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42 candidates in the fray from Chennai South LS constituency

Last Updated: Saturday, April 19, 2014, 11:03

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

Marginal decrease in Independent contestants in Tamil Nadu

Last Updated: Saturday, April 19, 2014, 10:35

Tamil Nadu has witnessed a marginal decrease in the number of independents taking the poll plunge in the April 24 Lok Sabha elections with 507 trying their luck as against 527 in 2009.

Jayalalithaa`s attack shows BJP has emerged a viable alternative: P Muralidhar Rao

Last Updated: Friday, April 18, 2014, 20:47

Rattled by AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa`s sharp attack on it and its leader Narendra Modi, BJP today said this only showed the party has emerged as a "viable alternative" to Dravidian majors in Tamil Nadu.

High Court dismisses PIL seeking display of poll affidavit contents

Last Updated: Friday, April 18, 2014, 20:28

Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking to exhibit vital contents such as criminal cases in the affidavit of contesting candidates at all public offices.

TR Baalu`s son gets pre-arrest bail from HC

Last Updated: Friday, April 18, 2014, 19:54

Madras High Court Friday granted conditional anticipatory bail to former Union minister and senior DMK leader T R Baalu`s son T R B Raja, who apprehended arrest in a case related to a clash during the electioneering for the April 24 Lok Sabha polls.

TN: 62-year-old woman murdered in broad daylight

Last Updated: Friday, April 18, 2014, 19:24

In a daring daylight murder, a 62-year old woman was killed by two youths for a gold chain in a busy commercial locality here, police said.

BJP will not require AIADMK`s support for government formation: BJP

Last Updated: Friday, April 18, 2014, 18:51

BJP today downplayed AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa`s outbursts against it and asserted that the saffron party might not require the Dravidian outfit`s support in government formation.

A day after conviction, DMK leader resigns from Rajya Sabha

Last Updated: Friday, April 18, 2014, 17:57

Facing imminent disqualification after a CBI court sentenced him to two years imprisonment in the cremation shed scam, DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Minister T M Selvaganapathy today resigned from the Rajya Sabha.

Verdict on petition against Rajiv Gandhi killers in a week: CJI

Last Updated: Friday, April 18, 2014, 17:36

The Supreme Court`s verdict on the petition by the Centre challenging Tamil Nadu Government`s decision to release all seven life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case would be pronounced within a week.

Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Tamil Nadu on April 21

Last Updated: Friday, April 18, 2014, 17:33

In his first electioneering tour of Tamil Nadu going to the polls on April 24, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will address an election rally in Ramanathapuram on April 21.