Tamil Nadu polls: Christian minority representatives extend support to DMK and its alliance Chennai: Tamil Nadu Bishops Council and the Christhuva Vazhvurimai Iyakkam on Monday extended their support to DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance ahead of the April 23 Assembly polls.The directive comes in the wake of speculations that there was a drift of a section…
Chennai: Madras high court on Friday refused to ban screening of the film ‘Dhurandhar 2′ in Tamil Nadu till the Assembly elections are held.The petitioner, advocate Sheela, submitted that the movie had political content that favoured BJP and that this violated the model code of conduct (MCC), which prohibits anything that affects a level playing…
CHENNAI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday replaced Tamil Nadu chief secretary N Muruganandam with senior bureaucrat M Sai Kumar. In a simultaneous move, the commission also ordered the transfer of DGP (armed police, vigilance and anti-corruption) S Davidson Devasirvatham. Sandeep Mittal, a 1995-batch IPS officer, has been appointed as the DGP of…
The prospect of a consolidation of thevar votes in the southern districts has unravelled. At Pasumpon during Thevar Jayanthi on Oct 30 last year, AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran sharing the stage with expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam and senior gounder-belt leader K A Sengottaiyan had sparked speculation of a broad social and political alignment. Then…
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Wednesday intensified his attack on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and Union home minister Amit Shah during his campaign in Trichy, while ignoring TVK president Vijay.Though Vijay was contesting from Trichy East, Stalin refrained from responding during the campaign. He maintained the same approach in Karur as…
Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss has fielded his wife and Pasumai Thayagam president Sowmiya Anbumani in Dharmapuri in the upcoming assembly election. Party treasurer Thilagabhama has been fielded in Perambur to take on TVK president Vijay. PMK’s released its final list of candidates for the upcoming assembly election on Monday. The list features a mix…
Edappadi K Palaniswami at an election rally. CHENNAI: AIADMK marched ahead of its political opponents in poll preparations, announcing candidates for 150 constituencies, while the DMK remains caught in prolonged seat sharing negotiations with its allies. DMK’s panel led by T R Baalu held back to back meetings with leaders of the CPI, VCK, DMDK…
TVK ticket aspirants and NTK candidates have set their eyes north and kick-started campaigns across the constituencies.Jeppiaar Institute managing director Marie Wilson, who is TVK’s candidate for RK Nagar, started meeting people last week. He has been going door-to-door, seeking votes and distributing pamphlets. He promises supply of clean water, a smart-parking button system in…
MAKING HEADLINES: TDP meme on how overloading vehicles can cause accidents Good morning and welcome to TDP News, Tirunelveli’s ‘voice for the police’. Brought to the residents of Tirunelveli by the police department, the channel highlights work done by officers, from the recovery of stolen goods to cybercrime-related arrests. “The work that police do never…
Stalin Explains To Shanmugam Reason For Cut In No. Of Seats Chennai: Signs of an end to the deadlock between DMK and CPM emerged on Sunday after chief minister M K Stalin invited CPM state secretary P Shanmugam for talks and explained the rationale behind reducing the number of seats. During the talks, Stalin offered…
