June 3, 2018
It was DMK leader M. Karunanidhi’s 95th birthday and his cadres and fans made sure the city knew about it; they plastered the walls with posters and set up giant flags with the red and black party colour radiating out […]
April 20, 2018
Actor-politician S V Shekher has got himself into the middle of a controversy after he shared a Facebook post which spoke about and commented cheaply about women journalists in Tamil Nadu. The post, said to have been made by a […]
December 22, 2017
Political developments across the country and locally had an impact in the neighbourhood since Thursday morning as events began to unfold in Delhi and in north Chennai. The verdict of a CBI special court on what is known as the […]
December 5, 2017
Cadres of the AIADMK party are marking the first death anniversary of the former chief minister of the state, J Jayalalithaa in their own ways in various parts of Mylapore. This morning, on East Mada Street a small group of […]
November 24, 2017
Local units of the DMK party have been holding protests at state-run ration shops this week. Their protest is aimed at the rise in the price of sugar sold at ration shops. On Nov.22 morning, a small group of party […]
August 30, 2017
Pattinapakkam resident Nanjil Sampath is having a torrid time. The lead public speaker of the AIADMK (Amma) party was at the receiving end on Monday when BJP cadres staged a demo at the gate of his residence. They protested because […]
August 23, 2017
Supporters of the state chief minister and those of his deputy, in the AIADMK party staged a protest at Luz Circle on Wednesday evening. They shouted slogans against another AIADMK leader, TTV Dhinakaran. Some burnt his effigy too at this […]
May 25, 2017
Mylapore’s MLA, R. Nataraj who is from the AIADMK party celebrated his one year in office and as representative of this constituency with a public indoor meeting held this morning in Alwarpet. Hosted by his party unit and organized by […]
April 25, 2017
The bandh called today by a few political parties in the Opposition has had some effect in the city and this neighbourhood. Many autos are off the roads, 90% of stores, even the nook shops remained closed and offices are […]
April 25, 2017
On the day of the bandh, Tuesday any shops in the area remain shut. In R A Puram and Alwapet, in Luz and in Mandaveli. Pharmacies though are open as are petrol stations. Even tea-shops have shut down; so the men […]
April 18, 2017
The drama in the two factions of the AIADMK continues on Greenways Road. Tonight, there was a new twist and it had to do with only one faction – the faction which has Edappadi Palaniswami as chief minister claims now […]
April 18, 2017
BJP party cadres and women folk hailing from Pallakkma Nagar took to the busy R K Mutt Road near Thirumylai station this morning to demand the closure of two TASMAC liquor sales shops along the Buckingham Canal here. Both shops […]
April 18, 2017
Midnight action now seems to be part of the political theatre on Greenways Road, home to state ministers. Last night, the official residence of one minister suddenly came alive as many ministers and some MPs meet up for a hurried […]
April 7, 2017
A raid by a team of the Income Tax department on the house of the state’s health minister, Vijaya Bhaskar at his residence on Greenways Road is now on. A huge crowd of AIADMK partymen, media and policemen ( state […]
March 1, 2017
Former TN chief minister O. Pannerselvam is launching ‘Amma Kalviyagam’ which its promoters say is a ‘free online education portal that will facilitate self-development of the youth by developing their skills and increasing their employability. The launch was due on […]
