Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2016
Namesakes may give party candidates a run for their money in TN electionFor politicians, all is fair in war and elections. They think of ingenious ways to trip their opponents ruses that are perfectly legal but can't be in any gentleman's playbook. - Sonia reopens 'flood' gates in Chennai to drown Jaya
Sharing the dais with DMK chief M Karunanidhi in Chennai on Thursday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi tore into the AIADMK for its “failure to reach out to the people“ during last December's floods - State's financial burden may increase by Rs 50,000 crore
Tamil Nadu government's financial burden may go up by an additional Rs 50,000 crore per annum if the freebies in AIADMK's manifesto are to be implemented. - Where will funds for freebies come from?
All day the buzz was that AIADMK leader and chief minister Jayalalithaa would be releasing her manifesto during her campaign meeting at Perundurai in Erode. - Namesakes may give party candidates a run for their money in TN election
For politicians, all is fair in war and elections. They think of ingenious ways to trip their opponents -- ruses that are perfectly legal but can't be in any gentleman's playbook. - Sonia reopens 'flood' gates in Chennai to drown Jaya
Sharing the dais with DMK chief M Karunanidhi in Chennai on Thursday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi tore into the AIADMK for its “failure to reach out to the people“ during last December's floods - In assembly polls campaign, Jayalalithaa promises free cell phones, 50% off on scooters
- Jayalalithaa releases AIADMK manifesto, promises free mobile phones and 50% subsidy on scooters
As much 50% subsidy will be given to women to buy scooters and all ration card holders will get mobile phones, said chief minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Thursday after - DMK eclipses AIADMK in East, Central TN: Opinion poll
DMK will get 30 seats, AIADMK 9 and PMK 2 seats in eastern and central districts of Tamil Nadu, according to the opinion poll conducted by Tamil daily Dinamalar and television channel News7 Tamil. - Freebies? No, thanks, say voters just give us basics
Freebies? Prohibition? No, thanks. - Jaya to address rally on May 6, the day PM is in Chennai
As per her revised campaign schedule, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa is slated to address public meetings at her R K Nagar constituency in Chennai on May 6, a day when Prime Minister - Chennai set to witness power-packed election campaigns
Campaigning for the May 16 assembly election in Tamil Nadu will heat up in the coming days, especially on Thursday and Friday. - Traffic, pollution top priorities for voters in Tamil Nadu
A total of 48.08 per cent of voters said that traffic congestion was one of the top three priorities for them, followed by 34.84 per cent for water and air pollution and 33.73 per cent for noise - Mind the Dalit-OBC gap in TN
How have Dalits fared under the two Dravida giants that have governed the state since 1967, both of whom promised Dalits freedom from economic and social exploitation? - BJP's Egmore man has no reply to queries on party's anti-dalit image
Ma Venkatesan smiles as he recalls the day in the 1980s when actor and AIADMK founder MG Ramachandran came to a locality near the Triplicane slum he lived in. “A guy got the two leaves symbol tattooed - `DMDK will be decimated; AIADMK to win 200 seats'
Beginning his political career as a DMK MLA un der former chief minister C N Annadurai, veteran politician Panruti S Ramachandran has had stints in many political formations. He worked in AIADMK, PMK - Seven DMK workers join AIADMK
Seven DMK functionaries from Kolathur constituency joined AIADMK on Tuesday, according to a party release. - DMK may pip AIADMK in South TN, says survey
The DinamalarNews7 Tamil opinion poll has predicted 30 seats for DMK, 24 for AIADMK, 1each for DMDK (Sivakasi) and BJP (Vilavancode in Kanyakumari) and a tie between DMK and AIADMK in 1 constituency - Power minister gears up for tough contest in DMK bastion
The serene Panrimalai hills of the Kodaikanal range form the backdrop to the Athoor taluk office, but no one's got a second to spare for the scenery today. Everyone is waiting to receive a - DMK worker kills self after wife attends Jayalalithaa rally
Police officials said that the couple often fought with each other.Raman would drink and get into quarrels with his wife at home. - 'Will drop defamation cases against media'
DMK treasurer M K Stalin says all defamation cases against newspapers, including The Times of India, will be dismissed once DMK assumes power in Tamil Nadu after the May 16 election. In December 2015 after AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa's bail was extended, M Muniasamy and his relatives were staring at the sea at Sadamunivalasai, a coastal hamlet, unable to go out to fish because of - Has the fight gone out of third front?
Two months into electioneering, the third front stitched together by DMDK, PWF and TMC is struggling to keep up with the AIADMK and DMK. With the coordinator of the front, Vaiko, backing out of a - 41 seats to win, Congress awaits big guns to steer campaign
In just about two weeks, the state goes to the polls, but Congress, which is contesting 41 seats in a DMK-led alliance, is yet to give its campaign momentum. - EC surveys poll preparedness in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
The Election Commission on Tuesday took stock of the preparedness for the May 16 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, and expressed satisfaction over it. - Rape in Tamil Nadu six times lower than in neighbouring Kerala
In Kerala, the rate of crimes against women is 63 per lakh population, higher than the national average of 56.3, and over three times the rate for neighbouring Tamil Nadu (18.4), as per National Crime
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