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NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister Joseph Vijay on Wednesday won the crucial floor test in the state assembly, formally proving the majority of his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led post-poll coalition.The confidence vote was held in the assembly following governor RV Arlekar’s directive asking the newly formed government to prove its majority on or before…
CHENNAI: Madras high court has restrained TVK MLA Srinivasa Sethupathi, who won from Tirupattur constituency by one vote, from participating in the floor test scheduled on Wednesday.“The floor test is not an ordinary legislative sitting. Participation in a floor test may determine the survival or fall of a govt. If the TVK MLA participates in…
NEW DELHI: The ongoing West Asian crisis is a “live balance of payments stress test” for the country – directly impacting inflation, the exchange rate and the current account, chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said at the CII Annual Business Summit Tuesday. “Managing the current account credibly, financing it and preventing further currency depreciation…
Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay In 2019, 17 Karnataka MLAs – 14 from the Congress and 3 from the JD(S) – resigned from the assembly, bringing down the then HD Kumaraswamy government. The resignations paved the way for BJP’s Yediyurappa to take over as state’s chief minister.Interestingly, in this change of guard the resignations were…
Photo: Archaeo – Histories/ X Ever looked at a piece of art that had you stop for a second? Optical illusions aren’t just modern internet tricks; humans have been obsessed with them for centuries, it seems.One of the coolest examples on the planet is hidden in the Airavatesvara Temple in Tamil Nadu. It’s a 900-year-old…
NEW DELHI: When the Tamil Nadu assembly meets at Fort St George on Wednesday for the trust vote of chief minister-designate Vijay, the immediate question will be whether the actor-turned-politician has the numbers to survive his first major constitutional test. But the bigger political story may lie on the other side of the aisle.The trust…
Bangladesh cricket team (X-cricbuzz) Nahid Rana produced a match-defining spell as Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by 104 runs in the rain-affected first Test in Dhaka on Tuesday, taking a 1-0 lead in the two-match series after a dramatic final-day collapse. Chasing 268 for victory, Pakistan national cricket team were still in the contest at 119 for…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the crucial floor test for Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government in the Tamil Nadu assembly, the post-poll numbers game continues to shift by the day.While the elections were fought along conventional alliance lines, the fractured mandate has forced parties to explore new political equations.The latest twist came when a faction…
Shaheen Afridi (Image credit: Agencies) Shaheen Afridi once again found himself in the spotlight for the wrong reasons after being pulled up by the umpire for allegedly tampering with the ball during the Pakistan Super League. The Pakistan pacer was also involved in a controversial moment during the first Test between Pakistan national cricket team…
India’s players during the second Test against South Africa in November 2025. (AP) New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) medical team has started reaching out to the players in contention for the one-off Test against Afghanistan next month, and is asking them to gradually increase their workload. As TimesofIndia.com reported…
