Tamil Nadu's film stars find political success often linked to their caste-neutral identities. Actors like Vijay and Rajinikanth appeal acr...

Veerappan's daughter and widow are contesting elections in Tamil Nadu. They aim to redefine the forest brigand's image from an outlaw to a ...

A clash erupted between supporters of PMK founder S Ramadoss and his son Anbumani in Tindivanam. The dispute centered on accessing the Vann...

Just before crucial alliance talks, PMK founder S. Ramadoss has reassumed party leadership from his son, Anbumani Ramadoss, who is now the ...

DMK has fielded a relatively less experienced T Sampathkumar, facing an uphill task in taking on the AIADMK Joint coordinator, for the Apri...

Narayanasamy opting out could also give hope to the dominant Vanniyar community that one of its representatives will occupy the CM’s chair ...

Pennagaram had hit the headlines when DMK fought PMK in the 2010 bypoll to retain the seat after the death of its MLA P N Periannan, who ha...

Since PMK chief S Ramadoss, a vanniyar leader, started a powerful campaign demanding separate quotas for his caste group, violence has beco...

While the AIADMK candidate is counting on the state government's achievements, DMDK nominee K Umashankar is banking on the Vanniyar votes.

PMK, one of BJP's allies in TN, gave enough indications that all was not well in the saffron combine when its founder leader S Ramadoss ann...

Dalits, accounting for a fifth of the over 7 crore state population, still find assimilation into mainstream society a struggle.

For those in the know, caste divisions and sub-divisions in Tamil Nadu are child’s play, but for the uninitiated, it surely is rocket scien...

Ruling DMK and AIADMK are locked in a close race for electoral supremacy in the April 13 Tamil Nadu Asssembly polls.

As Assembly elections draw closer in Tamil Nadu, political parties appear to be in a fix on the throny issue of seat sharing with Congress ...

PMK legislature party leader G K Mani said Vanniyars have been continuously neglected with no fair representation in IAS and IPS.

M Karunanidhi side-stepped party considerations to accommodate his family members in Union Cabinet, but his choice of candidates for minist...

Among other things, India is also unique for being a country where downward mobility is desirable, even fought for.