Tamil Nadu News

Congress candidate from Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency H Vasantha Kumar, who owns a consumer durable retail chain, has declared a total asset of Rs 412 crore and a 45 per cent increase in income in the past five years in his nomination papers.

The Supreme Court today refused to acknowledge the claim of the TTV Dhinakaran-led outfit over ''pressure cooker'' as common election symbol.

The Supreme Court today said the 'pressure cooker' can't be given to the breakaway TTV Dhinakaran's Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam or AMMK as a common symbol.

Candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls are coming up with innovative ways to campaign and this candidate from Chennai took his campaign a step further by filing his nominations in a 'noteworthy' fashion.

Karti Chidambaram, Congress leader and son of former finance minister P Chidambaram will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Sivaganga parliamentary constituency in Tamil Nadu. Putting an end to speculation, the Congress, on Sunday, announced Karti Chidambaram's name in its ninth list.

The DMK has suspended veteran actor Radha Ravi for his distasteful comments about a popular actress at a film event on Saturday.

Equal pay for women and clean drinking water were two of the most prominent aspects of the manifesto released by Makkal Neethi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and state assembly bypolls on Sunday.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Sunday took a swipe at arch rival DMK on the Kodanad heist and murder case and claimed that people have raised doubts whether those involved belonged to that party.

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, which has for long attacked the DMK for dynastic politics, seems to be following the same route while fielding candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. The party has nominated sons of its leaders including O Panneerselvam for the April 18 polls.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Saturday lashed out at arch rival DMK,dubbing it a "chameleon" for shifting its stand for power while DMK chief MK Stalin trained his guns on the AIADMK, saying it has forgotten late J Jayalalithaa,who opposed Prime Minister Modi.

The Congress has announced candidates for eight of the nine seats in Tamil Nadu for the national election but the obvious miss in the list was it candidate from the Sivaganga constituency in southern Tamil Nadu.

Working president of Congress in Tamil Nadu Mayura Jayakumar on Thursday appeared before the Crime Branch's Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID) probing the Pollachi sexual abuse case and gave a statement denying any link with the key accused.

The Election Commission is the sole authority to decide election dates and courts have no jurisdiction to interfere with it, the poll body submitted in the Madras High Court on Thursday.

Five people were sentenced to double life imprisonment by a court in Salem on Thursday for alleged gang-rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in the district in 2014.

A cash assistance announced by the Tamil Nadu government for below poverty line and poor families has been stopped in view of the model code of conduct coming into force ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the state dispensation informed the Madras High Court Thursday.