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Chennai, April 4 – Amidst speculation that he would not be fielded in the April 23 Assembly elections, former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai clarified on Saturday that he had withdrawn from the electoral race and attended a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which the party described...

Chennai, March 28 TVK chief Vijay will launch his party's election campaign for the upcoming Tamil Nadu polls from Perambur here on March 30, EC sources said on Saturday.Vijay had met with Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Archana Patnaik at the Secretariat earlier in the day to submit a...

Chennai, March 27 The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) intensified its preparations for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections by releasing its second list of candidates on Friday.Party General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced nominees for 127 constituencies...

Chennai, March 26 DMK leaders Kanimozhi Somu and Thamizhachi Thangapandian on Thursday claimed that the "Dravidian Model" of governance has already secured a "repeat mandate" through its transformative welfare schemes.The Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu will be held on April 23.The DMK...

Chennai, March 25 The main opposition party in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK, which is leading the NDA in the state, released its first list of 23 candidates for the April 23 Assembly elections on Wednesday, and also renominated its chief, K Palaniswami, from his home constituency of Edappadi in the...

Chennai, March 23 The ruling DMK signed a seat-sharing agreement with its ally CPI(M) on Monday, allocating five seats to them to contest in the April 23 Assembly elections as part of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance.The Marxist party contested six constituencies in alliance with the...

New Delhi, March 15 – Vowing to conduct transparent and inducement-free Assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, on Sunday, avoided getting drawn into any discussion regarding a reported move by the opposition to initiate proceedings for his removal in Parliament...

The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the upcoming state assembly elections in four states and one Union Territory at 4 PM today. The elections are scheduled for Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry.The term of the 294-member Legislative Assembly of West...

Chennai, March 12 Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar was sworn in as the Governor of Tamil Nadu on Thursday in a simple ceremony held here at the Lok Bhavan.Upon his arrival at the Bharathiar Mandapam of Lok Bhavan, Arlekar was warmly welcomed by Chief Minister M K Stalin and Chief Justice of the...

Chennai, March 12 Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar was sworn in as the Governor of Tamil Nadu on Thursday in a simple ceremony held here at the Lok Bhavan.Upon arrival at the Bharathiar Mandapam of Lok Bhavan, Arlekar was warmly welcomed by Chief Minister M K Stalin and Chief Justice of the Madras...

Chennai (Tamil Nadu), March 12 Long lines of motorists were seen outside petrol stations across Tamil Nadu on Thursday as panic buying took hold of several cities, triggered by a worsening shortage of commercial LPG that has already forced numerous eateries to shut down or drastically reduce...

Chennai, March 11 Outgoing Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi left for Kolkata on Wednesday to assume office in West Bengal, after serving the southern state for over four years.Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been given the additional charge of Tamil Nadu.Ravi was appointed as the...

Chennai, March 6 When retired IPS officer R.N. Ravi became the 26th Governor of Tamil Nadu on September 18, 2021, few would have thought that his tenure would be marked by intense confrontations with the elected government.Whether it was the bills passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly, the...

Chennai, February 27 Three-time AIADMK Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, who held top party positions before his expulsion in 2022, joined the DMK in the presence of its president and Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin on Friday, a move seen as a boost for the ruling party ahead of the elections.A...

Chennai, February 19 – A heated exchange marked the discussion on the interim and agriculture budgets in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, following questions from the Leader of the Opposition, Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS), about the timing of the Rs 2,000 summer assistance for women beneficiaries...

Chennai, February 18 Senior BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday alleged that Chief Minister M K Stalin was advocating for state autonomy without conducting local body elections in Tamil Nadu.She accused him of bypassing the democratic decentralization process by administering local...

Chennai, February 18 The Tamil Nadu Assembly witnessed a heated argument on Wednesday between members of the DMK and AIADMK over the distribution of free laptops to students and the 7.5 per cent reservation for government school students for admission to professional courses.During the debate...

Chennai, February 18 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday proposed an amendment to the Constitution to strengthen federalism at the Centre and state autonomy, calling for a "structural reset" of the country's federalism.Presenting the first part of the Justice Kurian Joseph...

Chennai, February 18 The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday expressed its condolences on the death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.Immediately after the session began, Speaker M Appavu read out a resolution expressing grief over Pawar's death, the national president of the...

Chennai, February 17 – The Tamil Nadu Assembly's interim budget session will continue until February 20, following a decision taken at the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting chaired by Speaker M. Appavu.Earlier on Tuesday, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu presented the state's...