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Topic: Tamil Nadu

Annamalai, Dravidian giants & caste factor — all eyes on three-cornered fight in Coimbatore

BJP workers say Coimbatore would've been a cakewalk had they been in an alliance with AIADMK. The seat where BJP state chief Annamalai is in fray will go to polls in the 1st phase.

Amma’s legacy or Stalin’s schemes? Women voters in Tamil Nadu rate AIADMK, DMK ahead of polls

After coming to power in 2021, DMK tried to tap into women's vote bank by introducing a slew of schemes. They are a hit for some, but others still reminisce about the AIADMK days.

Not Hindutva, but OBC PM-led social engineering is giving jitters to Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu

Dravidian parties are said to be unsure how Modi’s persona & developmental pitch would boost BJP’s decades-long endeavour to break its image in Tamil Nadu of a ‘Brahmin party’.

‘That’s what Amma would do’: AIADMK gains momentum in Tamil Nadu poll race as EPS trains guns on Modi

As EPS embarks on his first solo general election campaign, AIADMK workers draw parallels between him & Jayalalithaa, from selecting candidates to hitting it out at both DMK & BJP.

BJP is going after DMK not for seats. The goal is to capture Tamil mindset for now

BJP has accused DMK of being anti-national and of supporting drug & sand mafias. Such harsh words have not been spoken against Dravidian parties in 70 years of their rule in the state.

‘Rs 8 soap now Rs 20, expensive cable TV’: Congress’s Karti Chidambaram breaks down issues for voters

The Congress MP from Sivaganga attacked Centre for increasing cost of essential commodities & said if BJP comes to power, it'll try to impose 'vegetarian Hindutva' on the south.

Rameswaram’s fisherfolk furious with Katchatheevu politics. ‘Don’t want island, just fishing rights’

Situation worsened after 2014 as Colombo started to auction seized boats, say fishermen. Risk is taken as catch in Indian waters is just not enough, they explain.

ED raids multiple TN premises in drug money laundering case against former DMK leader

Jaffer Sadiq was arrested by the NCB last month for his alleged involvement in the smuggling of about 3,500 kg of pseudoephedrine with a street value of more than Rs 2,000 crore.

Fact Check: Video of New Year gifts handed out by DMK leader circulated as vote-buying exercise

The original video featuring DMK's Thomas Alva Edison was uploaded on social media platforms in January, way before implementation of Model Code of Conduct for upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

A vote for ‘Captain’ Prabhakaran — why Virudhunagar contest is ‘defining’ for Karuppu MGR’s son & DMDK

Pitted against sitting Congress MP B. Manickam Tagore & NDA's Radhika Sarathkumar, Prabhakaran is expected to make the contest triangular even though this is his debut.

On Camera

Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?