E Madhusudanan

AIADMK crisis: EC to hear claims by E Palaniswami, TTV Dhinakaran factions on two leaves symbol on 5 October

The Election Commission told the factions of the AIADMK that it will hear their competing claims to the party's frozen 'two leaves' poll symbol on 5 October.

Jayalalithaa's coffin replica row: Madras HC grants anticipatory bail to ex-AIADMK minister K Pandiarajan

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to former AIADMK minister K Pandiarajan in a case against him for allegedly disrespecting the national flag while campaigning for the RK Nagar bypoll.

RK Nagar by-poll: Math and money the deciding factors, as OPS, Sasikala camps battle for AIADMK control

The OPS camp, with some help from the BJP-led government at the Centre and Dhinakaran, with the Tamil Nadu government machinery working overtime, are engaged in pushing their numbers.

AIADMK crisis: O Panneerselvam has won round two against Sasikala, but game is far from over

What’s unfolding on the political stage of Tamil Nadu is a Julius Caesar-style intrigue, also peppered with some David vs Goliath ingredients. At the end of Round Two, caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam seems to have emerged temporarily as the victorious victim, David, after being bullied into resigning from the post by "Goliath" Sasikala in Round One

Madras HC 'closes' suit filed by Sasikala Pushpa against appointment of Sasikala Natarajan as AIADMK chief

Allowing AIADMK's application, the judge said, "In view of allowing the application, the suit filed by Sasikala Pushpa and her husband stands closed."