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DMK leader Dr P Thiaga Rajan announces break from public life, reflects on his works
TN Minister PTR calls fiscal injustice to Southern states a ‘manipulation of constitutional powers’
‘DMK has made a mistake’: Social media erupts in support of PTR following Cabinet reshuffle
PTR loses finance portfolio, gets IT, in MK Stalin reshuffle exercise following purported audio leak
Stalin may go for a Cabinet rejig; social media wants CM to retain PTR in finance portfolio
‘Don’t want to give publicity to cheap politics’: MK Stalin endorses PTR rebuttal on audio leak
PTR responds: Audio clip with purported comments on DMK first family ‘malicious, fabricated’
Central government playing politics over funds: TN Finance Minister P Thiaga Rajan
Centrally-sponsored schemes: Boon or bane for states? ‘Dakshin Diaolgues’ panelists debate
Debate on federalism picks cult-worshipping, big-brother attitude, centralism as vices that weaken Indian democracy
DMK celebrates ‘Dravidian month’, turns to social media to tell the story of social justice movement
‘Freebie culture’: The grand illusion of Modi’s sabka vikas
‘Don’t think you are the only wise party,’ CJI NV Ramana tells DMK counsel during SC hearing on freebies
Interview: Union government uses the GST Council as a rubber stamp: Tamil Nadu Finance Minister PTR
Interview: They take our money, tell us how to live; PTR on why he called Delhi a ‘coloniser’
Interview: Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents ‘ultimate hypocrisy’, says PTR
‘Cinderella’s sandal saved’, quips PTR after BJP workers hurl footwear at his car in Madurai
Amid 76th Independence Day fervour, Opposition finds new ‘coloniser’ in BJP
PTR refers to Centre as ‘colonial power’, terms PM Modi as ‘worst authoritarian’ in India’s history

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