Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2016
Battleground Tamil Nadu- A Rajasthani's quest for Tamil votesHe is a rare candidate contesting in the Tamil Nadu election -a native of Rajasthan. Online commodities trader Krishna Nathani is BJP's nominee making his maiden bid for an assembly seat from the - Can PM Modi wow Tamils in Hindi?
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election campaign in Tamil Nadu, BJP leaders are in a dilemma on whether they should advise him to speak in English rather than Hindi. - Projecting Karuna as CM candidate. Is it Jaya's gain?
Chief minister and AIAD MK leader J Jayalalithaa's repeated attacks on DMK chief M Karunanidhi on issues like 2G scam, family interference in governance and corruption seem to have exposed holes in - As EC shunts out city top cop, total transfers touch 30
The Election Commission on Sunday transferred the Chennai police commissioner and the ADGP (law and order), taking the total number of bureaucrats it has shunted to other positions to a record 30 - Amma defends her own record on growth, reels out statistics
Chief minister J Jayalalithaa sought to defend her record on development and counter charges of growth paralysis at length for the first time in the campaign on Sunday. - DMK-Cong 'partners in corruption, scams': Jaya
TN CM cited the DMK's distribution of colour TV worth Rs 2,000 each, but later charging Rs 3,000 for cable connections run by its family members. She demandeded to know why Karunanidhi had joined - Stalin promises IT park in Ooty
Stalin Slammed the AIADMK for its failure to fulfil its electoral promises, saying Tamil Nadu has been in a state of disarray for the past five years due to the ruling government's lethargy in public - DMK, AIADMK-led govts are both equally corrupt, says Nirmala
Union minister of state for commerce and industry Nirmala Seetharaman on Friday came down heavily on the main Dravidian parties in the state, saying both the DMK and AIADMK-led governments were - Activist prepares to battle sand mafia in poll
False cases, brutal attacks and harassment - that's what D Prabhakaran has suffered at the hands of the sand mafia on the banks of the Kousika river in Tirupur. Nomination papers of 347 candidates were accepted in both Madurai and Virudhunagar districts after scrutiny of nomination papers filed for the 15th Tamil Nadu Assembly Election. - Major parties shun women as candidates in Nilgiris
Of the 30 candidates who are fighting to represent the three constituencies in the Nilgiris, not a single woman has been fielded by any of the recognised political parties. - AIADMK has taken state backwards, says EVKS Elangovan
A handful of Tamil Maanila Congress workers joined the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee as E V K S Elangovan, state president, commenced his election campaign here on Saturday. - Kamal takes on money power, but is it political?
Veteran actor Kamal Haasan has caused a flutter by warning voters not to succumb to money power in the elections. - Peeves over lack of infra may swing urban mood
- Guess what's in Amma's bag of goodies this time!
Expect a big surprise from Amma this week. While the grapevine has it that the AIADMK is gift-wrapping motorbikes or air-conditioners as poll promises, sources say the manifesto is likely to have more - 15 days to go, EC appoints new poll DGP to helm affairs
The Election Commission on Saturday shook up the state bureaucracy by relieving director general of police Ashok Kumar of election duty and appointing K P Maghendhran, a 1984-batch IPS officer, as DGP - Slow pace of development, jobs key issues in Tamil Nadu
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was responding to a question about statements made by ministers Venkiah Naidu and Piyush Goyal on the accessibility of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. He - Senior IPS officer entrusted with all poll related works in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu government on Saturday appointed senior IPS officer KP Maghendran as DGP (Elections), entrusting him with all poll-related works involving police for the May 16 Assembly polls in the state. - 50 years of Dravidian rule has left economy stagnant: Sitharaman
Around 12.45pm, as the Friday after noon azaan (call to prayer) came from the nearby mosque, union minister Nirmala Sitharaman began her campaign for the BJP candidate for Saidapet, V Kalidass. Filing of nominations for the May 16 assembly elec tion ended on Friday with more than 6,800 nominations in the fray. On Saturday , the nominations will be scrutinised and on May 2, those candidates, Based on their assess ment of threats to law and order in Vellore district from caste, community and religious factors, state and central intelligence agencies have asked for a strong contingent of - Perambur has no time for politics
At 7:30am on a week day , government employee S Jayave lu is buying vegeta bles before heading to work. As a loudspeaker starts blaring from the bus stand nearby and party workers unfurl flags, the - `As commissioner, Natraj misused his authority'
Former deputy mayor of Chennai `Karate' R Thiagarajan, a long-time Congressman from the P Chidam baram faction, is up against his one time nemesis, former Chennai police commissioner R Natraj, in - DMK manifesto is a thief's hero, says Anbumani
There's very little to differentiate manifestos this poll season, and PMK chief ministerial candidate Anbumani Ramadoss is making that very clear at every one of his meetings.On Friday, in Madurai, - Will link rivers in Tirunelveli: Richest candidate
Retaining his place as the riches candidate in the state, Congress' H Vasanth Kumar, owner of consumer electronic chain Vasanth & Co, has declared assets worth Rs 337.3crore while filing his - PM Modi's first-ever poll rally in city on May 6
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing his first-ever election meeting in Chennai on May 6 after assuming office. The venue approved by the local authorities and cleared by the returning
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