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Kolathur, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin's stronghold since 2011, is under intense scrutiny. Voters will cast ballots not just for their MLA but also for a referendum on Stalin's leadership. The constituency has seen significant development under the DMK government, boosting Stalin's personal connect and widening his victory margins.

Former minister V Senthilbalaji will continue to monitor Karur politics even after shifting his contest to Coimbatore South. He stated both constituencies are like his two eyes. The DMK asserts his involvement in Karur's district machinery remains strong. AIADMK sources claim Senthilbalaji shifted due to fear of losing in Karur, citing corruption charges and unfulfilled promises.

There were mixed reactions from the public in the districts with some of them going to the extent of worrying about what would happen to Tamil Nadu next.

Biennial elections for 37 Rajya Sabha seats, including six from Tamil Nadu, are scheduled for March 16. The timing ahead of state assembly elections intensifies seat-sharing talks, with allies seeking Upper House berths. The DMDK is reportedly holding back its alliance decision, eyeing a Rajya Sabha seat.

A 55-year-old dentist was arrested on Saturday for threatening an assistant manager of a private hotel in the city.

A prison warder was placed under suspension in Attur in Salem district late Thursday evening.The warder has been identified as P Elango, 45, of Thanjavur district.

In the past two months four corporation officials have been removed from their posts, raising questions about the continuity in policy and progress of projects. Sources say another top official may be transferred soon, taking the count to five in three months.

An official meeting of the Pammal municipality suffered a rude interruption on Monday when a drunk councillor launched an unprovoked attack against the chairman and the ruling party members.

DMK president M K Stalin on Sunday named Tiruchi Siva, N R Elango and Andhiyur P Selvaraj as the party's candidates for the ensuing elections to Rajya Sabha from TN.

The Tamil Nadu government has appointed Justice Raja Elango, a former judge of Madras and Andhra Pradesh high courts, and V Kannadasan, DMK legal wing deputy secretary and advocate, as members of the state human rights commission.

Coming from a humble peasant family, it was indeed a bold decision for him to take up training in the not-so-famous archery during his school days.

All six candidates who filed their nominations for Rajya Sabha election in Tamil Nadu have been elected unopposed.

Income tax officials will question T M Ramalingam (46), a Tirupur-based trader, yet again at their office in Nungambakkam in Chennai at 10am on January 11.

The famed Madras Bar's best known criminal lawyer, N Natarajan, who nurtured an army of juniors, passed away on Thursday. He was 91.

A woman has been booked for murdering her husband, K Elango, 50 and her 19-year-old daughter, Vidhya after serving them food mixed with poison at her residence in Kanjikoil in Erode district on Monday.

The Madras high court has stayed a state information commission order directing its registry to furnish details such as the vigilance mechanism in the judiciary, complaints against subordinate judicial officers and the fate of those complaints, to an applicant under the RTI Act.

Activists on Friday stepped up protests against the Tamil Nadu State Information Commission (TNSIC) for having RTI applicant Siva Elango arrested for pulling a chair to sit down during the hearing of an appeal, but the commission doggedly held on to its perverse stance despite the fact that no rule obliges an applicant to stand during a hearing.

All the DMK candidates contesting for the chairmanship of the six standing committees of the city corporation were elected unopposed on Thursday.The election was supposed to take place at the Victoria Hall, but the three women and three men candidates were elected unopposed.

Three youths were arrested on Thursday evening for attempting to loot an elderly woman at knifepoint after gagging her at her residence at Saravanampatti on Wednesday.

In a twist to the July 18 Rajya Sabha polls to choose six members to the Upper House from Tamil Nadu, the DMK on Monday fielded a fourth candidate on behalf of its alliance