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FREEBIES IN TAMIL NADU
Question is affordability, whether other expenditure can benefit people more than freebies: CEA Nageswaran pitches for focused welfare interventions- From Bengal to Assam, Hindutva rewrites the east: BJP's landslide ends era of regional strongmen
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- Hindu votes, Modi ki guarantee: 10 big trends that decode Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala assembly electionsAssembly election results saw the BJP secure victories in West Bengal and Assam, while Tamil Nadu witnessed a surprising debut by Thalapath...05 May, 2026, 01.57 PM IST
- BJP’s big bang: Bengal breached, Assam secured; Vijay, Congress flip the southIndia has a brand new political map. A massive topple in Bengal, a twist in the Tamil Nadu potboiler, power grip in Assam and Puducherry, a...05 May, 2026, 07.43 AM IST
- Vijay pulls off a Kejriwal in Tamil Nadu over a decade after AAP's rise in DelhiTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) led by actor Vijay is set to win its first Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. This mirrors the Aam Aadmi Part...04 May, 2026, 06.09 PM IST
- ₹1,000 crore in poll freebies, cash, liquor seized in West Bengal, Tamil NaduAuthorities have seized over ₹1,000 crore in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu before Assembly elections. Tamil Nadu saw seizures of ₹599 crore, w...23 Apr, 2026, 01.15 AM IST
- Tamil Nadu's spiral: From welfare to freebiesTamil Nadu’s welfare model has expanded into a competitive freebie-driven system, with parties like the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and All I...23 Apr, 2026, 01.04 AM IST
- Poll battle narrows down to straight contest between Dravidian majors in Chepauk-ThiruvallikeniChennai's Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency sees a key contest between Udhayanidhi Stalin and Adhi Rajaram. Stalin seeks re-election from...22 Apr, 2026, 06.46 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
- Poll seizures in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal cross Rs 1,000 crore markEnforcement authorities have seized over Rs 1000 crore in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. This includes cash, drugs, liquor, and precious metal...22 Apr, 2026, 06.28 PM IST
- Hit or not, TVK's Vijay shakes up Tamil Nadu poll sceneActor Vijay's new political party, TVK, is shaking up Tamil Nadu's election landscape, challenging the traditional DMK-AIADMK dominance. Wi...22 Apr, 2026, 12.19 PM IST
- West Bengal polls: ECI flags 55 seats as 'expenditure sensitive'West Bengal faces heightened election scrutiny. The Election Commission has marked 55 constituencies as expenditure sensitive. This year, 1...20 Apr, 2026, 12.36 AM IST
- Fire ignited by Stalin scorched Delhi's arrogance, severe blow to Modi, claims Tamil Nadu CMTamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin declared a victory against the delimitation bill in Parliament. He stated this defeat has humbled Delh...18 Apr, 2026, 09.39 AM IST
- Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2026: NTK’s Seeman rejects freebies, positions self as Tamil nationalist alternativeNaam Tamilar Katchi leader Seeman offers a different political path in Tamil Nadu. He rejects welfare freebies, advocating for Tamil govern...10 Apr, 2026, 05.08 PM IST
- AIADMK angry about J Jayalalithaa reference, critique on freebie system in SarkarIn Coimbatore, AIADMK cadre indulged in tearing down posters and banners of actor Vijay at a cinema near the city’s railway station.08 Nov, 2018, 10.19 PM IST
- Madras High Court advocate sends notice to Election Commission of IndiaThe advocate cited a supreme court judgment dated July 5, 2013 and said announcements made with regard to freebies by DMK and AIADMK are ag...15 May, 2016, 12.27 AM IST
- Tamil Nadu elections: Using liquor revenues for freebies is not economically sustainableElections are contested mainly on the personal popularity of Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi, and on competition in freebies.08 May, 2016, 12.06 PM IST
- Plethora of welfare schemes: Will Tamil Nadu ever move out of the freebie culture?Late K Kamaraj between 1954 and 1963 had introduced the concepts of free education and free food for school students to supplement their ed...17 Aug, 2014, 03.31 PM IST
- Freebies: AIADMK chief criticises Karuna's statementHitting out at M Karunanidhi for announcing that freebies will be distributed as long as poverty existed in the state, AIADMK chief Jayalal...04 Jan, 2011, 01.31 PM IST
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