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Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday announced in the assembly that jewel loans up to six sovereigns availed by farmers in cooperative banks would be waived. The loans availed by SHGs through cooperative banks would be also be waived. The CM said that the decisions were taken considering the extraordinary situation, including Covid-19 pandemic and cyclone, faced by the farming community and the SHG groups. The CM made this announcement under Rule 110. FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail ....
DMK president M K Stalin with supporters in Erode CHENNAI: After launching an aggressive ‘people’s outreach’ campaign well ahead of his rivals, DMK president M K Stalin hopes to script a new chapter in Dravidian history following the assembly poll. Stating that C N Annadurai’s heart and his father M Karunanidhi’s hard work were showing him the path to success, Stalin in an interview to Jaya Menon and D Govardan, said, I may not be on a par with my father, but a cub born to a tiger cannot be a kitten. Q: After the ‘Makkal Grama Sabhas’, you launched the ‘Ungal Thoguthiyil Stalin’. Do you see a difference in people’s response to you now than during the ‘Namakku Naame’ campaign in 2016? ....
Battling a pandemic and an empty treasury, the AIAIDMK government sought to give a booster shot to its poll prospects by presenting an interim budget ....
Kamal Haasan still hopeful a third front headed by his party may evolve CHENNAI: MNM chief Kamal Haasan on Sunday said the situation looks conducive for a third front to be formed under his leadership for the assembly polls in Tamil Nadu and it may “happen very soon”. Answering a question on alliance with the DMK, the actor said talks happened “at the lower level”, but the DMK leadership did not reach out to him directly. “I think it would happen (third front). The rain clouds (conducive clouds) are coming together. Koodiya Viraivil Mazhaikkum (It will rain soon),” he told reporters, as if drawing an influence from the drizzles and rains witnessed in different parts of the state over the weekend. ....