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AIADMK and DMK's shower of freebies; experts flag financial implications

Archrivals DMK and AIADMK's populist agenda driven election manifesto are also being debated for the financial implications on a state already burdened with high debts

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: Sitting DMK MLA P Saravanan joins BJP

DMK MLA P Saravanan joined the BJP in Chennai ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: Rift in Congress over seat allocation

Days ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, a rift seems to have emerged inside Congress over seat allocation to candidates for the assembly polls.A protest over the allocation of tickets for the polls, led by the Congress Lok Sabha MP Vishnu Prasad, was called off after an assurance by the party's state chief KS Alagiri on the issue.Tamil Nadu Congress president Alagiri stated: "We are discussing with all the cadres and their views are being taken. We will inform the party's high command in Delhi about the developments. The final decision on the issue will be taken by them. It's our responsibility to take all our party members' views and inform the high command."On March 7, Congress and DMK signed a pact wherein Congress decided for contesting 25 constituencies for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state. DMK will contest for 173 seats.However, Congress Lok Sabha MP Vishnu Prasad on Saturday expressed displeasure over seat allocation of candidates by the party for the upcoming .

Congress releases list of 21 candidates for Tamil Nadu assembly polls

The Congress Saturday night released a list of its 21 candidates for the April 6 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu

AIADMK no longer Jayalalithaa's party, turned into PM Modi's slave: Owaisi

AIADMK is no longer Jayalalithaa's party, and has 'unfortunately' turned into PM Modi's slave, said AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi

BJP meets to finalise candidates for polls in Kerala, TN, Puducherry

A meeting was held at BJP chief JP Nadda's residence in to discuss the strategy and finalise candidates for the upcoming assembly elections

Congress, BJP direct fight in 5 Tamil Nadu Assembly, 1 Lok Sabha seats

The seats are Colachel, Vilavancode, Udhagamandalam, Karaikudi and Coimbatore South. Other than these seats the national parties are fighting against each other in the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat

Tamil Nadu polls: AIADMK releases list of 171 candidates

Ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday released a list of 171 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections

Kamal Haasan's MNM party to contest 154 seats in Tamil Nadu elections

Actor politician Kamal Haasan-led Makkal Needhi Maiam has finalised a seat sharing pact with two of its allies for the April 6 Assembly polls

Stalin lifted ideas from my vision document, alleges Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan has lashed out against DMK president and chief-ministerial candidate of the party M K Stalin for allegedly lifting several programmes from his party's vision document

Amit Shah offers prayers at Suchindram Temple in TN's Kanyakumari

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday offered prayers at Suchindram Temple, Kanyakumari during his visit to Tamil Nadu ahead of state Assembly polls.Shah was accompanied by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and supporters during his visit to the temple.As per the schedule of his visit to the state, Shah will launch Vijay Sankalp Mahasampark Abhiyan -- a door-to-door campaign at Suchindram Town in Kanyakumari.Shah will also hold a roadshow from Hindu college to Veppamodu Kamraj statue in Kanyakumari.This is Shah's second visit to the state in a week. Last Sunday, he visited Chennai and met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam.BJP is contesting Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu in alliance with incumbent All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The AIADMK late Friday night announced that it allocated 20 Assembly constituencies to the BJP for the ensuing elections along with the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency.Tamil Nadu ...

Ahead of Assembly polls, Amit Shah to visit Tamil Nadu, Kerala today

Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly polls Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Sunday

AIADMK, DMK yet to close deal with key allies for Tamil Nadu elections

The DMK's deal with the Congress and CPI(M) was elusive, while the ruling AIADMK's negotiations with DMDK remained inconclusive

Seat-sharing talks with AIADMK not 'dragging': Tamil Nadu BJP chief

The polls are scheduled for April 6

TN should show the way to India in keeping out BJP, oust CM: Rahul Gandhi

History has shown that nobody can rule Tamil Nadu other than the Tamil people, he said during a public address here as part of his three-day tour of poll-bound Tamil Nadu

Rahul attacks PM over China standoff; says Chinese know PM is 'scared'

Gandhi said Modi's first reaction to the Chinese incursions was "that nobody has come into India."

Tamil Nadu election 2021 on April 6, result on May 2; know full schedule

Tamil Nadu election 2021: Since 1967, Tamil Nadu has been ruled by either the DMK or the AIADMK

DMK holds seat-sharing talks with ally Cong for TN Assembly polls

The opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu on Thursday held talks with its ally the Congress on sharing of seats

TN CM unveils portraits of three freedom fighters in Legislative Assembly

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday unveiled the portraits of freedom fighters V O Chidambaram, P Subbarayan and Omandur Ramasamy Reddiyar in the state Assembly.

Rajinikanth to launch political party in Jan; to fight 2021 assembly polls

Superstar Rajinikanth on Thursday asserted that he would launch his political party in January 2021, ending years of suspense and in a big morale booster to his supporters and fans