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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
TopicTamil Nadu Assembly elections

Topic: Tamil Nadu Assembly elections

DMK says 2026 to mark the rise of ‘Dravidian model 2.0 regime’ in TN

With Stalin’s five-fold outreach, people-centric governance, and welfare push, the ruling party declares the state is ready for ‘Dravidian model 2.0’ ahead of the 2026 polls.

How smaller TN parties are bolstering bargaining power to extract more from senior partners in 2026

Polls about a year away, parties such as VCK, PMK, DMDK are organising large rallies & conferences to mobilise support bases, and send signals to their existing or prospective allies.

As Amit Shah confirms tie-up for 2026, a look at AIADMK & BJP’s hot-and-cold equation over the years

Announcement comes weeks after EPS had met Shah at his residence in Delhi. It also comes on a day when Annamalai was replaced by Nainar Nagendran as BJP state chief.

Amit Shah announces revival of AIADMK, BJP alliance for 2026 Tamil Nadu polls

Shah at a press conference in Chennai announced elections will be contested under leadership of PM Modi and & AIADMK leader Palaniswami.

An iftar party, an EPS-Amit Shah meeting, stage set for BJP-AIADMK tie-up in 2026 TN polls

An alliance is confirmed though an official announcement is not expected anytime soon, it is learnt. Palaniswami maintains he and Shah discussed delimitation & liquor scam case.

Eye on 2026, Vijay ropes in Prashant Kishor as poll adviser ahead of TVK’s first anniversary

With Kishor on board, Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam now has three political consultants working for the party ahead of next year’s assembly elections.

SubscriberWrites: Why Kamal Haasan lost in the Tamil Nadu polls but Udaynithi has a winning combination

It’s all about the views of 2K generation which is looking for natural talent or experience in its politicians, says Balaji Alagurajan.

Wall Street banker sworn in as Tamil Nadu finance minister faces trial by fire in new job  

Palanivel Thiaga Rajan is an alumnus of MIT Sloan School of Management. He takes over as TN finance minister at a time when the state is reeling under high debt and huge fiscal deficit.

Cong performance in assembly polls disappointing, CWC to review results, says Sonia Gandhi

The Congress leader also congratulated Mamata Banerjee, M K Stalin and the Left parties for their victories in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala assembly polls respectively.

Kamal Haasan loses, his MNM draws a blank in first assembly poll outing in Tamil Nadu

While Kamal Haasan polled just over 33% of the votes in Coimbatore South, other candidates from his party failed to make any dent in the opponents' prospects.

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The declassified doctrine outlines the framework for planning and execution of amphibious operations by integrating maritime, air and land domains.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?