Tamil Nadu

25 killed after powerful blast rips through Virudhunagar fireworks factory
‘The lotus won’t bloom in Tamil Nadu, even with two leaves,’ says CPI(M)’s P Shanmugam

Vijay’s TVK set to poll massively in Tamil Nadu, but enough seats are a distant dream
Centre using women as “human shields”: When Kanimozhi flayed delimitation bill
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin demands withdrawal of delimitation Bill, freeze of delimitation
Youth back Vijay, women favour DMK, AIADMK retains its base — Who will TN’s Kongu region choose?
‘Fire will spread across Dravidian land’: Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin burns copy of delimitation Bill
‘Hope Delhi is listening’: Southern leaders warn of massive protest against delimitation
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin calls for ‘black flag’ protest against proposed delimitation of Lok Sabha seats
Vijay’s ‘change’ pitch, DMK’s welfare grip and AIADMK’s absence: Pulse of South Tamil Nadu
KC Venugopal eyeing Kerala CM chair? Expelled TN leader Hazeena Syed’s remark sparks row
MK Stalin issues ‘final warning’ to PM Modi over delimitation plans
Interview: ‘Neither Vijay nor anyone else is a threat to DMK’, says Thangam Thennarasu
How a Gujarat surgeon operated on Chennai patient—and why it matters
Interview | ‘AIADMK split into four, BJP into two’: Vijaya Prabhakaran’s attack on NDA
People prevail: After protest, 215 Manjolai residents get voting rights restored, many still outside rolls
Interview | Vijay’s TVK will get crushed between AIADMK, DMK: KT Rajenthra Bhalaji
SF impact: Officials hold meeting over TN caste-based village name row
‘Alliance more important than Congress seats’: MP Manickam Tagore on Tamil Nadu polls, Vijay and BJP
A summer of fevers and rashes: Why chickenpox cases are increasing in Chennai
Youth shot in leg after allegedly attacking Sub-Inspector in Tenkasi
Stalin, Palaniswami, Seeman, Vijay: Four leaders, one battle for Tamil Nadu in 2026
Sathankulam custodial deaths: Madurai court awards capital punishment to 9 former police personnel
Identity vs dignity: Virudhunagar Dalits to boycott TN polls over caste-based village name
Why Annamalai stayed out of TN Polls? Vanathi Srinivasan factor and BJP’s election arithmetic
South First analysis | DMK delivers 394 of 505 poll promises; women-centric schemes lag
Language imposition concerns: MK Stalin slams NEP-linked CBSE curriculum, questions NDA’s intent

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