Chennai, April 23 (IANS)Several stars from the Tamil film industry including actors Vikram, Dhanush, Ajith and music director Anirudh Ravichander were among those who turned up early on Thursday morning to cast their votes in the intensely contested elections to the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly. Vikram cast his vote at The Besant Theosopical Higher Secondary School, while Gautham Karthik, the son of actor and politician Karthik, cast his vote in Stella Maris College.Ajith, who returned in a hu…
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Chennai, April 11 (IANS) The electoral landscape for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections has taken final shape, with a total of 4,023 candidates set to contest across the state following the completion of nomination withdrawals.The nomination process, which commenced on March 30, witnessed a robust response, with as many as 7,599 nomination papers filed over a four-day period.However, the scrutiny phase led to the rejection of around 2,460 nominations due to invalid or incomplete document…
Chennai, April 5 (IANS) With the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections scheduled for April 23, political parties have entered the final phase of candidate selection and campaign mobilisation. The Congress, a key ally in the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, has been allotted 28 constituencies for the 2026 Assembly elections. The party has now announced its candidate for the Melur Assembly constituency.After days of internal discussions and reported differences among senior leaders, the Congress has …
Chennai, March 31 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Forest Department is likely to defer the third Nilgiri Tahr census in view of the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled for April 23, with officials now planning to conduct the exercise between April 28 and May 1, subject to final approval. The four-day census, a key wildlife monitoring initiative, is expected to be carried out across multiple habitats of the endangered Nilgiri Tahr, the state animal of Tamil Nadu. Authorities indicated that preparatory st…