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Nagercoil, April 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in a high-profile roadshow in Kanyakumari district on Wednesday, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ramps up its campaign ahead of the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The Prime Minister will land in Thiruvananthapuram by special flight before proceeding to Nagercoil by helicopter.He is scheduled to touch down at the Armed Forces Ground, from where he will travel by road to Vepamoodu Junction to begin the roadshow a…

Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), April 13 (IANS) With the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections drawing closer, DMK Deputy General Secretary and Thoothukudi MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Monday intensified her campaign, calling on voters to decisively reject the BJP and its allies in the state. Addressing a gathering at Gangaikondan while canvassing for DMK candidate S. Subramanian in the Tirunelveli Assembly constituency, Kanimozhi accused the BJP-led Union government of consistently denying Tamil Nadu its righ…

Chennai, April 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries across Tamil Nadu through a video conference at 4 p.m. on Monday, as part of an outreach programme aimed at energising the party’s grassroots network ahead of the Assembly elections. The interaction will be conducted via the NaMo App, with booth-level workers invited to participate after registering on the platform.Sharing this information, PM Modi on Sunday posted on his X handl…

Chennai, April 12 (IANS) Aadhav Arjuna, election campaign management general secretary of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), on Sunday, alleged foul play in the disappearance of the party’s candidate in the Edappadi Assembly constituency, and announced that the party would mount an aggressive campaign in the region. Speaking to reporters after canvassing in Villivakkam, Arjuna said TVK, led by C Joseph Vijay, had initially fielded candidates in all 234 constituencies for the upcoming Tamil Na…

Kanyakumari, April 12 (IANS) TVK leader Vijay on Sunday cancelled a scheduled public meeting in Kanyakumari district midway through preparations and opted instead to hold a major roadshow, as campaigning for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections enters its final, high-intensity phase. With campaigning permitted only until the evening of April 21, political parties across the state have stepped up their outreach efforts. Senior leaders are aggressively touring constituencies, balancing packe…

Chennai, April 12 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M.K. Stalin has took a brief break from his intense election campaign to watch an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai earlier in the day amid a highly intense campaign for the upcoming April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The match, held on Saturday, saw the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) playing against the Delhi Capitals (DC).Chief Minister Stalin shared on Saturday on social media …

Chennai, April 11 (IANS) With just days left for campaigning to conclude ahead of the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader, Joseph Vijay, will address a massive public rally in Kanyakumari district tomorrow (Sunday) as part of his whirlwind statewide campaign.Vijay is set to campaign for TVK candidates contesting in six Assembly constituencies — Kanyakumari, Nagercoil, Colachel, Vilavancode, Killiyoor and Padmanabhapuram.The highlight of his visit will …

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 10 (IANS) Tamil Nadu BJP spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad on Friday intensified his attack on the ruling DMK government, accusing it of corruption, administrative failure, and divisive politics, while expressing strong confidence that the National Democratic Alliance would secure a sweeping victory in the upcoming Assembly elections.​ In a sharply worded statement, Prasad alleged that the DMK‑led government under Chief Minister M. K. Stalin has failed to fulfill the aspirations of t…

Chennai, April 8 (IANS) Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government, branding it a “failure model” and urging voters to remove it from power in the upcoming Assembly elections. Addressing a public meeting in Velachery, the AIADMK General Secretary accused the M.K. Stalin-led administration of failing to fulfil key electoral promises, particularly in generating employment opportunities for youth and filling vacant government…