency amid murmurs of cash distribution again. “We wou...
15 Feb, 2018, 05.30 PM IST
No immediate necessity to float party, says DhinakaranHe had already moved the Madras High Court challenging the validity of AIADMK general council meeting, which had annulled the appointment o...
18 Jan, 2018, 07.43 AM IST
Sasikala on a 'vow of silence' in prison, says DhinakaranSasikala is serving a four year jail term in the Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case after the Supreme Court convicted her and two ...
28 Dec, 2017, 07.59 PM IST
Winning margins increase, but development evades RK NagarThe winning margin in the constituency began to increase from 1989 assembly election with voter turnout too going up.
26 Dec, 2017, 11.14 AM IST
Dhinakaran rejects AIADMK charge of pact with DMK; expelled AIADMK MP calls on himDhinakaran, who yesterday won the RK Nagar bypoll, said DMK appeared to have made "an arithmetic" mistake" and was 'overconfident'.
25 Dec, 2017, 10.11 PM IST
Video shot by Sasikala, says Dhinakaran; claims his aide released it without his knowledge"It is a private video...shot by Chinnamma (Sasikala) on the request of Amma (Jayalalithaa) who wanted to know how she looked," he told rep...
21 Dec, 2017, 09.06 PM IST
Ahead of RK Nagar by-poll, money finds its way to votersUnder the watchful but resigned eyes of EC flying squads and several battalions of CISF and CRPF personnel, money changed hands – under the...
19 Dec, 2017, 11.39 AM IST
At Rs 3 crore, RK Nagar byelection is India’s costliest everWe are doing our best to make the election free and fair,” said Batra. Static surveillance teams have also been strengthened, said special ...
19 Dec, 2017, 11.30 AM IST
The Election Commission steps up vigil to curb cash flow in RK Nagar constituency ahead of by-pollsThe Election Commission had stationed 30 flying squads with 5-6 members each at the small constituency to keep an eye on the expected illeg...
10 Apr, 2017, 01.07 AM IST
RK Nagar bypoll: I-T officials raid premises of TN health minister Vijayabaskar, actor SarathkumarIncome tax officials on Friday morning began searches on more than 30 premises belonging to Tamil Nadu health minister C Vijayabaskar and h...
07 Apr, 2017, 11.29 AM IST
Undercurrent of opposition against K Palaniswami govt: P ChidambaramThe Congress leader also said he cannot say whether the RK Nagar byelection will benefit DMK, the ally of Congress, or there would be a for...
02 Apr, 2017, 05.40 PM IST
Cash-for-ballots trick doesn't lure voters nowThe 2009 Thirumangalam byelection in Madurai saw the birth of a new identity for the state's cash-forvotes politics. It was called the 'Thi...
29 Mar, 2017, 11.34 AM IST
BJP bypoll nominee Gangai Amaran calls on RajinikanthDuring the brief meeting, Rajinikanth wished Gangai Amaran 'success' in his political innings, the latter's son Venkat Prabhu said in a twe...
21 Mar, 2017, 04.57 PM IST
DMK seeks support of all for united fight against AIADMKDMK's allies such as Congress, IUML, MMK and Eswaran-led Kongu Nadu Makkal Desiya Katchi have pledged their support for the bypoll.
12 Mar, 2017, 07.09 PM IST
V K Sasikala chief of AIADMK Parliamentary BoardAIADMK Deputy General Secretary, TTV Dinakaran, made the announcement in a party release, which was issued with the "approval" of Sasikala.
09 Mar, 2017, 05.57 PM IST
DMK dubs RK Nagar bypoll a "farce"; CPI seeks probeThe bypoll was necessitated following AIADMK's P Vetrivel vacating the seat in May, apparently to enable Jayalalithaa seek re-election.
30 Jun, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
Exit poll banned for the RK Nagar assembly constituency byelectionExit poll on June 27, the day of polling for the RK Nagar assembly constituency byelection here, from where Jayalalithaa is seeking re-elec...
12 Jun, 2015, 10.34 PM IST