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Saturday, April 18, 2020,
Chennai
There is nothing wrong in the AIADMK and BJP forging an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections as they were “natural allies”, said BJP National Executive member L Ganesan in an exclusive interview.
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Thursday, May 23, 2019,
Puducherry
The Congress-led government in Puducherry is relieved as its Lok Sabha candidate, Speaker V. Vaithilingam established an early lead for the lone seat in Puducherry. Vaithilingam was ahead of K. Narayanasamy of AINRC, who is being supported by several parties of the AIADMK-led front including the BJP.
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Thursday, May 23, 2019,
New Delhi
Counting has begun for 541 Lok Sabha constituencies in the country, with early trends, based on postal ballots, giving a lead to the NDA over the opposition. The NDA was leading in 89 seats (loss of 6 seats) , the UPA in 23 (a gain of one), and others in 33 (a gain of 4). In Uttar Pradesh, a close contest seems to be in the offing,
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014,
Chennai
The man who said, "If Amma (Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa) retains you in her fold, you are Pillaiyar (Lord Ganesa). If she throws you out, you are cowdung", is himself down in the dumps. It was a hard day for Minister K P Munusamy, who first suffered the ignominy of losing two key party posts on Tuesday.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014,
Chennai
AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday removed Labour Minister K P Munusamy from two key party posts, including the Krishnagiri district secretaryship.
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Monday, May 19, 2014,
Chennai
Jayalalithaa on Monday sacked three ministers and six district heads.
Minister for Revenue B V Ramanaa, Minister for Agriculture S Damodaran and Minister for Labour K T Pachamal were axed. In their places, she inducted Agri S S Krishnamoorthy, S P Velumani and S Gokula Indira, who were dismissed earlier.
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Sunday, May 18, 2014,
Chennai
Barely a few hours after DMK Treasurer M K Stalin sent in his resignation from all party posts owning moral responsibility for the poor performance of the party in the Lok Sabha polls, his father and party president M Karunanidhi rejected it and asked him to continue.
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Saturday, May 17, 2014,
Chennai
The highest margin was recorded by P Venugopal of AIADMK in Tiruvallur (3,23,430), while the lowest margin was at Coimbatore (42,016).
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Friday, May 16, 2014,
Chennai
The juggernaut of ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu crushed the DMK and other fronts to post the highest-ever total of Lok Sabha seats ever by a party in the State. The Jayalalitha-led AIADMK bagged 37 out of 39 seats, with the PMK and the BJP winning only one seat each in Dharmapuri and Kanyakumari respectively.
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Friday, May 16, 2014,
New Delhi
Narendra Modi is all set to become the next Prime Minister, with the BJP likely to get a majority on its own, while the NDA is expected to touch 340 seats in the 543-strong Lok Sabha.
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Friday, May 16, 2014,
Chennai
The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu is set to sweep Tamil Nadu, with early trends showing the party establishing leads in 37 of the 39 constituencies in the State.
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Thursday, May 15, 2014,
Chennai
AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa has expelled former IAS officer K Malaisamy from all posts in the party including primary membership for bringing disrepute to the party. The expulsion comes close on the heels of a statement made by Malaisamy that the AIADMK could extend support to a NDA government at the Centre as Jayalalithaa and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi were close friends.
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Friday, April 25, 2014,
Chennai
Brisk polling was reported in the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 24 as 72.8 per cent votes were cast, the Election department has said.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014,
Chennai
DMK president M Karunanidhi rounded off his campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu with criticism of some officials of the State election department, charging them with working for the ruling AIADMK.
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Monday, April 14, 2014,
Karur
Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa lashed out at the BJP for the first time in her campaiogn for the Lok sabha elections on a day when BJP leader Narendra Modi visited Chennai.
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Sunday, April 13, 2014,
Chennai
BJP leader Narendra Modi met Tamil superstar Rajinikanth at his Chennai residence and described it as a just a "courtesy call". Rajinikanth said there was no discussion on politics.
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Saturday, April 12, 2014,
Chennai
Both the opposition DMK and the Alagiri faction of the party, which are at loggerheads following the suspension of DMK chief M Karunanidhi's son M K Alagiri from the party, received a rude shock on April 10 when Ramanathapuram MP and actor J K Riteesh, an Alagiri loyalist, met Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa in Chennai and on April 12 and joined the ruling AIADMK.
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Monday, April 7, 2014,
Chidambaram
The NDA suffered a jolt in Tamil Nadu as the nominations of two NDA candidates -- a BJP nominee in Nilgiris constituency, and PMK candidate I Manirathnam in Chidambaram constituency -- for the April 24 Lok Sabha elections, were rejected on scrutiny on April 7.
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Monday, April 7, 2014,
Udhagamandalam
The BJP's attempt to represent the Nilgiris Parliamentary Constituency in the Lok Sabha and to oppose the 2G scam accused DMK's A Raja came a cropper on April 7 as the nomination paper of its candidate S Gurumurthy was rejected during scrutiny.
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Sunday, April 6, 2014,
Puducherry
Union Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office, V Narayanasamy filed his nomination along with AINRC candidate R Radhakrishnan, PMK candidate R K R Anantharaman and DMK candidate A M H Nazeem on April 5, 2014.
