Tamil Nadu News

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought Election Commission's response on a plea alleging that people were being bribed on a massive scale for Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu.

The Tuticorin house of lawmaker Kanimozhi, the sister of DMK chief MK Stalin was raided by the Income Tax authorities this evening.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the execution of a man, ordered to be hanged on April 22 after being given death sentence for the rape of a woman and the murder of her and her lover.

MK Kanimozhi, the DMK candidate from Thoothukudi seat in Tamil Nadu, has called the BJP government "anti-national". A Rajya Sabha parliamentarian, Ms Kanimozhi will take on Tamilisai Soundarajan, the BJP candidate and the party's state president, when the polls open on Thursday.

Tamil Nadu votes in a national election for the first time after the death of its two iconic politicians, J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi, left a vacuum that will be hard to fill. After losing its charismatic leader Jayalalithaa, the ruling AIADMK has been struggling with infighting and a fierce power struggle. This election marks many firsts for the state that sends 39 members to parliament. Two legendary actors, Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, have taken the plunge after holding out for many years. Only Kamal Haasan's new party Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) is debuting in the election.