Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2016
Actors, Industrialists throng Jaya's swearing-in ceremonyIndustrialists and film actors flocked at the swearing-in ceremony of AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa as chief minister here today. About 1,500 police personnel, deployed for security, had a tough time - Jayalalithaa closes 500 liquor shops, cuts liquor shop timings by two hours
ne of the first signatures of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa after taking oath for the sixth time was to reduce the timing of liquor shops by two hours and to close 500 Tasmac shops in the - Jayalalithaa to be sworn in as CM today, Stalin likely to attend function
On Monday, J Jayalalithaa will be sworn in for the sixth time as chief minister of Tamil Nadu at the Centenary Auditorium of Madras University. This will be her second consecutive term.In a - Besides Jayalalithaa, three women get cabinet berths
"The governor appointed her as CM of Tamil Nadu and invited her to form the ministry," said a statement from Raj Bhavan. - DMK nominates Bharathi, Elangovan to Rajya Sabha
DMK on Saturday nominated former Lok Sabha MP T K S Elangovan and party headquarters secretary R S Bharathi to stand for to the Rajya Sabha election where six seats from Tamil Nadu are becoming - DMDK set to lose state party status, symbol
Having secured just 2.4% votes in the assembly election, DMDK will lose its state party status along with its 'drum' symbol. But, even party leader and actor Vijayakant donned the grease-paint and got - Captain's front fails to provide an alternative to Dravidian majors
While there is a big question mark over the future of the Captain Vijayakant Front, a look at the votes polled by its candidates in 232 constituencies emphasized its non-viability as a third A day after the Election Commission announced that polling for Aravakurichi and Thanjavur assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu would be held on June 13, instead of the originally announced date of - CPM may lose national party status
As per the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, a party is recognized as being national, if it has 11 Lok Sabha MPs (2% of the total number of LS seats), or at least 6% of votes in - Jayalalithaa calls on Tamil Nadu governor, stakes claim to form government
AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Saturday called on Tamil Nadu governor K Rosaiah and formally staked claim to form government in the state. A day after she was elected AIADMK Legislature Party - DMDK loses EC recognition after dismal TN polls
Tamil Nadu’s Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) has been stripped of its recognition as a ‘state party’ by the Election Commission. The move comes just days after the party’s humiliating The results of the assembly poll have indicated that the popularity of the All India NR Congress (AINRC) founder-leader N Rangasamy has started dwindling in the past five years in the Union territory - DMK improves tally amid AIADMK victory
Of the nine assembly constituencies in Trichy district, AIADMK has captured five seats while DMK emerged almost equally strong by winning the rest of the seats. - 170 crorepatis make TN House richest ever
The new Tamil Nadu assembly will be the richest assembly ever in the state. The House will have a record 170 crorepatis MLAs - and that's going only by assets declared in affidavits they filed with - Prince of Arcot greets CM on victory
Prince of Arcot Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali has greeted chief minister J Jayalalithaa for her remarkable victory in the elections. In his congratulatory letter to the CM, he said the victory spree under - Lost by merely 5 lakh votes overall in TN, says DMK president M Karunanidhi
Highlighting the party's gains in the election, Karunanidhi said, "The party has secured a total of 1.71 crore votes as compared to AIADMK's 1.76 crore votes. In terms of voteshare, the party along After a decade, the Tamil Nadu assembly has a respectable representation in the opposition, raising hope of meaningful debate in the House. This is only the third time since 1967 that the main - Polls in Aravakurichi, Thanjavur on June 13
The Election Commission on Friday announced that election in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies would be held on June 13 and the process will conclude on June 20. The EC notification came a few Over the past five years M Aravind a resident of Sree Sarvamangala Nagar in Chitlapakkam has spent Rs450 a month to get a tractor load of water to his house - the most basic of all amenities that his - After major win, Jaya pays tribute to Anna
The scent of fresh roses, cheers from the crowd, chants of party workers, armed security men guarding photographs of C N Annadurai and MGR along with the constant honking of vehicles at junctions Jayalalithaa will face her strongest ever opposition in the state assembly where the DMK-Congress-IUML will occupy 98 seats. Besides attending to the unfinished agenda from her previous term, For the first time, the Tamil Nadu assembly will have not have a single representative from the Left parties due to their decision to strike an alliance with the non-DMK-AIADMK regional parties. "It DMK members on Friday celebrated the victory of their candidate in Vellore constituency, P Karthikeyan.The victory came after a gap of 25 years. - Jaya set for historic 2nd term, oath-taking at Madras Univ
AIADMK legislators on Friday unanimously elected party general secretary J Jayalalithaa leader of the legislature party, a prerequisite for being sworn in on Monday as chief minister for a second Welcoming the victory of chief minister J Jayalalithaa in the assembly election with absolute majority, trade and industrial forums in the region on Friday urged her to consider creating necessary - Iron Lady shows her mettle
Jayalalithaa Jayaram had courageously split the party against Janaki, wife of her mentor and party founder M G Ramachandran, whom the old guard had propped up as the natural heir to MGR.
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