MLAs from three different parties have won in the past three elections in Velachery. It is one of three constituencies in the city where this has happened besides Virugambakkam and Maduravoyal. In 2021, the margin was less than 5,000 votes.Carved out from the Tambaram constituency after the delimitation in 2008, Velachery—which was once a village…
CHENNAI: Stepping up his ante against the proposed delimitation bill, chief minister M K Stalin announced a black flag protest across the state.Stalin in a video message said TN will witness a black flag protest. “Time has come for every family in Tamil Nadu to show their protest against the BJP govt at the centre….
Tamil Nadu election poll: PIL in HC flags ‘discrepancies’ in Udhayanidhi’s assets CHENNAI: A resident of Chepauk-Triplicane Assembly constituency has moved Madras high court seeking a probe by the income tax department and Union ministry of corporate affairs into the alleged material discrepancies in the assets declared by Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin….
Dr. Nagesh Kumar, BJP ( Photo credit: x.com/DrNageshKumar ) The battle for the Thally assembly constituency, one of the last bastions of the Left in the state, is heating up with CPI’s Ramachandran seeking reelection from the segment.While BJP candidate Dr Nagesh Kumar rakes up the murder of CPI(ML) district secretary Baskar in 2013 to…
Chennai: A lorry driver was rescued after being trapped inside the crushed remains of his vehicle following a collision near Sholavaram on Tuesday morning.The incident unfolded around 5am near Nallur toll plaza, where a tipper lorry was parked by the roadside. Muthupandi, who was driving a container truck and was heading from Vandalur to Minjur,…
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin (File photo) CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin escalated on Tuesday his attack on BJP, signalling statewide protests if Centre pushes ahead with delimitation and invoking DMK’s anti-Hindi agitations of the 1950s and 1960s.In a video message on X, Stalin said the state would “come to a standstill” if the…
CHENNAI: Former Union minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday that the representation of southern states will reduce to 20.7% while the representation of northern states will increase after delimitation.Calling delimitation exercise a “mischievous, diabolical move to radically alter the federal balance”, Chidambaram said on X that the southern states will lose their representation after delimitation.“When…
Chennai: A guest worker from Bihar died of electrocution while trying to rescue a co-worker who slipped from a ladder at a construction site in Tiruvallur on Monday evening.The deceased was identified as Shawkat, 28. His co-worker Kalam, 25, had sustained injuries in the accident.According to police, the workers were engaged in electrical work inside…
Chennai: Class X and XII students who score centum in this year’s state board exams will be subjected to an additional layer of scrutiny as the govt has instructed officials to re-examine the papers at the respective evaluation offices and sign the answer sheets. The decision follows a review meeting held earlier this year, following…
Chennai: A series of burglaries at Tiruttani created panic after unidentified miscreants broke into multiple locked houses and decamped with gold jewellery, cash and around 6kg of silver articles on Monday night.According to police, the incident took place at Thomur village in Tiruvallur district. Residents including Ramesh, Shanmugam, Ezhumalai and Viji had locked their houses…
