TN, Kerala prep for polls
Politically volatile Tamil Nadu and Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry will go to polls on Wednesday to decide the next government in their states. Apart from a bitter race for supremacy, Ta
Will the Hazare factor reverse South fortunes?
Impact of Gandhian Anna Hazare’s campaign against corruption could be seen on April 13, viewed political leaders saying that the feedback from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry going to the polls on tha
Polling under way in Tamil Nadu, Kerala
Voters lined up outside polling booths across Tamil Nadu and Keral on Wednesday as elections to choose a new 234-member assembly began.
Voting is under way across Kerala to elect a 140-member
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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Nearly 50 percent turnout in Kerala
Nearly 50 per cent of voters exercised their franchise in Kerala till 1 p.m. Wednesday to elect a new 140-member assembly, officials said. According to figures released by the chief electoral officer,
Millions vote for new assembly in Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Millions in the politically crucial southern states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territory of Puducherry on Wednesday queued up at polling booths to bring in new assemblies amid spar
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.
Campaigning ends in violence
The partisan frenzy in the final hours of campaign triggered widespread violence across the state, injuring many including the PWD minister and LDF candidate from Thiruvna-nthapuram, Mr V. Suren-dran
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
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