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- Chennai
TVK gets majority, Vijay set to become Tamil Nadu CM; swear-in on May 10
Chennai: The uncertainty over government formation in Tamil Nadu finally ended on Saturday after days of drama, with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) allies VCK and IUML extending “unconditional support” to Vijay-led TVK…
- India
How will Vijay mobilise funds for freebies? asks Kumaraswamy
Hassan: Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday, May 8, questioned how actor-turned-politician Vijay would mobilise funds to implement the large-scale welfare guarantees promised by his party in Tamil Nadu. Speaking to reporters…
- India
TVK secures majority in TN after support from smaller parties: Report
The political uncertainty in Tamil Nadu appears to have ended after actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) reportedly secured the support required to form the next government in the state. Backing from…
- India
Political observers see no possibility of DMK-AIADMK tie-up to form govt
Chennai: With certain media reports indicating that DMK and AIADMK are likely to join hands to form a government by overtaking actor-turned Vijay’s TVK, which has 108 MLAs, political observers termed it…
- India
Tamil Nadu: After TVK win, AIADMK and DMK alliance talk floats
Political circles in Tamil Nadu were abuzz on Wednesday over reported “talks between bitter rivals,” the DMK and AIADMK– to stop the TVK from forming its maiden government in the state. Reports…
- Chennai
Congress snaps ties with DMK, supports Vijay’s TVK to form govt in Tamil Nadu
New Delhi: In a significant political development in Tamil Nadu, the Congress party on Wednesday, May 6, broke ranks with its long-time ally DMK and announced support to actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri…
- India
Assembly poll results: Mamata loses stronghold Bhabanipur to Suvendu
Four states and a Union Territory are on the edge of their seats as counting day arrives for one of India’s most consequential regional election cycles. West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala…
- India
Five states, 824 seats, one night to go: India counts down to verdict day
The dust has settled on the polling booths in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry as political titans wait for Monday, May 4, when the winners of the intensely fought…
- India
Assembly polls: Will May 4 mark a turning point for women in politics in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: The dust has settled on the polling booths across Tamil Nadu and the state nowholds its breath for May 4 when the winners of an intensely fought election will be declared.…
- India
High octane 1st phase polling concludes in Bengal, Tamil Nadu votes peacefully
Kolkata/Chennai: Voting began on Thursday, April 23, in 152 constituencies in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections and all 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, amid unprecedented security arrangements…
- India
Two states: India’s mega election in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu on April 22
Kolkata/Chennai: The drumbeats of democracy grow loudest when two major states vote simultaneously, and April 23 promises exactly that – a high-decibel electoral spectacle in West Begal and Tamil Nadu. In Tamil Nadu,…
- India
EVMs moved to polling centres in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: Over 5.73 crore voters will decide the electoral fate of 4,023 candidates in fray for the crucial Tamil Nadu Assembly election on April 23. Both the Dravidian majors – the DMK…
- Andhra Pradesh
TN: Naidu rejects Hindi imposition charge against NDA govt
Chennai: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday, April 21, said the Centre has not imposed Hindi as a national language, questioning why people should not learn it, even as…
- India
Vote for DMK-led alliance in TN Assembly polls: Asaduddin Owaisi
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday, April 20, appealed to the people of Tamil Nadu to cast their votes in favour of Chief Minister M K Stalin-led…
- India
TN will continue to fight against delimitation, CM Stalin
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday, April 20, said he would continue the fight against the Centre’s delimitation exercise and claimed that the BJP government’s move to bring…