Voting begins across Tamil Nadu, people briskly turn up before polling booths to cast votesVoting for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election began on Thursday. Key parties DMK and AIADMK are contesting. Prominent leaders and actors cast...
23 Apr, 2026, 03.11 PM IST
Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections: More than 4,600 candidates to contest on April 23Tamil Nadu gears up for a major electoral contest. Over 4,600 candidates are vying for 234 Assembly seats. The election commission confirme...
22 Apr, 2026, 06.45 PM IST
Congress-DMK will begin seat-sharing talks soon, says TNCC chiefThe partnership between Congress and the DMK is robust as they gear up for upcoming elections. Seat allocation discussions are set to kick ...
30 Jan, 2026, 01.33 PM IST
No rift with DMK, seat talks soon: TNCC chiefCongress and DMK alliance ties remain strong. Seat-sharing talks will commence within a week. TNCC chief K Selvaperunthagai expressed confi...
30 Jan, 2026, 11.53 AM IST
I will not contest future elections, says Tamil Nadu Congress leader E V K S Elangovan"I have contested five times in the General Elections from Erode and Theni districts. I came out successfully twice (one time as MLA from S...
04 Sep, 2022, 03.39 PM IST
Lovely experience to see Tamil culture in action, says Rahul Gandhi after watching jallikattuGandhi, who flew from Delhi to the southern city, was accompanied by senior party leaders KC Venugopal, TNCC chief KS Alagiri and Puducherr...
14 Jan, 2021, 05.04 PM IST
Rajinikanth will only float his own party: TNCC chiefAs a friend who has known him for 35-40 years what I think is he will not join any national or regional party. He will only float a new par...
21 May, 2017, 04.37 PM IST
Chidambaram likely to be made TNCC chiefChidambaram has set a few conditions for taking up the task including rejuvenating the party and expanding its base by bringing the warring...
27 Jul, 2016, 02.58 PM IST
AIADMK seeks apology, stir on, TNCC chief says he was mistakenAIADMK today sought an apology from Tamil Nadu Congress president EVKS Elangovan for his alleged remarks on the meeting between PM Narendra...
19 Aug, 2015, 05.16 PM IST
TNCC Chief Elangovan meets Cong General Secretary Wasnik amid controversy over his remarksThe TNCC Chief's sudden visit to Delhi had raised speculation in wake of reports that the Congress leadership had expressed displeasure ove...
02 Feb, 2015, 04.40 PM IST
Withdraw hike in excise duty on petrol, says PMKOn Nov 12, government had raised the excise duty by Rs 1.50 per litre on both petrol and diesel but that did not have any impact on the ret...
03 Dec, 2014, 03.16 PM IST
No parallel rally to counter G K Vasan: TNCC chief E V K S ElangovanIf the state Congress conducted such a meeting, and if Sonia and Rahul attended that, Vasan's event would be a damp squib, Elangovan said.
10 Nov, 2014, 03.53 PM IST
TNCC chief ticks off Karti Chidambaram for controversial remarksVirtually censuring Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union minister P Chidambaram, TNCC chief E V K S Elangovan said such opinions could be...
08 Nov, 2014, 07.01 PM IST
Rajinikanth should not come into politics: TNCC chief ElangovanElangovan, however, added "All citizens who are committed to secularism, including Rajinkanth are welcome to join Congress."
06 Nov, 2014, 12.01 PM IST
Opposition parties should unite to fight against liquor: TNCC Chief"While the state govt was giving freebies by earning Rs 24k cr from liquor shops they do not do any good to the state except ruining famili...
04 Sep, 2014, 04.50 PM IST
- K V Thangkabalu quits after finishing off Congress
Thangkabalu said he accepted 'moral responsibility' for the defeat and that it wouldn't be right to blame any one constituent for the defea...
16 May, 2011, 04.44 AM IST
- Thangabalu quits, leaves TNCC to ponder future
On Friday, the TNCC was left with the bitter harvest, being reduced to a mere 5 MLAs in the state assembly, down from 34, and triggering th...
14 May, 2011, 05.56 PM IST