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Saturday, April 11, 2026
TopicBJP in Tamil Nadu

Topic: BJP in Tamil Nadu

Modi announces statues of Chola kings as BJP takes Shaivite route to cracking Tamil Nadu puzzle

On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to Tamil Nadu's Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple and participated in the Aadi Thiruvathirai Festival.

Ee Sala CM’s chair Namde & the knock knock joke you don’t want to hear

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

AIADMK-BJP truce hides old wounds and new ambitions

BJP still seems to view AIADMK as a potential Shiv Sena in the making—a party it could fracture at some stage and then acquire a large part of its vote base.

Brahmins, BJP, and Waqf—the story of Tamil Nadu village’s fight for land

A Waqf dispute in Tamil Nadu’s Thiruchendurai village became an example to push the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Parliament. It’s become the stuff of Hindutva folklore.

Are DMK and BJP cosying up? The goal is to wrong-foot Congress and AIADMK

If the AIADMK and the Congress are smart enough to seize the opportunity presented to come together again, Tamil Nadu could see a new alliance forming for the 2026 Assembly elections.

Amid rumours that Amit Shah admonished her, Tamilisai clarifies — ‘asked about post-poll follow-up’

Video clip of animated conversation at Naidu swearing-in led to speculation that Amit Shah had been admonishing Tamilisai Soundararajan for her comments on TN BJP chief Annamalai.

IUML trounces NDA-backed OPS — why Hindutva poll plank failed in seat housing Rameswaram temple

IUML's Navaskani is only the third Muslim MP from Ramanathapuram seat since its formation in 1951. He trounced NDA-backed former chief minister OPS by a margin of 1.6 lakh votes.

BJP fails to win a single seat in Tamil Nadu but vote-share peaks at 10.69%

The BJP’s vote share in Tamil Nadu registered a marked improvement from 2019, when it managed to get only 3.66 percent.

Seven hurdles BJP faces in Tamil Nadu and Kerala and how they’re playing out in 2024 polls

BJP’s political adversaries in the south, even the Congress, are much more organised and alive in their response to hot-button issues.

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.