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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicTamil Nadu election

Topic: Tamil Nadu election

Gold ring, Rs 2,500 a month: TVK’s welfare package for women to outbid rivals ahead of TN polls

Analysts say such schemes are significant in Tamil Nadu, where women make up more than half of the state’s voter base. DMK already disburses Rs 1,000 monthly to 1.3 crore women.

‘Unfit to hold any position’: PMK founder Ramadoss expels son Anbumani ahead of Tamil Nadu polls

Post of PMK working president will remain vacant for now, octogenarian says. 'Party cannot be claimed as a hereditary possession.'

Chennai is being governed on PowerPoint—plans shine on slides, fail on streets

The city once prided itself on civic order. But under the DMK, it has been made to believe that dysfunction is normal, accountability is too much to ask for, and complaints should be whispered, not filed.

Stalin’s face front & centre, I-PAC hits ground running to shape DMK campaign for 2026 polls

The political consultancy, led by Rishi Raj Singh after Prashant Kishor’s exit, will work with the ruling party’s own political strategy firm Populus Empowerment Network.

How AIADMK plans to convince its workers & voters to bet on alliance with BJP

BJP, AIADMK have revived alliance ahead of TN polls. Ground realities have forced rethink on strategy for how EPS-led party can convince voters to look beyond opposition to BJP's policies.

Annamalai confirms he will not run for TN BJP chief amid speculation of tie-up with AIADMK for 2026

Tirunelveli MLA and former AIADMK leader Nainar Nagendran, who joined BJP in 2017 and is leader of the BJP legislature party in Tamil Nadu, is a front-runner for post, it is learnt.

Airport project launch, Vande Bharat flag off in Modi’s Chennai tour schedule, Congress plans stir

Five-tier security arrangements in place for PM's security. Modi to also meet ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ couple Bomman & Bellie on 9 April at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve.

Drugs & hilsa in Bengal, liquor in Assam, cash in TN — What parties used to influence voters

According to an EC report, drugs worth Rs 118.83 cr was seized in Bengal, illegal cash totalling Rs 236 cr was seized in Tamil Nadu & liquor worth Rs 41.97 cr was intercepted in Assam.

Religion rap, memes, videos on NEET & Tamil identity — battle of IT war rooms plays out in TN

YouTube & WhatsApp are the favoured platforms as DMK and AIADMK take potshots at each other. While DMK released a rap on religion that targets BJP, AIADMK retorted with one attacking DMK's dynasty politics.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.