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Caste calculus at play: How Tamil Nadu’s key communities could shape the electoral battleTamil Nadu elections are shaped by dominant caste blocs, including Vanniyars in the north, Gounders in the west, and Thevars in the south. ...- Supporters of PMK chief Ramadoss, expelled leader Anbumani clash over anniversary eventA clash erupted between supporters of PMK founder S Ramadoss and his son Anbumani in Tindivanam. The dispute centered on accessing the Vann...
- Father vs Son in PMK: S. Ramadoss reclaims party leadership from son Anbumani ahead of Tamil Nadu pollsJust before crucial alliance talks, PMK founder S. Ramadoss has reassumed party leadership from his son, Anbumani Ramadoss, who is now the ...
- Palaniswami takes full control of AIADMK, Panneerselvam loses one more legal battleParty founder-leader M G Ramachandran (MGR), former party supremo J Jayalalithaa, Navalar VR Nedunchezhiyan, P U Shanmugam and S Raghavanan...
- SC rejects TN appeal on Vanniyar quota against HC orderThe Vanniyars are one of the most politically powerful backward communities in the state. Several attempts have been made to provide them a...
- No substantial basis for treating Vanniyars in TN differently, says SC; strikes down reservationThe Tamil Nadu Assembly had in February last year passed the then ruling AIADMK-piloted bill providing internal reservation of 10.5 per cen...
- Tamil Nadu gears up for mega battle between AIADMK & DMK on TuesdaySmaller parties with their pockets of influence to decide AIADMK & DMK’s electoral success, report Dia Rekhi and KR Balasubramanyam
- Spotlight on Edappadi where CM has kept AIADMK flag flying highDMK has fielded a relatively less experienced T Sampathkumar, facing an uphill task in taking on the AIADMK Joint coordinator, for the Apri...
- Data analytics: New name for poll gameToday, it’s a whole new poll game in Tamil Nadu, driven by tried and tested statistical models and data analytics. After the passing of M K...
- Tamil Nadu assembly polls: There’s no permanent CM, says O PanneerselvamThe divisions within the AIADMK came into the open when deputy chief minister and AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam asserted that there wa...
- Why DMK may find it tough to breach EPS's bastion EdappadiChief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami never misses a chance to proclaim that Edappadi assembly constituency in Salem district remains an im...
- Why caste battle in Tamil Nadu never endsSince PMK chief S Ramadoss, a vanniyar leader, started a powerful campaign demanding separate quotas for his caste group, violence has beco...
- Rangasamy's clean image helped him humble Congress in PuducherrySidelined by the Congress, Rangasamy felt humiliated and launched his own outfit All India N R Congress on the eve of the Assembly polls an...
- MBCs can smile as SC skims creamFor the backward-championing netas, the apex court judgement denying creamy layer among OBCs the benefits of reservation in higher educatio...
- SC okays 27% quota for OBCs in higher studiesHowever, confusion remains over whether quotas would apply to postgraduate courses, such as those at IIMs. Job designations for IIM grads I...
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