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AIADMK leaders say working with BJP would be like 'double-barrelled gun', high command will decide on alliance
•Two senior leaders of the ruling AIADMK on Monday sought to make light of an article published in the party's mouthpiece suggesting that working with BJP would be like a "double-barrelled gun" in the political arena, with one of them saying a "columnist" cannot determine electoral pacts.
AIADMK says it is ready to consider no-trust motion against Centre in Parliament if Congress supports it
•In what appears to be a bid to shift the political onus on DMK on the Cauvery issue, senior AIADMK leader M Thambidurai said his party would consider moving a no-trust motion in Parliament against the NDA government if Congress supported it
Samajwadi Party says government using AIADMK to scuttle no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha
Ians •The Samajwadi Party on Monday accused the government of egging AIADMK to stage protests in the Lok Sabha to avoid a no-confidence motion even as Tamil Nadu's ruling party warned that it would not allow business
Cabinet reshuffle: Prakash Javadekar may be new defence minister, Suresh Prabhu likely to get environment
Fp Staff •If Javadekar is shifted to defence then the country will see the third HRD minister in three years time.
AIADMK crisis: TTV Dhinakaran's comeback bid puts Edappadi Palaniswamy and O Panneerselvam on shaky ground
Tssudhir •The realisation also seems to be dawning on the party seniors that the Tamil Nadu government is slowly slipping out of its hands.
Amid internal chaos, AIADMK leaders meet Rajnath Singh 'to maintain friendly relations with Centre'
•A delegation of AIADMK leaders on Wednesday met Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the backdrop of crucial political developments in Tamil Nadu
NEET 2017: Law ministry clears Tamil Nadu govt's ordinance to exempt state students from exam
•The law ministry on Wednesday cleared an ordinance of the Tamil Nadu government which seeks to exempt medical students from appearing in the common entrance test NEET, a senior official said on Wednesday.
NEET 2017: MHA receives Tamil Nadu govt's draft of ordinance to exempt students from exam
•The Tamil Nadu government sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) a draft of the proposed ordinance it plans to promulgate to exempt students from the NEET examination for admission to medical colleges in the southern state on Monday, a senior official said.
Narendra Modi inaugurates energy-efficient Parliament House Annexe extension building
•Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the Parliament House Annexe Extension Building which has committee rooms, an auditorium, a banquet hall and chambers for chairpersons of standing committees.
AIADMK senior leader M Thambidurai says 10 MLAs can't split a party, 'all are united'
•Lok Sabha Deputy speaker and AIADMK (Amma) leader M Thambidurai on Saturday asserted that there was no split in the AIADMK as has been made out to be.