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TopicTamil Nadu polls

Topic: Tamil Nadu polls

Hindutva can’t take root where people question, reason, resist—Stalin on why BJP ‘has no future in TN’

In an interview to ThePrint, Stalin said his welfare schemes have reached every part of the state, and DMK alliance will get 200+ seats in the assembly elections.

In Tamil Nadu, OPS returns to his AIADMK bastion in a DMK avatar. People say he’s ‘one of their own’

OPS has been representing Bodinayakanur since 2011. His switch to DMK has flipped the scenario in this AIADMK bastion that sent Jayalalithaa to assembly for first time in 1989.

7 months after stampede, grief lingers in lanes of Karur while parties play blame game ahead of TN polls

The home of 2-year-old Guru Vishnu, stampede's youngest victim, stands as a quiet reminder. His family, which has now moved homes, did not wish to speak on the politics or 'Vijay factor'.

In TN’s Perambur & Trichy East, Vijay’s dual seat gamble hinges on a knock-on-every-door campaign

The stakes are high, but Vijay remains largely absent from street campaigning, while party volunteers campaign on the ground to convert his appeal into votes in the assembly poll.

Three Vijays, two Josephs and counting: How Tamil Nadu polls have become a battle of namesakes

Across the state, different parties are also facing the same problem as candidates with identical names slug it out in the high-stakes 23 April assembly election.

Competing schemes, stressed budget: Tamil Nadu parties go all out to woo voters, critics slam ‘freebies’

Chennai: The Dravidian leaders prefer to call them as ‘social investments’, or ‘personalised gifts’. But a familiar sight is back in poll: Dravida Munnetra...

Annamalai, once the face of BJP’s Tamil Nadu push, not in poll candidate list

Annamalai was replaced as BJP state president last year. However, Home Minister Amit Shah had indicated the party would continue to utilise his organizational skills.

TVK denies alliance talks with NDA for Tamil Nadu, says Vijay cannot be deputy CM

Vijay entered politics after leaving his film career with the clear aim of serving the people as the chief minister, asserts TVK administrative committee's chief coordinator.

Sasikala launches new party with a ‘coconut farm’ strategy. What it could mean for AIADMK & DMK

Nearly a decade after Jayalalithaa’s death, her aide Sasikala’s AIPTMMK enters the fray, with analysts predicting it could fragment AIADMK’s traditional support.

BJP has a wish list for Tamil Nadu. It’s brought seat-sharing talks with AIADMK to a standstill

AIADMK plans to contest more than 170 of the 234 Assembly seats & views the BJP’s ask for more than 35 seats as excessive, as it does not want to let go of its Dravidian base.

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Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.