Tamil Nadu Elections 2014

• AIADMK upbeat ahead of counting in Tamil Nadu

  The poll prospects of 845 contestants, including 2G scam accused A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran, Congress' Manishankar Aiyar and Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti, will be known tomorrow when votes polled for 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu are taken up for counting.

• Voting begins in Tamil Nadu

  Voting for all 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and one state assembly seat began Thursday, officials said.

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  42 candidates in fray from Chennai South Lok Sabha seats

  Forty-two candidates are in the fray from Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency, which has always witnessed maximum number of contestants for general elections.

• Vote for AIADMK to safeguard Tamil Nadu's interests: Jayalalithaa

  Lambasting Congress and DMK, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday said both the parties were responsible for various scams like the 2G spectrum scam and urged voters to choose AIADMK in the Lok Sabha polls to safeguard the interests of the state.

• DMK's A Raja campaigns to move past the taint of 2G scam

  The multi-crore 2G scam seems to be a non-issue for the electorate in Nilgiri (SC) Lok Sabha constituency, where the scam tainted former Telecom Minister DMK's A Raja is bidding for a second term.

• DMK's Dayanidhi Maran files nomination, declares Rs 10.94 cr assets

  DMK leader and former Union Minister for Communications Dayanidhi Maran today filed his nomination for Lok Sabha polls and declared assets worth Rs 10.94 crore which is two times more than the Rs 3.66 crore that he declared in the 2009 general elections.

• Look-alikes add glitz to electioneering in Tamil Nadu

  Adopting various ingenious strategies to attract crowds to rallies, political parties in Tamil Nadu are roping in look-alikes of leaders like M G Ramachandran, Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi to connect with the audience and add a dash of colour to the poll scene.

• J Jayalalithaa rules out investment by Tamil industrialists in Karnataka

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday said industrialists from Coimbatore in the state have decided not to invest in Karnataka despite an invitation from her Karnataka counterpart.

• Poll process kicks off in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

  The poll process for 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat in neighbouring Puducherry that would face voting on April 24 was today set in motion with issue of notification by electoral authorities.

• DMDK replaces one of its candidates

  In the second such instance in a week, Opposition DMDK replaced one of its candidates for the April 24 Lok Sabha polls.

• Not retiring from politics, says Chidambaram

  Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today denied reports that he would be retiring from politics, saying he was only giving way to youngsters to revive Congress and "rejuvenate" it.

• Mani Shankar Aiyar counting on track record in tight race

  Former Union Minister and the Congress candidate for the Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu, Mani Shankar Aiyar strongly believes that the good work done by him as an MP for the constituency over the past two decades will fetch him a comfortable victory in the upcoming polls.

• Tamil Nadu: No grudges over being denied Sivaganga ticket, says EMS Natchiappan

  Senior Congress leader from Tamil Nadu and Minister of State in the Commerce Ministry, EMS Natchiappan today said he bears no grudges over not being fielded by the party as its candidate for the Sivaganga Lok Sabha seat.

• BJP reveals five allies in Tamil Nadu, Captain is main partner

  In Tamil Nadu, flanked by the leaders of five regional parties, the BJP president Rajnath Singh publicly announced the party's large alliance. The BJP, which won none of the state's 39 parliamentary seats in the last national election, is carpooling this time with the DMDK, headed by actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth, the MDMK headed by Vaiko, th...

• What actor Kamal Haasan is doing for Elections 2014

  The Tamil Nadu state election commission has roped in actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan to campaign against cash for votes.