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A bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, hearing a petition on whether there were adequate Covid safety procedures in place during vote counting at the Karur constituency, went so far as to say, Election Commission officers should be booked on murder charges probably. (PTI Image)

Election Commission should be charged with murder: Madras HC

HC has asked for a blueprint on how safety norms will be followed on counting day, mentioning that it could even stop...

27 April 2021 12:21 AM IST

DMK and Congress leaders keep insulting women, says PM Modi in Tamil Nadu rally

DMK and Congress leaders keep insulting women, says PM Modi in Tamil...

He also said that many schemes of the NDA including the Ujjwala scheme were aimed at empowering women

2 April 2021 2:00 PM IST

DMK President M K Stalin during an all party meeting with the main opposition to discuss the three farmer bills passed in the Parliament, at party headquarters in Chennai. PTI photo

DMK slams Centre for 'IT searches' in the house of party chief...

Income tax officials neither confirmed nor denied the searches

2 April 2021 12:26 PM IST

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Royapuram Constituency candidate D Jayakumar during an election campaign rally, in Chennai. (PTI)

TN Polls: Battle at Royapuram is a matter of prestige for DMK and...

DMK is desperately attempting to wrest back the seat it lost to AIADMK's D Jayakumar way back in 2001

28 March 2021 12:41 PM IST

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Royapuram Constituency candidate D Jayakumar(R) during an election campaign rally, in Chennai, Saturday, March 24, 2020. (PTI)

Sasikala will not be re-inducted in AIADMK: D Jayakumar

AIADMK has so far ruled out accommodating her or her nephew TTV Dhinakaran-led Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam in the...

26 March 2021 12:18 PM IST

Outlining his partys manifesto, Haasan said facilitation is proposed to be made for homemakers to get suitable opportunities to earn and it does not mean doles from government treasury. (ANI)

Kamal Haasan releases MNM manifesto, promises income for housewives

The ruling AIADMK and main opposition DMK also promised Rs 1,500 and Rs 1,000 assistance to women family heads in their...

19 March 2021 3:11 PM IST

BJP general secretary Arun Singh announced the candidates names and added that the political climate in all the poll-bound states favoured the saffron party. (Representational Photo: PTI)

BJP fields Khushbu from Thousand Lights Assembly seat in TN

In Kerala, Metro Man E. Sreedharan has been fielded from Palakkad

15 March 2021 1:04 AM IST

Actor politician Kamal Haasan-led Makkal Needhi Maiam has finalised a seat sharing pact with two of its allies for the April 6 Assembly polls. (Image credit : Twitter)

Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam to contest from 154 Assembly...

According to the understanding reached here late last night, AISMK and IJK would contest from 40 seats each

9 March 2021 12:41 PM IST

Shah hoped that the coming elections would be a game-changer. (Photo: PTI)

Shah optimistic of AIADMK-BJP govt in TN

He also commenced the BJP's door-to-door campaign in the Kanyakumari district

8 March 2021 1:35 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah being greeted by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami at a programme to declare open the Thervoy Kandigai Reservoir (Chennais fifth Reservoir) and lay the foundation stone for several infrastructure projects across the state of Tamil Nadu, in Chennai, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. (PTI)

AIADMK gives Kanyakumari LS seat, 20 assembly segments to BJP

The party firmed up the electoral agreement with the Saffron party late Friday night

6 March 2021 11:55 AM IST

VK Sasikala. (PTI)

Sasikala says she will stay away from politics; to pray for Jaya's...

In her statement, she appealed to Jayalalithaa's 'true supporters' to work unitedly and prevent 'common enemy', DMK,...

4 March 2021 11:29 AM IST

An analysis of the financials of 44 companies in the film production, distribution and entertainment industry showed total expenditure also declined by nearly three-fourths, which helped minimise losses for players. Representational image

Box office collections drop 85% in 2020

The fall in collections can be attributed to the significant fall in movie releases during the year to 75

2 March 2021 7:28 AM IST