In a major political realignment for the Assembly elections, actor-politician Vijayakanth is likely to announce his alliance with the AIADMK at the DMDK’s state conference at Salem on Sunday “to ensur

Futuristic battle gear that will redefine the combat abilities of the next generation of Indian soldiers and the way the Army operates on the battlefield has been developed in a top secret programme by the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), Bengaluru, a Defence Research and Development Organisation laboratory.

The Madras high court on Thursday stayed the notifications issued by the Medical Council of India for a common national eligibility cum entrance test for admission to MBBS and PG medical courses.

There were persistent rumours on Wednesday that Union minister M.K. Alagiri had sent his resignation to AICC president Sonia Gandhi and that the Madurai strongman appeared to be increasing pressure on his father, Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi, to strip former communications and IT minister A. Raja of his post of party propaganda secretary and act against MP Kanimozhi and Tamil Nadu IT minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna.

Chief minister M. Karunanidhi is unable to breathe easy after sorting out the misgivings with the Congress and getting reassurance from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the alliance “is as strong as ever” as his son and Union minister M.K. Alagiri has thrown a fresh challenge at him, party sources said.

Asking scientists to think “big” and “out of the box”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the time has come to produce Ramans and Ramanujams and cross new horizons.

Making up for any time lost in observing protocol, chief minister and DMK president M. Karunanidhi cemented the ongoing ties with the Congress by meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Raj Bhavan on Monday morning.

Hitting out at Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi for announcing that freebies will be distributed as long as poverty existed in the state, AIADMK chief Jayalalitha on Tuesday accused him of "reinforcing the rich-poor divide".

The ruling DMK in poll-bound Tamil Nadu will hold its general council on February 3.

The strained relations between the DMK and the Congress were saved from fracture by the timely intervention of deputy chief minister M.K. Stalin, who convinced his father M.