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Tamil Nadu Exit Poll Results 2026: Survival test for EPS, OPS, Sasikala and Dhinakaran? Will 'Amma' legacy still save key present & former AIADMK leadersTN Exit Polls 2026 Results: Exit polls indicate a strong showing for Chief Minister M K Stalin's DMK alliance in the Tamil Nadu Assembly el...- Will 2026 Tamil Nadu elections be a survival test for key present & former AIADMK leaders like EPS, OPS, Sasikala and DhinakaranTamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026 are shaping up as a crucial test of legacy, leadership and survival within the AIADMK camp, still deeply...
- Caste calculus at play: How Tamil Nadu’s key communities could shape the electoral battleTamil Nadu elections are shaped by dominant caste blocs, including Vanniyars in the north, Gounders in the west, and Thevars in the south. ...
- Tamil Nadu: DMK aims to repeat 2019 outcome; AIADMK seeks return while BJP pins hopes on Annamalai factorThe DMK Congress alliance has been harping on the fact that voting a BJP-ruled government is a challenge to federalism. It has labelled the...
- "Aaj Salem ka mera Ramesh nahi hai...," PM Modi breaks down remembering BJP leader in Tamil NaduPrime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to BJP leader 'auditor' V Ramesh, allegedly hacked to death in 2013, during a rally in Salem, Tami...
- Chennai court orders FIR against Suriya, Jyothika & film-maker TJ Gnanavel over ‘Jai Bhim’ rowThe court said that it will hear the case on May 20.
- Tamil Nadu gears up for mega battle between AIADMK & DMK on TuesdaySmaller parties with their pockets of influence to decide AIADMK & DMK’s electoral success, report Dia Rekhi and KR Balasubramanyam
- Last-minute entry of Sasikala, BJP’s ‘silence’ create new uncertainty for AIADMK, OtherThe DMK and AIADMK are trying to assess if the BJP can secure an electoral victory for the Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS)-led ...
- Dalits in Tamil Nadu continue to pay with their lives for marrying outside their caste while parties look the other wayData on the number of honour killings is hard to come by as it is yet to be recognised as a separate crime, despite efforts to have a legis...
- Tamil Nadu polls shaping up to be multipolar fightThe clichéd maxim, "no permanent friends or foes in politics", has been turned around with the smaller parties, barring the Congress, becom...
- OBC community in focus before Tamil Nadu assembly pollsKarunanidhi is credited by some and disparaged by others for being the brain behind caste-based and casteist politics in Tamil Nadu, the fo...
- Ahead of 2016 assembly election, caste violence rears its ugly head in Tamil NaduMajor political parties in the state have come under severe criticism from activists and academics for their muted reactions to this crisis.
- More than secularism’s at risk with new regime at the CentreSecularism is not the only casualty of Modi's ascent. An equal danger is parochial goons being set loose with state sanction to do moral po...
- Lok Sabha polls 2014: New faces sweat it out to make inroads in SalemSalem is perhaps the only Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu where all candidates contesting the April 24 polls are debutants.
- Anbumani Ramadoss's persuasion ensures PMK in BJP allianceThe deft handling of the PMK-BJP alliance crisis by Anbumani Ramadoss who persuaded his father to join NDA shows the young leader's capabil...
- Dalits stay mired in history despite Tamil Nadu social reformsDalits, accounting for a fifth of the over 7 crore state population, still find assimilation into mainstream society a struggle.
- How Jayalalithaa stormed the DMK fortress with alliance masterstrokeDismayed by successive defeats, Jayalalithaa went back to the drawing board to build a strong alliance.
- Tamil Nadu: Caste factor continues to play make-or-break role in politicsFor 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...
- PMK back in Karunanidhi’s frontAllotted 31 seats in DMK-led front consisting Congress, VCK and other parties for Assembly elections in May.
- Most of them are proud to move backwardAmong other things, India is also unique for being a country where downward mobility is desirable, even fought for.
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