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The death toll in the explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur district has increased to 11, officials said on Tuesday

Updated On: 10 Oct 2023 | 2:59 PM IST

Deposed AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam on Friday said the Supreme Court judgment that allowed Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) to continue as party interim chief is not a setback and asserted that he would go to the people and seek justice. In his first official reaction to the top court's ruling, Panneerselvam said no verdict is a setback for them. "Only after this judgment, our party workers are enthused more," he told reporters. Asserting that the 'Dharma Yudham' is on, Panneerselvam, popularly known as OPS said he and his followers would go to the people to seek justice. Answering a question on accusations hurled against him and his followers that they are the ruling DMK's 'B' team, Panneerselvam said 'they (Palaniswami camp) are the A to Z team' of DMK. "Can they accuse us over a single thing? There are a thousand things, these will come out one after the other," he said. They were patient so far considering party discipline and to ensure that the party does not 'break-up,' OPS add

Updated On: 24 Feb 2023 | 2:26 PM IST

The DMK alliance won 494 seats in corporations, 2,021 in municipalities, and 4,619 seats in town panchayats

Updated On: 22 Feb 2022 | 8:25 PM IST

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition K. Palaniswami on Saturday demanded the DMK government to continue the Amma Pharmacy outlets that sell medicines at discounted rates.

Updated On: 20 Nov 2021 | 1:30 PM IST

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and senior leader of AIADMK, E Palaniswami, has promised a new district, Arni, which will be carved out of Tiruvannamalai district

Updated On: 22 Mar 2021 | 11:51 AM IST

Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi Palaniswami hit out at Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief MK Stalin stating that his father late Karunanidhi did not believe him, how will people of the state trust him

Updated On: 22 Mar 2021 | 7:37 AM IST

Palaniswami listed out his government's initiatives on several fronts, including a slew of measures to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic

Updated On: 15 Aug 2020 | 6:16 PM IST

35 MoUs have been inked with various US-based companies

Updated On: 05 Sep 2019 | 11:46 PM IST

The Chief Minister has contended that the Madras High Court had wrongly passed the order without issuing him a notice

Updated On: 29 Oct 2018 | 5:00 PM IST

He said it was the media which was projecting him as a biggie in politics

Updated On: 14 Jan 2018 | 8:14 PM IST

Palaniswami has to keep AIADMK united, handle caste politics as well as run state reeling from debt

Updated On: 04 Mar 2017 | 9:02 PM IST

Palaniswami govt, which took charge on Thursday, claims they have backing of 123 MLAs in Assembly

Updated On: 18 Feb 2017 | 2:47 AM IST

His greatest challenge would be to put together a majority in the Assembly

Updated On: 17 Feb 2017 | 9:02 AM IST