March 16, 2019
The DMK party has decided to contest in the South Chennai constituency in the Lok Sabha elections. This was made known on Friday when it released a list of the places from which it and its allies would contest from. […]
March 13, 2019
The AIADMK is said to have told BJP, its ally that it will not part with the South Chennai seat which it holds now. And the buzz is that the BJP has given upon its demand. This means that the […]
March 13, 2019
Over 1000 people are said to have applied to the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) for a ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections in April – May 2019. MNM party is founded and led by actor politician Kamalhassan. Over the […]
March 12, 2019
The walls which run on the south side of Greenways Road in R A Puram are stark. All the huge posters of the AIADMK have been removed – to respect the poll conduct rules that came into play on Sunday […]
March 9, 2019
There is intense competition for a ticket to contest in the south Chennai Lok Sabha constituency, a prestigious ones for many years now. We learn that the AIADMK is keen to contest here and that sitting MP, Dr J. Jayavardhan […]
March 7, 2019
As the election fever slowly rises in the lead=up to the Lok Sabha elections due in about two months, South Chennai constituency seems to head to some hard demands and plans by candidates who are eyeing what is seen to […]
February 28, 2019
Public and private walls are being ‘booked’ by political parties for messaging for the forthcoming elections to Lok Sabha. The entire stretch of the wall on both sides of the Adyar bridge in R A Puram has been whitewashed and […]
February 20, 2019
The neighbourhood became a theatre of meets, talks and deals for political parties in the run-up to Lok Sabha elections on two occasions recently. Last evening, the AIADMK, BJP and PMK formally sealed an alliance for the poll on seat […]
August 8, 2018
It has been quiet and peaceful in the Mylapore neighbourhood this Wednesday morning as the city and state observe a day of mourning for DMK leader M. Karunanidhi who passed away on Tuesday evening. The walkers and fitness enthusiasts who […]
August 7, 2018
6.10 p.m. That is when the world was officially told that DMK leader M. Karunaidhi had passed away at the Kauvery Hospital off TTK Road, Alwarpet. Less than 24 hours after the hospital said that the DMK leader’s condition was […]
July 12, 2018
Outside his Eldams Road office of Makkal Needhi Maiam party ( Alwarpet junction) this noon, actor politician Kamlahassan hoisted the party flag on a post this noon. Over 400 people had gathered around a podium that was set up on […]
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 […]
