Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2016
From building bridges to delivering milk, Stalin's been the go-to man in KolathurIn 2011, pitted against the present mayor of Chennai, Saidai S Duraisamy, Stalin managed a slender margin of 2,734 votes, but has since been in constant touch with the electorate by organizing - Private lenders not under EC scanner for illegal cash
Recently, Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said that during elections, more cash flows among the public. “You can guess as to reasons why, we can also guess,” he quipped, apparently - Vaiko replies to EC notice over Karuna slur
MDMK chief Vaiko has replied to an Election Commission notice issued to him, seeking a response to his April 6 speech criticising DMK chief Karunanidhi and his family. - CM constituency to see battle of women
The contest in RK Nagar seems to be getting more interesting with every passing day. A couple of days ago DMK chose to field a woman and a political greenhorn against AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa. Now - Residents submit list of demands to candidates
T Nagar has sought multi-level parking facilities and foot over-bridges or subways in at least four places and removal of hawkers and eatery vendors. - Poll spend rules leave auto drivers out of biz
Gaily decorated autorickshaws whizzing along the streets, their loudspeakers blaring, are likely to be a rarity during this election campaign. Strict monitoring of the expenditure by the Election - Petrol at Rs 45, foreign junkets for farmers: DMDK manifests weakness for theatrics
A R Venkatachalapathy , professor and historian at Madras Institute of Development Studies, feels that people don't take manifestos seriously. "Some crucial points are highlighted, for instance - Sasikalaa's stamp on changes in AIADMK list
AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa's close associate Sasikalaa appears to be making her presence felt in the changes made to the list of AIADMK candidates for the assembly election. On Monday, the party - Month to go for TN election, parties shuffle, reshuffle
This day next month you may know who will govern Tamil Nadu for the next five years.For now, however, the guessing game remains tough as much for the parties as for the voters. - Over Rs 62 crore illegal cash seized in poll-bound states; TN tops
With election process in the five poll-bound states reaching midway, Election Commission appointed surveillance teams have seized illegal cash of over Rs 62 crore with Tamil Nadu leading the list with - Rent-a-crowd in TN for poll rallies, rate at Rs 1,200 a person
The election flying squad for Kavundampalayam constituency has seized 15.84 lakh from two businessmen while conducting a vehicle check at the Periyanaickenpalayam bus stand early Sunday morning. - ‘Ours will be a govt of checks, balances’
The next government will be a coalition government formed by the DMDK-PWF alliance. It will be one having honesty and integrity, with each alliance partner preventing the other from erring, said MDMK An AIADMK functionary was hacked to death in Sivaganga district late on Saturday. The functionary's wife who tried to save him was injured and was rushed to hospital. Preliminary investigation - Veerappan fan, Periyar baiter wants toddy as national drink
- CPM gives up Madurai South seat, considered its stronghold, to MDMK
The CPM has conceded the Madurai South assembly constituency, which was added only during the last assembly election and considered its stronghold, to Vaiko-led MDMK and instead got the Madurai West - DMK fooling people by adding Katchatheevu in manifesto, says Jayalalithaa
The fishermen of Tamil Nadu were undergoing untold misery at the hands of the Sri Lankan navy because DMK leader M Karunanidhi did not take steps to prevent Katchateevu from being ceded to the Sri - Vanathi Srinivasan booked for canvassing in temple
Police have registered a case against BJP candidate for Coimbatore south constituency Vanathi Srinivasan for canvassing votes at Iyyappan temple at Siddhapudur on Thursday in violation of the election - Party-owned Tamil news channels face a challenge from new players
Even among the new private channels -some politician backed -there's an element of bias. Some, for example, lead their newscasts with state government news. - Lights, camera, action, politicians take centrestage!
- In poll time, talk of deluge floods election discourse
The AIADMK government moved fast and its relief efforts as well as its work to check the outbreak of epidemics have come in for praise from Central teams. But there are still some affected people who - DMDK-PWF-TMC put out list
With the DMDK-PWF-TMC alliance adding to the fervour, Chennai is set for an interesting poll battle. The constituents on Thursday released their lists of constituencies, giving a clearer picture of - Palar restoration a major poll issue in northern districts
After more than a decade of drought, farmers and environmentalists in the districts of Vellore, Tiruvannamalai and Kancheepuram saw some water in Palar river only last December. It was an aberration - Peter leads prodigals back to Congress
TNCC has extended an invite to the media to attend the homecoming function for Alphonse at Satyamurthy Bhavan, the state party headquarters, on Wednesday. - DMK fields 10 candidates out of 13 seats in Vellore
DMK strong man Durai Murugan has been fielded in his home turf - Katpadi Constituency - for the election. Of the 13 constituencies in the dsitrict, the DMK has field its candidates in 10 Branding the present government as the most corrupt-ever in Tamil Nadu, BJP president Amit Shah said here on Wednesday that corruption was at its peak in the state.
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