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Tamil Nadu goes to polls today, first time sans Jayalalitha, Karunanidhi

Tamil Nadu goes in for single-phase Assembly polls on Tuesday and it will be for the first time in history that the state goes to vote in the absence of star leaders J Jayalalitha and M Karunanidhi.Polling across 234 assembly constituencies in 38 districts of the state will begin at 7 am. A total of 3,998 candidates are in the poll fray. In view of COVID-19, the number of polling stations has been increased to 88,937.As many as 74,162 personnel from Tamil Nadu Local & Armed Reserve (AR) Police, 8,010 personnel from Tamil Nadu Special Police (TSP) and 23, 200 personnel from the CAPF have been deployed for the elections, according to the Tamil Nadu Police.34,130 non-police personnel have also been deployed, including Home Guard, Forest Guard, Retired Police and ex-CAPF along with 6,350 police personnel and 12,411 Home Guard from other states.The state had in the past witnessed fierce electoral battles between M Karunanidhi of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and J Jayalalitha ..

Tamil Nadu elections: No chance of DMK coming to power, says AIADMK

Stating that there is no chance of DMK coming to power in Tamil Nadu in the upcoming Assembly polls, the AIADMK said that this time too the people of the state will vote for the AIADMK.

Tamil Nadu assembly elections: Amit Shah holds road show in Chennai

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday held a road show here, canvassing votes for BJP's Thousand Lights candidate Khushbu Sundar for the April 6 Assembly elections

Why BJP gaining foothold in the East is seismic shift in India's politics

The BJP's rise shows two things: first, it is better at winning elections than at governance; and second, it remains intent on pushing its trademark social and political agenda, writes T N Ninan

DMK MP A Raja booked for alleged vulgar comments against TN CM

DMK MP A Raja has been booked by the city police over a complaint from the ruling AIADMK for allegedly making vulgar personal remarks against Chief Minister K Palaniswami

Assembly elections: Rahul Gandhi slams BJP for 'subjugating state leaders'

Rahul Gandhi slammed BJP by alleging that the only relationship between leaders where you have to touch feet of the Central leadership

Tamil Nadu: Independent promises trip to moon, helicopters, snow mountain

It is the poll season and its raining offers of freebies in Tamil Nadu, an independent candidate is promising the moon, quite literally

Tamil Nadu polls: AIADMK MLA Chandra Sekaran expelled from party

Chandrasekaran was on Thursday expelled from the party for "anti-party activities"

EC makes record seizures worth Rs 331 cr in poll-going states, Puducherry

The Election Commission Wednesday said record seizures worth Rs 331 crore have been made so far in the four poll-going states and Puducherry as part of the expenditure monitoring process

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 ...