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Amid the choppy waves rocking the ruling party, Sasikalas brother V. Divakaran has come up with a formula to halt the impending crisis: he wants sister Sasikala and nephew TTV Dinakaran to step down for facilitating the reunion with the OPS group.

Steps to be taken to remove Sasikala from party: AIADMK MP after...

General council elected Sasikala and any subsequent action in respect of her expulsion can be taken only by it, he said.

21 Aug 2017 7:09 PM IST

CR Saraswathi of TTV Dhinakaran-VK Sasikala faction on Monday expressed unhappiness for being avoided during the merger of the EPS and the OPS factions. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Why are we being avoided, asks Sasikla-Dhinakaran faction on AIADMK...

The faction said that Sasikala Dhinakaran wanted the merger of the party and everybody to come together once again.

21 Aug 2017 5:57 PM IST

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami (R) and O Panneerselvam exchange greetings with supporters following merger of their factions in Chennai on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

AIADMK unites: OPS is Deputy CM in EPS govt, gets finance portfolio

O Panneerselvam will also be the convener of AIADMK and CM Palanisamy will be the co-convener.

21 Aug 2017 2:14 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah (Photo: PTI)

BJP President Amit Shah's visit to Tamil Nadu postponed again

Amit Shah had to postpone his visit following a meeting of NDA CMs in Delhi and his presence in various other important...

21 Aug 2017 1:58 PM IST

The departments at IIT have been asked to draft a revised curriculum which will then be approved by the Governing Body, which also approved the required changes in the credit system.

IIT entrance exam to go online for engineering aspirants from 2018

At present optical mark reading (OMR) sheets are used which need to be filled using pens or pencils and are then...

21 Aug 2017 11:39 AM IST

AIADMK (PTA) chief O Panneerselvam and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palanisamy. (Photos: PTI)

AIADMK factions likely to merge today, OPS may be named deputy CM

Both the factions of AIADMK will meet on Monday noon after which there is a possibility of announcement of merger.

21 Aug 2017 8:35 AM IST

Greater Chennai corporation

Residents implement waste-harvesting

The zero waste ward had embraced eco-friendly ways of waste management since February this year.

21 Aug 2017 6:48 AM IST

Luggage scanners remain non-operational at gate 4 of Central Railway station. (Photo: DC)

Chennai: Security lax at railway stations raises concern

Only one of the body scanners provided at Gate 4 is functional; the other two are just for show.

21 Aug 2017 6:45 AM IST

It is interesting that retired Justice Raveendran, one of the finest judges of the Supreme Court has been requested to monitor the probe.

IIT JEE (Advanced) exam to go online from 2018

The decision was taken by the Join Admission Board who felt online exams would reduce printing mistakes in the question...

21 Aug 2017 6:43 AM IST

Bunds of Kandigai Lake in Avadi breached due to continuous rainfall in the city. Officials of Public works department strengthened it using sand bags.(Photo: DC)

Monsoon fruitful to Tamil Nadu, city lake breaches

In Tamil Nadu, except for three stations Nilgiris, Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli the monsoon has been on the positive...

21 Aug 2017 6:41 AM IST

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam working President MK Stalin (Photo: DC)

Conversion of Jayalalithaa's house into memorial legally wrong: MK...

M. K. Stalin also criticised former chief minister O. Panneerselvam for agreeing to an inquiry commission into...

21 Aug 2017 6:35 AM IST

Students demand that the authorities should soon to take strict action against the students involved in the question paper leakage. (Representational image)

Initiate students in Ramanujar's system of education, urges scholar

Ramanujar's system of education is unique and it can help improve the memory power of the students.

21 Aug 2017 6:33 AM IST