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  Palaniswami: From an ordinary AIADMK member to Tamil Nadu CM

  February 16, 2017 16:20 IST

  Edappady K Palaniswami, a loyalist of AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala, was today appointed as Chief Minister by Governor C Vidyasagar Rao.

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  India wants good ties with Pakistan, China: Manohar Parrikar

  February 14, 2017 17:33 IST

  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said India desired good ties its neighbours including Pakistan and China.

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  PM Modi should give ideas to the country, not issue threats: Uddhav

  February 14, 2017 19:11 IST

  hiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today said that the Prime Minister should give ideas to the country instead of issuing threats.

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  DA verdict: Case against Jayalalithaa 'abated' but she stands ‘guilty’

  February 14, 2017 17:08 IST

  Since Jayalalithaa is dead, the court did not declare her a convict.

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  Sasikala loyalist Palanisamy stakes claim to form govt in Tamil Nadu

  February 15, 2017 0:08 IST

  The newly elected leader of the AIADMK legislature party, Edapadi K. Palanisamy, today staked claim to form government in Tamil Nadu.

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  Panneerselvam camp likely to visit AIADMK MLAs at resort

  February 14, 2017 14:49 IST

  In an apparent big to garner support for carertaker CM O Pannerselvam, to leaders from the OPS camp are likely to visit the private resort where party MLAs loyal to VK Sasikala are put up.

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  Mayawati's campaign goes digital in UP, ropes in Bollywood star

  February 14, 2017 16:56 IST

  People change with times. In Uttar Pradesh, where voters are being wooed left and right, the most striking election campaign although low profile is of the Bahaman Samaj Party (BSP). Raring to wrest power from

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  SP's 60-second manifesto - a missed call venture

  February 14, 2017 16:47 IST

  It is a 'missed call' campaign to ensure the party does not go amiss in UP. Samajwadi Party has devised a novel way to connect with the electorate with a "one-minute manifesto" campaign, highlighting

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  Panneerselvam hails SC verdict in Sasikala DA case, asks AIADMK MLAs to unite

  February 14, 2017 14:41 IST

  Tamil Nadu’s caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today hailed the Supreme Court verdict convicting AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala that stops her from contesting polls for nearly 10 years.

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  MK Stalin hails Sasikala verdict in DA case as ‘historic’

  February 14, 2017 14:41 IST

  DMK working president MK Stalin today welcomed the Supreme Court’s judgement in the disproportionate assets case involving AIADMk supremo VK Sasikala.

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  OPS sacked from AIADMK primary membership, Sasikala loyalist Palanisamy elected new leader

  February 14, 2017 14:56 IST

  AIADMK legislators loyal to VK Sasikala today elected former party MP Edapadi K Palanisamy as the leader of the legislature party.

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  DA case: Sasikala verdict pronounced in just eight minutes

  February 14, 2017 14:42 IST

  The pronouncement of the much-awaited verdict in the apex court today, which decided the fate of AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala in the disproportionate assets case, was completed in about eight minutes.

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  Euphoria in Panneerselvam camp: DMK, Congress welcome SC verdict

  February 14, 2017 13:09 IST

  The AIADMK faction led by acting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam erupted in joy on Tuesday after the Supreme Court restored the conviction of party General Secretary V.K. Sasikala and two of her relatives

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  Subramanian Swamy hails SC verdict convicting Sasikala, others in DA case

  February 14, 2017 14:42 IST

  Firebrand BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today hailed the Supreme Court verdict convicting AIADMK supremo VK Sasikala and others in a 19-year-old disproportionate assets case.

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  Have always carried the burden of Amma, says Sasikala after SC upholds conviction

  February 14, 2017 14:42 IST

  Immediately after the Supreme Court upheld a Bengaluru trial court order convicting VK Sasikala in 19-year-old Rs 66 crore Disproportionate Assets case, the convicted leader said that she has always carried the ‘burden’ of late leader Jayalalithaa.

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  Uddhav Thackeray dares PM Modi to waive farm loans in Maharashtra

  February 14, 2017 10:02 IST

  Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise to waive farmers' loans in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said the party should first implement it in Maharashtra where it is already in power.

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  No force can separate me from AIADMK, says Sasikala in first appearance after conviction

  February 14, 2017 23:59 IST

  The fate of AIADMK general secretary Sasikala Natarajan, fighting a bitter power battle with Tamil Nadu caretaker CM O Panneerselvam after the demise of Jayalithaa, will be decided today as the Supreme Court is all set to deliver the much-awaited ver

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  Fadnavis govt on ‘notice period’? Uddhav predicts ‘mid-term polls’

  February 14, 2017 9:40 IST

  The bickering among the ruling partners in Maharashtra -- the BJP and Shiv Sena reached a new level on Monday when latter’s supremo Uddhav Thackeray predicted mid-term polls in the state.

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  Ahead of verdict in DA case, Sasikala camps with MLAs at resort; support for OPS grows

  February 13, 2017 23:26 IST

  AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala will stay on Monday night at Golden Bay Resorts at Koovathur, around 80 km from Chennai, where party MLAs have been camping since Wednesday night.

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  Blazing guns fall silent as high-decibel campaign ends for UP phase-2, Uttarakhand polls

  March 02, 2017 17:09 IST

  Campaigning drew to a close this evening in 67 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh for the second phase of elections as well as in 69 seats in Uttarakhand for the polls on February 15.

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  SC convicts Sasikala in corruption case, CM hopes dashed: Chronology of events

  February 14, 2017 13:16 IST

  The Supreme Court will pronounce on Tuesday its verdict on the Karnataka government's plea challenging the acquittal of VK Sasikala.

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  Tamil Nadu crisis: AG advises Governor to hold composite floor test in Assembly within a week

  February 13, 2017 23:26 IST

  Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has advised Governor C Vidyasagar Rao to hold composite floor test in the Assembly pitting caretaker Chief Minister O Paneerselvam against AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala.

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  SP family dispute was artificial, Mulayam secretly ceded bicycle symbol to Akhilesh: Amar Singh

  February 13, 2017 18:13 IST

  Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has claimed that SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav had actually secretly ceded the bicycle to his son Akhilesh Yadav.

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  Have seen ‘a thousand Panneerselvams’: Sasikala sharpens attack

  February 13, 2017 16:14 IST

  Sasikala today addressed party workers outside Poes Garden here where she came down heavily on Panneerselvam, calling him a traitor after he refused to back her nomination for the top post.

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  Hindu population reducing because they ‘never convert people’: Rijiju

  February 13, 2017 16:15 IST

  In a remark that could trigger controversy, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today said that the Hindu population in the country was reducing as the community ‘never converted people’. Rijiju further added that minorities in Indi

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  Shivpal Yadav does a U-turn, says ‘not forming any new party’

  February 13, 2017 14:02 IST

  In a complete U-turn of sorts, senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav has now said that he never announced any plan to float a new political party on March 11, the day results of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls are to be declared.

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  Tamil Nadu crisis: Majority of MLAs with CM-designate Sasikala, says AIADMK spokesperson

  February 13, 2017 13:58 IST

  The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has claimed that majority of MLAs are behind party general secretary and CM-designate VK Sasikala.

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  Stop peeping, focus on governance: Shiv Sena lambasts PM Modi

  February 13, 2017 13:31 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) key ally Shiv Sena today launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for targeting his predecessor Manmohan Singh in the Rajya Sabha last week.