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CUDDALORE: The internal rift within the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) would be resolved in a couple of days, Tamizhaga Valvurimai Katchi leader T Velmurugan said on Thursday. He stated that PMK cannot be broken by anyone and expressed confidence that unity would prevail. Speaking to media persons in Cuddalore, Velmurugan said, "My brother Thirumavalavan met PMK founder Dr Ramadoss at Thailapuram Garden. The meeting was widely criticised, but it had no political motive. My family, my brothers, and I have worked for the PMK in the undivided Cuddalore district. Ramadoss guided us. At present, there is a difference of opinion between Ramadoss and Anbumani. When Ramadoss expressed his emotions in front of the press, we were deeply moved." He added, "PMK is a party that stands for social justice. The current misunderstanding is minor. Thirumavalavan met Ramadoss and said, 'We are here because of you.' Earlier, Anbumani told me over the phone, 'Let the past be the past; let the future be good.' There were allegations that we used Ramadoss or seized Anbumani's property, but Ramadoss's kind words to my brother ended such talks." Velmurugan said, "Ramadoss asked me to forget the past bitterness. My criticisms of Anbumani came from frustration. Now, after speaking with both Ramadoss and Anbumani, I am at peace."
VILLUPURAM: After weeks of tussle over party reins, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss and his father S Ramadoss sat down for a talk at the Thailapuram farmhouse on Thursday, but a truce remained elusive.Anbumani, accompanied by his daughter Sanjutra, drove down to Ramadoss' residence. Ramadoss and Anbumani chose not to speak to the media about the 45-minute meeting. Though party functionaries said the meeting was a positive development, reconciliation might take a while as they could not reach an a ...Read More >
Chennai: Hours before Union home minister Amit Shah was to arrive in Madurai, Thuglak editor and an associate of Shah, S Gurumurthy on Saturday met PMK founder S Ramadoss. The PMK leader, however, ruled out the possibility of meeting Amit Shah during his two-day visit to Tamil Nadu.Gurumurthy met Ramadoss for the second time amid reported tension within PMK regarding alliance strategies and insistence by Anbumani Ramadoss to remain party president. The hour-long meeting took place at the T Nagar residence of A K Vijay Mahesh, son of former Union minister and PMK leader A K Moorthy, sources sai ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President K Selvaperunthagai, a key member of the DMK-led INDIA bloc, on Friday called on PMK founder Dr Ramadoss at the latter's Thailapuram residence. Selvaperunthagai visited Ramadoss a few days after the octogenarian cited deceased former DMK president M Karunanidhi and incumbent Chief Minister M K Stalin as example of father-son relationship, in a veiled message to his rebel son Dr Anbumani. Though it is a tad too early to speculate a possible realignment in the existing alliance composition, precisely, the likely return of the PMK led by Dr Ramado ...Read More >
VILLUPURAM: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K Selvaperunthagai met PMK founder S Ramadoss at his residence in Thailapuram near Tindivanam on Friday. The meeting of a leader of the DMK-led alliance amid the intense leadership tussle under way within the PMK between Ramadoss and his son Anbumani Ramadoss raised eyebrows, especially since Anbumani recently accused the ruling DMK of being behind the tussle. But Ramadoss had later refuted it. Selvaperunthagai, however, clarified to the media, that the meeting, which lasted roughly for about 30 minutes, was purely a courtesy call. " ...Read More >
Chennai, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) MLA R. Arul on Sunday alleged that there is a threat to the lives of several party functionaries, including him, for expressing support for party founder Dr. S. Ramadoss. Addressing the media here, Arul, who represents Salem West, responded to allegations made by former Union Minister and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss against his father and party founder. Anbumani Ramdoss had claimed that Dr. Ramadoss had been acting irrationally for the past five years and behaving like a child, giving party posts to individuals with criminal reco ...Read More >
Cuddalore: As long as dravidian, Marxist, Gandhian, and Ambedkar ideologies stay united in Tamil Nadu, no saffron agenda from Delhi will succeed in the state, said chief minister M K Stalin.Speaking after inaugurating the centenary auditorium with a life-size statue of the late social justice warrior L Ilayaperumal, at Lalpuram in Chidambaram, Cuddalore district, Stalin said that leaders of the dravidian, Marxist, Gandhian, and Ambedkarite movements were on the stage united. "This unity symbolises Tamil Nadu. VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan emphasized this, and I reaffirm it. When Tamil Nadu ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Indian government expressed regret on Tuesday over the reported demolition of the ancestral property of celebrated filmmaker and writer Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, Bangladesh and expressed its willingness to extend cooperation in its restoration. "We note with profound regret that the ancestral property of noted filmmaker and litterateur Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, belonging to his grandfather and eminent litterateur, Upendra Kishor Ray Chowdhury, is being demolished," the Ministry of External Affairs said. Also Read | India Urges Bangladesh ...Read More >
CHENNAI: After getting detailed feedback from the cadres, the PMK's Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC), constituted by founder Dr S Ramadoss, has completed its deliberations and submitted its recommendations in sealed cover. The DAC was led by PMK's MLA P. Arul (Salem West). He said on Monday that his nine-member team has discussed issues especially about the persons who "disturbed" the reputation of the party. He added that the meeting lasted for more than two hours before making the final decision. Arul said that the meeting was necessitated after several incidents in recent months trigger ...Read More >
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader Anbumani Ramadoss has conveyed to Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu that the party's Dharmapuri MLA S.P. Venkateshwaran will replace Pennagaram MLA G.K. Mani as the party's floor leader in the House. A communication in this regard was sent to Mr. Appavu on Thursday (September 25, 2025). The letter from Mr. Anbumani stated that a decision on replacing the floor leader was taken unanimously in a meeting of PMK MLAs held in Panaiyur near Chennai on September 2 ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Amid sharp exchanges between the father (S Ramadoss) and the son (Anbumani Ramadoss) factions within the PMK, the party's Assembly floor leader and honorary president G K Mani has made an emotional appeal for unity, saying he is ready to resign from both his MLA post and party position if it helps bring the two sides together. But, the Anbumani faction brushed aside his statement as "a drama". Drawing a distinction between the father and the son, Mani said that PMK founder S Ramadoss alone enjoys real public influence, even though party president Anbumani Ramadoss has been travelling ...Read More >
There is no strong electoral wind blowing across Tamil Nadu to indicate the emerging trends and directions of the potential outcome of the assembly elections to be held on April 23, 2026. There is nothing to suggest that there is something brewing beneath the political surface. The alliances have been formalised, seat sharing arrangements have been completed, candidates list have been prepared and circulated out of the party headquarters and finally the filing of nomination process has begun. All ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Saying that a historical amount of downpour hit many districts in north Tamil Nadu, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss urged the state government to send additional rescue forces to the affected areas. In a statement, Anbumani said that during the 24 hours, Uthangarai in Krishnagiri district received 50cm of rainfall, which is the highest in the last 300 years. Moreover, Harur in the Dharmapuri district and Tirupalapanthal in Kallakurichi have received 33cm and 32cm of rain, respectively. Yercaud in Salem received 24cm of rainfall. "Vehicles parked in Krishnagiri district were washed ...Read More >
Villupuram: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K Selvaperunthagai called on PMK founder S Ramadoss at his Thailapuram farmhouse in Villupuram district on Friday, setting off speculation about whether it was a political meeting to invite PMK to the DMK front.Selvaperunthagai said it was a 'courtesy call' to inquire about the health of Ramadoss, with whom he "has decades long association". "I came to inquire about Ramadoss' health. This was a courtesy meeting. Nothing was spoken about alliance ...Read More >
Chennai: Chief minister M K Stalin has set a target of enrolling 2.5 crore members in DMK and has instructed party district secretaries to step up membership drive under 'Oraniyil Tamil Nadu' campaign.In a virtual meeting with DMK district secretaries on Thursday, Stalin said they only had 30 more days to achieve the target. He had earlier set a target of enrolling at least 30% voters in every polling booth. Now, after the positive response for the 'Oraniyil Tamil Nadu' campaign, Stalin has revis ...Read More >
Chennai: PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday recalled the vanniyars who lost their lives in the week-long protest in Sept 1987 demanding reservation in education and employment. In an open letter to cadres, he said, "Social justice cannot be achieved without sacrifice, and the 21 martyrs are the guiding light for our struggle." He claimed DMK's inaction over the past four years had cost the vanniyar community thousands of seats in colleges, and govt jobs. He said Karnataka govt conducted a caste-wise census successfully, while TN Backward Classes Commission had yet to produce results afte ...Read More >
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season has barely begun, but it has already delivered its first major controversy. Following Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) six-wicket defeat to Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium, a pointed remark from captain Ajinkya Rahane has triggered a wider debate - forcing Cricket Australia (CA) to step in with a clarification. At the centre of the storm is Cameron Green, KKR's high-profile signing worth INR 25.20 crore, who did not bowl a single over despite MI's dominant chase of 220. KKR seemed in control after posting a commanding 220/4, but the script ...Read More >
CHENNAI: PMK founder S Ramadoss reiterated that he will remain as the president of the party till his last breath, brushing aside the olive branch extended by his son and party president Anbumani in public meetings. Speaking to media persons at his Thailapuram residence in Villupuram on Thursday, the senior leader brushed aside an apology tendered by Anbumani a few days ago. "Apology is not an issue. I started the party and have visited 96,000 villages to expand it. I will be president till my last breath. He (Anbumani) should function as working president," Ramadoss said, standing by his ori ...Read More >
Chennai, June 29 Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) MLA R. Arul on Sunday alleged that there is a threat ... Chennai, June 29 Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) MLA R. Arul on Sunday alleged that there is a threat to the lives of several party functionaries, including him, for expressing support for party founder Dr. S. Ramadoss. Addressing the media here, Arul, who represents Salem West, responded to allegations made by former Union Minister and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss against his father and party founder. Anbumani Ramdoss had claimed that Dr. Ramadoss had been acting irrationally for the past five ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: The State government on Friday accorded approvals to a slew of industries. Among those are Krishnapatnam Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), which is set to establish a 350 MW Solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Thamminapatnam and Mommidi villages of SPSR Nellore district with a Rs 1,225 crore investment, creating 575 jobs. Furthermore, the government also waived off a Rs 54 crore extension of time fee, contingent on project completion within two years as per the Andhra Pradesh Integrated Clean Energy Policy-2024. The government also allocated 22.80 acres at MPSEZ in N ...Read More >
Digha: A day after Rath Yatra, the festive fervour continues in Digha as the seaside town is now gearing up to host Ulta Rath or the return journey of the deities from the 'Masir Bari' or the old Jagannath temple. On July 5 -- the Ulta Rath day -- hotels are hoping for fresh tourist influx. Though the deities are currently in Masir Bari, a large queue of devotees visited the newly-constructed Jagannath temple on Saturday. They offered prayers to the stone idol permanently installed there. It is the wooden idols of Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra that have taken the chairot rides. Bipradash Cha ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Paatali Makkal Katchi (PMK) chief Anbumani Ramadoss on Sunday said that, "everybody has to take the blame" from the police and the political party to the general public who attended the event with children and women, on the Karur stampede during actor Vijay's rally in Karur, which has claimed over 40 lives. Visiting the injured in hospitals, Ramadoss described the incident as "very unfortunate" and stressed that it could have been avoided. "It is very unfortunate that an incident happened in Karur, a stampede happened during the rally of actor Vijay. And till now, more than 40 people ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The short-duration winter session of the State Assembly on Tuesday began with the House paying homage to 41 people who lost their lives in the Karur stampede two weeks ago. Assembly Speaker M Appavu adjourned the proceedings after paying homage to sitting AIADMK MLA T K Amul Kandasami, who passed away on June 21. Moving a condolence resolution to honour those who died in the Karur stampede, the Speaker said Chief Minister M K Stalin had rushed to Karur on the same day and met the famil ...Read More >
Dr. Ramadoss is engaged in a dispute over the use of the party symbol by his estranged son and party president Anbumani The Supreme Court on Monday asked PMK founder S. Ramadoss to approach the Madras High Court in a challenge against a Chennai court's refusal on March 26 to direct the Election Commission of India (EC) to allot the party's 'mango' symbol to him. "The impugned order has been passed by the XIII Assistant City Civil Court, Chennai. We see no reason as to why the impugned order can ...Read More >
Villupuram: Amid an ongoing public tussle within Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) in Tamil Nadu, PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss met his father and PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss for nearly an hour on Thursday morning at his residence in Thailapuram near Tindivanam in Villupuram. Immediately after Anbumani left the house, the editor of the political weekly magazine Thuglak and auditor S Gurumurthy, and former Chennai Corporation mayor Saidai S Duraisamy reached Ramadoss' house and held discussions with the PMK founder for nearly three hours. Anbumani Ramadoss, who was accompanied by daughter Sangamithra, ...Read More >
Chennai: DMK and its allies continued criticism of AIADMK for participating in the BJP's recent Murugan meet that denigrated Dravidian icons 'Periyar' E V Ramasamy and C N Annadurai. VCK Chief Thol Thirumavalavan expressed shock over the AIADMK's continuance in the NDA despite insults to its party ideologues and asked the party to rethink ties with the BJP. MMK leader M H Jawahirullah too accused AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami of mortgaging his party's principles.These statements come amid speculation about alliances shifting leading up to the elections. Thirumavalavan, wooed ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 12 (PTI) PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss on Saturday claimed that his social media accounts have been hacked and sought help from the police to restore them. He has petitioned the police, alleging that his official accounts on X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook were hacked, and passwords were changed, a party source said. The compromising of his social media accounts is his latest accusation since the souring of ties with his son Dr Anbumani, over the leadership of the Vanniyar-dominated Pattali Makkal Katchi, which he founded and led over the years. The relations between the father a ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Political leaders across the spectrum mourned the demise of M K Muthu, the eldest son of former chief minister and DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi and eldest brother of CM M K Stalin, who made his mark both in Tamil cinema and politics. In his condolence message, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K Selvaperunthagai said, "M K Muthu held a unique place in Tamil Nadu's political and cinematic history." He expressed deep condolences on behalf of the TNCC to CM Stalin, Muthu's family members, DMK cadre and the film fraternity. MDMK general secretary Vaiko also offered his condo ...Read More >
CHENNAI: A day after PMK founder S Ramadoss's loyalist and MLA GK Mani moved the Election Commission of India (ECI) challenging Anbumani's claim of securing a one-year extension of his tenure as president through a general council, Anbumani issued a letter stating that the party has replaced Mani with its Dharmapuri MLA S P Venkateshwaran as the new floor leader in the Assembly. The letter also said Salem West MLA R Arul has been replaced by Mailam MLA C Sivakumar as PMK's whip in the Assembly, while Mettur MLA S Sadhasival has been elected as PMK's deputy floor leader. Three of the five PMK ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: BJP state president Nainar Nagendran on Thursday ruled out the BJP's interference in resolving the internal conflict of the PMK. "It's PMK's internal issue, which needs to be resolved through talks by PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss and party founder S Ramadoss. 'Auditor' Gurumurthy and former AIADMK legislator 'Saidai' S Duraisamy met Ramadoss for personal reasons, and the BJP has no links in it," he said to the media at Coimbatore International Airport. However, the BJP leader said everyone should come together to defeat DMK. "So Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Vijay has ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Squarely blaming the BJP for the tussle between the father and son in the PMK, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K Selvaperunthagai on Friday said that the BJP was creating the confusion in the regional party the same way it did in the other parties it allied with (referring to other states where the saffron party broke into alliance parties). Talking to media persons after meeting Dr Ramadoss in Thailapuram, Selvaperunthagai said, "BJP is creating the confusion. Whichever party the BJP allies with, it will split the party. They (BJP) will engulf the party. Here, they wi ...Read More >