Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2016
BJP terms both Dravidian parties corruptCampaigning for BJP candidates in the TN polls, Union minister of state for environment, forests and climate change Prakash Javadekar on Friday accused the state government of not cooperating with the
MGR magic still spins votes from Coimbatore weaversSitting in a pit loom in his 300sqft home in Sirumugai in Coimbatore district, R Venkatesan, 63, prepares to weave a handloom sari. His wife, G Revathi, is weaving a silk sari in the pit loom next to
PM Modi's first-ever poll rally in Chennai on May 6Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing his first-ever election meeting in Chennai on May 6 after assuming office.
DMK manifesto is a thief's hero, says AnbumaniThere'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.
Will link rivers in Tirunelveli: Richest candidateRetaining 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
Jaya reminds voters of `corrupt' Karuna familyAIADMK general secretary and chief minister J Jayalalithaa has upped the ante in the election battle against her archrival DMK, tearing into party chief M Karunanidhi and his family members on
At 25%, youth may cast deciding votes in Tamil NaduNearly 25% of all voters in this election are less than 30 years old. This is in-part due to organic growth rate of youth population and also greater enrolment among all sections of voters.
50 years of Dravidian rule has left economy stagnant: SitharamanMore paramilitary forces sought in Vellore for poll
Perambur has no time for politics
DMK promises metro for Coimbatore if it wins TN pollsIn his poll campaign in support of party and alliance candidates in different constituencies, DMK treasurer MK Stalin alleged that AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa had failed to fulfil her electoral promises
TN polls: Rs 1.38 crore lies unclaimed in CoimbatoreSince the model code of conduct came to effect, the election department and Income Tax department have seized about Rs 25.56 crore during vehicle searches across the 10 assembly constituencies.
Vasanthakumar richest contestant so far in Tamil Nadu
All AIADMK candidates in dist file papersWith nine AIADMK candidates filing their nominations in their respective constituencies on Thursday, the number of contestants in Trichy district has gone up to 135. Promise to expand Vayalur road far-fetched, says city residents
Sky is the limit for political parties when it comes to making pre-poll promises.An assurance in the DMK manifesto on expansion of the narrow and busy Vayalur Road is one such example.
DMK's manifesto an 'illegitimate hero': PMKPMK chief ministerial candidate Anbumani Ramadoss said DMK treasurer M K Stalin has been claiming that his party's manifesto as the hero of this election.
Affidavits reveal AIADMK MLA is richer than ministersProminent AIADMK candidates, former mayor V V Rajan Chellappa and ministers Sellur K Raju and R B Udayakumar, filed their nominations to contest from constituencies in Madurai district and other
EC asks banks to keep eye on all transactionsInformation on bank accounts furnished in the affidavits of candidates will be a crucial link for election officials to track financial transactions of the contenders. Transactions through online
Ex-MLA quits Vasan's TMCFormer MLA S K Murugavel Rajan quit the former union minister G K Vasan-led-TMC on Thursday, a year after his joining. He condemned G K Vasan, MDMK leader Vaiko and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
Premalatha plays corruption plank, says Captain is blot-freeWhile BJP leader Pon Radhakrishnan was slamming the Dravidian parties in the city, the saffron party's erstwhile ally, DMDK's leader Premalatha, launched a scathing attack on DMK and AIADMK in rural
50-year-old yoga master walks on hands to file his nominationA 50-year-old yoga master, M Chathrapathy, showed off his yoga skills, walking on his hands to file his nomination papers for Thondamuthur assembly constituency on Thursday. Entering the returning
Jaya's ex-lieutenant hopes to make come back this pollAIADMK ministers and senior leaders in Coimbatore and western districts filed nominations on Thursday. Former lieutenant of chief minister Jayalalithaa from Erode, K A Sengottayan, rural
Poll squad seizes Rs1.1 crore from ATM-refill vehicleAn election flying squad seized a sum of about Rs 1.1 crore from a vehicle purportedly transporting cash for ATMs from a nationalized bank in Salem on Thursday.
‘Will bring right to service, put onus on MLAs’Presenting himself in the DMK war room at his Cenotaph Road residence early on Thursday morning after addressing eight campaign meetings the previous day, Stalin looks sleep-deprived. But sitting for
`Jobs and clean governance are people's priorities, not freebies'His party has promised smartphones to the poor, but M K Stalin feels freebies are passe. Did AIADMK mismanage Dec floods? Saidapet holds answer
Four months after the Adyar river breached its banks, A Parimala is still living on a pavement in Saidapet on Anna Salai in Chennai. About 50 families remain homeless after the December floods as the
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