Karunanidhi reshuffles portfolios
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has made some changes in his Cabinet, reallocating two portfolios. Environment and Pollution Control has been allotted to Forest Minister Pongalur Palanisamy. Stationery, Printing and Government Press has been given to Information Minister V Mullaivendhan.

Shifting stands: Akali Dal shows up "anti-BJP" side
The anti-BJP stance of a section of the Akali Dal is becoming more pronounced, if the resolution passed at a seminar organised in Chandigarh on Saturday by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) and the Sikh Education Society as part of the Khalsa tercentenary celebrations, is any indication.

Kalyan bid to win over caste groups by erecting statues
In a bid to silence his detractors within the party as well as rival political leaders, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh has gone on a statue-installing spree -- with a casteist angle.

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