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Chief Minister O Panneerselvam with Krishnagiri MP Ashok Kumar and Namakkal MP P. R. Sundaram who joined his camp at his official residence in Chennai on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

TN crisis: Setbacks continue for Sasikala camp as 10 MPs join OPS

AIADMK has 135 MLAs in the 235-member Tamil Nadu Assembly including one nominated member.

12 Feb 2017 11:58 AM IST

In a bid to woo farmers, parties including BJP and SP have promised round-the-clock power supply while Congress raised a similar pitch with its slogan karza maaf, bijli half. (Photo: PTI)

UP manifestos: Sops to farmers stay put, tech makes inroads

BJP and Cong, SP, besides parties like RLD have all promised free wi-fi internet services in all colleges and...

12 Feb 2017 11:32 AM IST

Kanimozhi Karunanidhi

2G scam: DMK leader Kanimozhi allowed to travel abroad

The DMK MP is travelling to Rwanda and Uganda from February 19 to 24 as part of an official delegation.

12 Feb 2017 11:08 AM IST

4 militants, 2 Army jawans killed in encounter in Kulgam

4 militants, 2 Army jawans killed in encounter in Kulgam

The search operations was still in progress as security forces suspect that some militants might have managed to escape...

12 Feb 2017 10:40 AM IST

The excerpt has attracted the ire of animal activists and education experts on social media, kick-starting a debate on the lack of scrutiny of curriculum taught to children. (Photo: Representational Image)

Environmental science book suggests pupils to kill kitten for...

The children are instructed to kill a kitten as part of an experiment to know the difference between living and...

12 Feb 2017 10:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses his election rally for the upcoming assembly polls in Panaji. (Photo: PTI)

U'khand polls: Modi to address rallies in Srinagar, Pithoragarh

Modi on Saturday addressed a rally in Uttarakhand's Rudrapur slamming the opposition for asking proofs regarding the...

12 Feb 2017 9:33 AM IST

In this phase, 721 candidates are in the fray out of which 69 are female, while there is also a nominee from the third gender. (Photo: Representational Image)

Campaigning in peak for second phase of UP Assembly polls

In the second phase, 11 districts having 67 assembly seats will go for polls.

12 Feb 2017 9:24 AM IST