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Chennai, Feb 18: The Palaniswami government today won the confidence vote in the Tamil Nadu Assembly by a comfortable 122-11 margin after high drama and bedlam in the House. The vote was preceded by eviction of principal opposition DMK and walkout by its allies, which have 98 legislators in the 234-member House, in protest. Former Chief Minister Panneerselvam could muster only 11 votes, ending the

Chennai, Feb 18: Pandemonium broke out in the Tamil Nadu Assembly today ahead of the crucial vote of confidence by the Edapady Palaniswami government with the opposition members stalling the proceedings. With the matter coming to a head, Speaker P Dhanapal came out of the assembly escorted by marshals shortly after the House assembled to facilitate the floor test. The proceedings were stalled amid

Chennai, Feb 18: Opposition Congress today said it would vote against the Edappadi K Palaniswami government in the motion of confidence in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. "We have decided to vote against the Edappadi K Palaniswami government in the Assembly", TNCC President Su Thirunavukkarasar told reporters at the party headquarters here. Congress has eight MLAs in the 234 member House

Lucknow, Feb 18: Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused him of not fulfilling the promises had made during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. “I have a list of the promises Modiji had made to mother Ganga. What happened to those promises? What have you (Modi) done for Varanasi? (the PM’s Lok Sabha constituency),” Rahul asked at an

New York, Feb 18: The demonetisation drive in India had a “significant impact” on PepsiCo’s business in the country in the last quarter of 2016 and there are still “lingering effects” of it, according to the food-and-beverage giant’s India-born CEO Indra Nooyi. “On demonetisation, across the board for pretty much all of industry, and CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) in particular because it hit the

Bengaluru, Feb 18: The Union government has directed pharma companies not to withdraw coronary stents from the market on the pretext of relabelling. It has rolled out a notification to tackle the sudden scarcity of stents at hospitals, Union Minister for Pharmaceuticals H N Ananth Kumar said on Friday. On Wednesday, a day after a price cap came into force, hospitals said manufacturers were taking

Rae Bareli (UP), Feb 17: Making her maiden speech during the ongoing UP Assembly polls, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "adopted son" remark, asking if the state really needed any leader from outside when it has its own sons. "PM Narendra Modi had earlier too said Varanasi has adopted me and I am like a son for it and will develop it...I felt, does UP need

Kolkata, Feb 17: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday suggested the BJP that it should manage its own house as "no one" had voted for it in the Punjab elections. She also accused the Narendra Modi government of threatening her with a probe by the CBI as she raised her voice against demonetisation. "BJP should manage its own house. In the just-concluded Punjab (Assembly) election

Chennai, Feb 17: In a tit for tat move, the O Panneerselvam camp today "removed" AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala and her two relatives from the party for "going against its principles and ideals". In a statement, E Madusudanan, who was earlier removed as Presidium Chairman by Sasikala, said she had "violated" her promise to the late Jayalalithaa that she will not enter politics and that she

Chennai, Feb 16: Edappadi K Palaniswami, a V K Sasikala loyalist, was today sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, ending the 10-day political uncertainty in the state which began with caretaker CM O Panneerselvam's revolt against the AIADMK general secretary. Palaniswami is the third person to occupy the top post in the last nine months. Governor C Vidyasagar Rao administered the oath of