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Thousands join anti-CAA protest in Chennai, demand Tamil Nadu govt to adopt resolution against law in ongoing Assembly session
• 5 years agoA large number of anti-CAA protesters, majority of them Muslims, held a massive protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Chepauk, even as agitations were held across Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
Tamil Nadu Assembly to meet on 28 June, likely to take up DMK's plea seeking removal of Speaker
• 6 years agoThe Tamil Nadu Assembly will meet on 28 June, the first time after the bypolls to 22 seats in which both the ruling AIADMK and Opposition DMK increased their numbers.
AIADMK chief whip seeks disqualification of three party MLAs for allegedly supporting TTV Dhinakaran
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAIADMK chief whip S Rajendran has submitted a petition to the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker seeking disqualification of 3 MLAs for supporting TTV Dhinakaran.
AIADMK allies with PMK in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha elections; S Ramadoss-led party to contest from seven seats
• 6 years agoThe ruling AIADMK on Tuesday announced a poll alliance with the Pattali Makkal Katchi and allotted seven Lok Sabha seats to it for the forthcoming Parliamentary elections.
Cyclone Gaja: DMK trust to donate Rs 1 crore towards relief ops; party MPs, MLAs to contribute a month's salary
• 7 years agoThe Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Monday announced contributing one month's salary of its MPs and MLAs towards cyclone 'Gaja' relief activities.
DMK hits out at actor Rajinikanth, calls him a 'puppet being supported by communal elements'
• 7 years agoThe party's mouthpiece questioned him on his recent statement about Rajini Makkal Mandram (RMM), a pre-cursor forum to his political party.
Madras HC upholds disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs: All you need to know about case, what it means for Tamil Nadu
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe political crisis in Tamil Nadu began in September last year when Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal disqualified eighteen AIADMK MLAs under the 1986 Tamil Nadu Assembly Members Party Defection Law. The lawmakers were disqualified after they submitted a letter to the Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, expressing no confidence in Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.
TTV Dhinakaran asks 18 disqualified MLAs to move to resort near Tirunelveli till Madras HC verdict
Fp Staff • 7 years agoTTV Dhinakaran on Monday asked eighteen disqualified legislators to move to Courtallam resort near Tirunelveli district till the Madras High Court delivers its verdict on their disqualification.
'Will decide on alliance with BJP after 2019 poll dates are announced': Edappadi Palaniswami after meeting Narendra Modi
Ians • 7 years agoPalaniswami met Narendra Modi at his office and gave him a memorandum regarding various demands of his government including conferring Bharat Ratna on the late CN Annadurai and J Jayalalithaa and naming the iconic Chennai Central railway station after the late MG Ramachandran.
Tamil Nadu Assembly speaker P Dhanapal says 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs' meeting with governor is valid grounds for disqualification
• 7 years agoTN Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal said the very act of the 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs meeting Governor Banwarilal Purohit challenging their disqualification is in itself a valid ground for disqualification.