War of words as Tamil Nadu sees brisk voting
As polling proceeded at a brisk pace Wednesday to elect 234 members to the 14th Tamil Nadu assembly, the rival DMK and AIADMK kept up the sparring and each claimed it was on the victory path.
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Karunanidhi hints at coalition govt in Tamil Nadu
Voicing confidence that his party will win the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, DMK president M Karunanidhi on Wednesday hinted at a possible coalition government, a key issue said to have been raised by long-time ally Congress as a post-poll arrangement.
Over 65 per cent voting in TN
Over 65 per cent of the electorate in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday cast their votes as polling ended peacefully in all 234-assembly constituencies Wendesday evening.
Though polling had closed at 1700 hou
Neena on a roll
Neena Praveen has been on a roll.
The 29-year Chennai cueist successfully defended her 8-ball title at the national championship in Ludhiana a couple of weeks ago. Neena, who started playing the spo
Ramesh decides to call it quits
He began his career with a bang and is now ending it with a whimper as it were.
Former Indian opener Sadagopan Ramesh has decided to call it quits, nearly three seasons after he played his final fir
It's raining cash on voters in TN, says Jaya
AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa who wound up her whirlwind election tour of the state on Monday evening fired a parting salvo at the DMK alleging that the party had been “raining cash” on voters and it w
TN bids adieu to board exams
Class X students belonging to Matriculation, Anglo-Indian and Oriental streams of education in Tamil Nadu, who wrote their last board examination on Monday, would remember this day forever as they wer
4.6 cr to vote for TN rulers in 24 hrs
The high-pitched campaign doused in vitriolic abuse and weird promises of more and more freebies came to a close Monday evening, leaving the gladiators gasping in the rival DMK and AIADMK camps as the
Dravidian giants all set to battle for power
Amid charges of big-time corruption, Tamil Nadu is set for assembly elections Wednesday, its result bound to cast a shadow on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ruling coalition.The main battle is as usual between the two Dravidian giants — the ruling DMK and the main opposition AIADMK, each heading carefully crafted umbrella groupings of their own.
D-day tomorrow for DMK, AIADMK
After an acrimonious fourteen-day election campaign, arch rivals ruling DMK and opposition AIADMK have held their breaths as the over 4.6 crore-strong electorate in Tamil Nadu will on Wednesday decide