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"Congress did it, DMK hid it": BJP leader targets ruling coalition allies
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The decades-old territorial and fishing rights dispute around Katchatheevu Island is in the limelight ahead of polling in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha polls on April 19 with the BJP and the opposition engaged in a war of words over the issue
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"Absurd allegation": P Chidambaram refutes Centre's allegations against Co
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Congress leader, speaking to ANI, claimed that sufferings of over 6 lakhs Tamils who were in Sri Lanka compelled the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi to acknowledge that the island belonged to the neighbouring country.
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"DMK donated Katchatheevu for its personal gains": BJP's Tamilisai Soundar
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
South Chennai BJP candidate also alleged that the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M Karunanidhi, was 'threatened' of action against him by the Centre if "he would have not donated the island" to Sri Lanka.
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Former TN chief minister OPS begins Lok Sabha campaign with temple visit
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
OPS, who was ousted from the AIADMK was allotted the 'jackfruit' symbol through a lottery organised at the district collectorate in Ramanathapuram on Saturday. On Sunday, he posed with a 'jackfruit' to officially announce the allotment of the symbol at a public meeting in Thiruvadanai.
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Chennai North Constituency Breaks Elite World Records for Maximum Voter Pl
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 1: Chennai North Constituency, under the administration of Greater Chennai Corporation, has made history by setting a remarkable world record for the most pledges received to vote in an election within 12 hours, across multiple locations. The unprecedented
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"Will he take back Katchatheevu?" Manickam Tagore challenges PM Modi
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Will he take back Katchatheevu if he is so concerned about Tamil Nadu? I challenge PM Modi. They have failed," Tagore said speaking to ANI on Monday hours after Prime Minister's post on the Katchatheevu island.
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"DMK has always given away rights of people of Tamil Nadu": AIADMK on Katc
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
J Jayavardhan, AIADMK South Chennai Lok Sabha candidate, while speaking to ANI said that his party has always stood for the rights of the people of the state.
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"As though they have no responsibility for it": EAM Jaishankar hits out at
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Now, every political party in Tamil Nadu has taken a position on this. Two parties, the Congress and the DMK, have approached this matter as though they have no responsibility for it. As though the situation is for today's central government to resolve, there is no history to this, this
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"DMK did nothing to safeguard Tamil Nadu's interests": PM Modi on Katchath
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Rhetoric aside, DMK has done NOTHING to safeguard Tamil Nadu's interests. New details emerging on #Katchatheevu have UNMASKED the DMK's double standards totally. Congress and the DMK are family units. They only care that their own sons and daughters rise. They don't care for anyone else.
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Tamil Nadu Minister Udhanidhi Stalin holds roadshow in Puducherry
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in the country, Tamil Nadu Minister and DMK leader Udhanidhi Stalin held a roadshow in Puducherry.
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Lok Sabha polls: Former Tamil Nadu CM Panneerselvam gets 'jackfruit' symbo
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
On Sunday, Panneerselvam, who is contesting the polls as an independent, posed with a 'jackfruit' to officially announce the allotment of the symbol at a public meeting in Thiruvadanai.
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'Just because I'm a politician, not everything I do is for power or votes'
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In an interview with Thanti TV in Tamil Nadu, the Prime Minister said, "Just because I am a politician does not mean everything I do is only to win elections or for power. If merely winning elections was my goal, I would not have worked for the development of the northeast. I have visited
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