Polling in Vellore was cancelled by the Election Commission, which found merit to the charge that cash was being used to buy votes. read more

It is not enough to just sensitise men, this goes beyond that. If powerful male politicians were serious about gender equality, they would push for a more egalitarian system and allow women to share the political spaces that they so zealously guard read more

There are 8,048 candidates in the fray, out of which 6,819 (85%) are contesting for the first time; 8% of all candidates are running for a second time, 3.2% for the third time, 1.5% for the fourth time and 2.2% beyond four. read more

The top court’s stay order came on a petition by the Chennai-based Apollo hospital where the AIADMK matriarch had died. read more

Men, make way for these gritty women! Inspiring female led stories are the flavour of the season read more

Rajinikanth has said he is ready to contest assembly polls in Tamil Nadu whenever the state goes to the elections. read more

Grey, dark and thrilling stories based on controversial characters from our history seem to be the new recipe to make a blockbuster. read more

The AIADMK created history by retaining power in Tamil Nadu by winning the assembly elections twice in a row, 2011 and 2016, ending a two-decade old trend. Tamil Nadu has flipped between the AIADMK and the DMK since 1989. read more

The AIADMK swept the polls on the back of J Jayalalithaa’s popularity and won 37 of the state’s 39 Lok Sabha seats as the DMK drew a blank in the last election in 2014. read more

Director Vijay has said that Kangana Ranaut is perfect to play J Jayalalithaa in his upcoming biopic Thalaivi (Jaya in Hindi) as it is a pan-India film and needs a top star to play an important politician. read more

Their parents were so influenced by rationalist principles – which stress on social good, the benefit of science over belief, superstition and blind faith, and religious dogma – that they called him ‘Inanalam’ (the welfare of the race). read more

Dhinakaran, a nephew of VK Sasikala, the longtime aide of late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, can potentially help the opposition alliance led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) with not only a big slice of the 39 Lok Sabha (LS) seats,... read more

There are far too many extraneous considerations in giving out tickets ranging from caste to dynastic considerations. Why add gender to the mix? read more

PM Modi invoked former Tamil Nadu chief ministers J Jayalalithaa and MG Ramachandran to seek vote for the AIADMK candidate at Theni Lok Sabha seat, where he was addressing an election rally. read more

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Monday blamed DMK president MK Stalin for not taking his father and party patriarch M Karunanidhi abroad for treatment and said that his “government is ready to order a probe into his death”. read more