May 21, 1997. India played a one-day international (ODI) match against its traditional rival, Pakistan, at the famous M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium in Chepauk, Chennai. On this scorching day, Pakistan’s opening player Saeed Anwar made a blazing batting effort, scoring his highest-ever of 194 runs in ODI matches. It was another matter that Pakistan won … Read more
O. Panneerselvam. File | Photo Credit: PTI A day after Chidambaram MP Thol. Thirumavalavan contended that he had not insulted late AIADMK leaders and former Chief Ministers M.G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa, former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, on Sunday (August 10, 2025), condemned the VCK founder his remarks and demanded him to withdraw them. “It is not … Read more
Veda Nilayam, former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s residence in Chennai. The Minister for Tamil Development, Information and Publicity, M.P. Saminathan on Friday introduced a Bill seeking to repeal the Tamil Nadu Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Memorial Foundation Act, 2020 (Tamil Nadu Act 32 of 2020), which was enacted to set up a foundation for making … Read more
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami addressing reporters at Madurai airport on August 13, | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on August 13 recounted the pandemonium and violence that unfolded in the Legislative Assembly on March 24, 1989, in which the then Leader of Opposition Jayalalithaa was attacked by some … Read more
In politics, accidental leaders eventually fade away after hogging the limelight in the positions to which they were catapulted by circumstances or by their masters. Only a few manage to change the tide in their favour or outwit their political handlers. Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami belongs to that breed of politicians … Read more
BENGALURU: Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala, serving a jail term and shifted to a hospital here with complaints of fever and breathlessness, tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, an official bulletin said. Sasikala, admitted to the Bowring Hospital on Wednesday, is presently in the dedicated COVID-19 Centre of the Victoria Hospital in the city … Read more