Monday's surprise meeting is an admission by the Bharatiya Janata Party that their purported strategy of hoping to ride the popular ‘Modi wave&r...
How Modi's DMK spin queers the pitch in TN
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Will BJP's carrot-and-stick for TN reunite AIADMK factions?
Considering that all sides to the game feel being targeted by the BJP-ruled Centre through taxmen and their ED/CBI counterparts, both factions may not...
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'Two Leaves' case highlights need for updated law on party splits
The ‘AIADMK symbol issue’ may be a fit case for the courts and the legislature to provide for a new law for application in similar fluid, ...
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After Indira, there was Jaya
If something stands out in the one year since Jayalalithaa’s passing, it would be her famed leadership qualities and her ability to reach out to...
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A bypoll unlike any other
There are so many questions surrounding the conduct of the revised bypoll to Chennai’s RK Nagar seat that it stretches the credibility of the el...
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Catch a falling superstar
Two successive Rajni flops could well mean that Tamil cinema might come to a grinding halt, affecting the careers of other big-ticket actors, banners ...
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'Neruppa da, Kabali da.' Rajini sets the screen afire
Rajinikanth needs a box-office hit after two successive flops in Kochchadaiyaan and Lingaa, both 2014.Yet, Kabali is being projected as if the fans ne...
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Was a painless demonetisation possible?
The demonetisation move will force the Modi government to battle with a policy dichotomy, says N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Customers stand outside a ba...
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A meeting of minds? Or a bouquet of questions?
The Jaya-Jaitley meeting poses more questions than answers -- and not just for the Tamil Nadu BJP, says N Sathiya Moorthy. The January 18 meeting bet...
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Assets case: SC may yet create problems for Jaya
A case that J Jayalalitha ‘does not want’ is back and in the Supreme Court. N Sathiya Moorthy reports on the possible repercussions of the...
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Will the floods muddy TN's water row?
N Sathiya Moorthy explains how the recent floods may complicate the Cauvery issue among Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. Unacknowledged by many in t...
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Has Jallikattu ban revived TN's regional pride?
The Jallikattu issue has revived pan-Tamil political sentiments especially among youths, says N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Despite the SC ban...
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It's advantage DMK in Tamil Nadu for now
But not for too long, as TTV Dinakaran can still play spoilsport, says N Sathiya Moorthy. With acting governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao reportedly telling p...
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Verdict washes away DMK's 2G stain
The tough question before the DMK and its leader MK Stalin now is, what should their response be if sounded out for an alliance by the BJP for or afte...
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The message from Gujarat 2017
Performance counts more than populist slogans when you are in power, says N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: BJP workers celebrate at the party headquarters ...
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After RK Nagar, the game is on in Tamil Nadu
Given the twin embarrassments of a TTV win and party nominee Karu Nagarajan losing his deposit, polling fewer votes than NOTA, Prime Minister Narendra...
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Thanks to Rajini, next TN poll could spin on 'spirituality'
Rajinikanth’s personal trait can become a political issue if he enters politics and could get translated as sympathy if not support for the BJP,...
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Why the figures do not add up for Rajini in 2021
To claim that Tamil Nadu was waiting for a messiah of the ‘spiritual’ Rajini kind is misplaced, if not mischievous, says N Sathiya Moorthy...
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A bypoll unlike any other
There are so many questions surrounding the conduct of the revised bypoll to Chennai’s RK Nagar seat that it stretches the credibility of the el...
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'Spiritual' Rajini and 'rationalist' Kamal -- can the twain meet?
Both Rajini and Kamal have to first convince the Tamil Nadu voters that even if they are entering active politics relatively late in life, they are he...
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