Chennai: Tamil Nadu polls may be billed as a three-cornered contest, but the city’s constituencies are crowded with nearly 30 micro parties; not because they expect to win, but because they are chasing visibility, bargaining power and future relevance.From Perambur to Kolathur and Velachery, ballot lists are long with names that exist more on affidavit…
Chennai: Angling for fishermen’s votes is a priority for parties in at least seven coastal constituencies stretching from Tiruvottiyur up to Shollinganallur. The 1.5 lakh votes of fishermen are up for grabs, as the battle might not be as easy for DMK this time. The party had swept all fishing constituencies in 2021. But, community…
Trichy: AIPTMMK general secretary V K Sasikala called for the ouster of DMK to prevent anarchic rule in the state. Campaigning in Trichy on Thursday, Sasikala demanded that the Union govt should not reduce Tamil Nadu’s Lok Sabha constituencies just because the state has strictly followed population control measures for years.In Srirangam, Sasikala highlighted the…
Chief minister M K Stalin hoisted black flag and burnt a copy of the delimitation bill in Namakkal to show his protest against the proposed delimitation bill CHENNAI: The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) joined the statewide black flag protest spearheaded by the DMK, aimed at condemning the Union…
Edappadi K Palaniswami campaigning in Coimbatore on Thursday. Photoby J Jackson COIMBATORE: Extending support for Centre’s delimitation bill, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday said Union home minister Amit Shah had assured that Tamil Nadu would not be affected by the exercise. He said the Modi govt would implement the delimitation bill in…
The unidentified film editor is among six people arrested in connection with the film leak. CHENNAI: A freelance film editor had trespassed into a studio and stolen the Vijay-starrer Jananayagan before leaking it online, said the state cybercrime police on Thursday. The unidentified film editor is among six people arrested in connection with the film…
CHENNAI: A Chennai-based journalist has moved the Madras high court seeking a CBI probe against BJP and its former national president J P Nadda for their involvement in the ‘micro-donation online scandal’ through the NaMo App. He wanted the court to direct them to produce the entire account of funds collected so far through the…
Chennai: Madras high court on Wednesday stayed the trial of a disproportionate assets case against state fisheries minister Anitha R Radhakrishnan pending before a special court in Tuticorin.The first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan passed the order on a plea moved by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking transfer…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu emerged as the top state this year in CBSE class X results with a pass percentage of 99.92, improving on last year’s figure of 99.86%. The nationwide pass percentage was 93.70%.Of the 1,11,603 students who appeared for exams at 1,904 centres in the state, 1,11,509 passed the exam, data released by CBSE…
As the mercury touches 34C, a customised high-tech caravan carrying TVK chief Joseph Vijay and T Nagar candidate N Anand rolls into the South Usman Road-New Boag junction. The actor, clad in a white full-sleeve shirt, rises from his seat and waves at his fans, already there, waiting along CIT 1st main road, behind a…
