Sources indicate that the DMK had offered MNM just two to three seats, insisting the party fight under its symbol.

While the national party will contest in 16 constituencies, the DMK will fight on 14 seats.

Asked about his earlier stint in the building, Dhinakaran said, "You say I am coming here after nine years. But for me this is not a new place. I've been coming since Amma's (Jayalalithaa's) days."

With multiple power centres, fractured loyalties and new political narratives, Tamil Nadu is set for one of its most complex and closely watched electoral contests in recent times.

The custodial torture dates back to June 19, 2020, when Jayaraj and Benicks, who ran a mobile shop, were arrested for allegedly keeping their shop open beyond permitted hours during the lockdown, a claim later found to be false.

The NDA has finalised the seat sharing deal for Tamil Nadu with AIADMK getting the lion's share -- 178 seats. Of the rest, 27 goes to the BJP, 18 to PMK and 11 to TTV Dhinakaran.

The alliance is positioning itself as a force meant to split votes and inflict damage on the AIADMK-led NDA

Madras Christian College launched a workshop helping visually impaired students write and publish their work in a dedicated anthology.

Despite the truce, the BJP has not conceded either of the NR Congress' two principal demands - statehood and the exclusion of a party from the alliance.

AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami has flown twice to the national capital to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah, marking a clear shift from late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's style of making allies come to Chennai.

The man was pulled to safety in the early hours of Friday and shifted for medical evaluation. Officials said he is stable but under observation.

Edappadi K Palaniswami categorically said there were no discussions with actor-turned-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), ruling out any possibility of an alliance.

A day before a crucial decision on its alliance with the BJP, the All India NR Congress has hardened its stance, pushing the ruling combine in Puducherry into fresh uncertainty ahead of the elections.

After nearly a week of investigation with analysing CCTV and the Tower Dump method, Dharma Muneshwaran has been arrested by Tamil Nadu Police in connection with the sexual assault and murder of a 17-year-old girl in Thoothukudi.

In politics, timing is everything. And in Tamil Nadu, timing without alliances is often nothing. By insisting that he will neither join an alliance nor play second fiddle, Vijay may well have missed the political bus even before

NR Congress has strongly objected to the inclusion of the Latchiya Dravida Jananayaga Katchi, led by Charles Martin, in the NDA fold. LJK is headed by the son of lottery baron Martin, a factor that NR Congress leaders say is politically unacceptable.

AIADMK treasurer and former minister Dindigul C Sreenivasan has triggered a major controversy after making a distasteful remark about women while criticising the ruling DMK's welfare schemes at a protest in Tamil Nadu's Dindigul.

In a significant climbdown ahead of the Tamil Nadu elections, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) General Secretary (Campaigns) Aadhav Arjuna on Wednesday apologised to superstar Rajinikanth for his controversial remarks

AIADMK leader and Rajya Sabha MP C Ve Shanmugam has sparked a massive row after he made a misogynistic remark on popular actor Nayanthara while criticising the MK Stalin-led government's outreach campaign ahead of the 23 April Tamil Nadu elections.

Speculation over a possible tie-up between the BJP-led NDA and actor-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly polls has all but fizzled out

As the battle for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections intensifies, the ruling M K Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is banking heavily on an expansive alliance strategy.

The 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election is shaping up as an existential battle for the opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which has struggled electorally since the death of its towering leader J Jayalalithaa.

Aakash, 26, alleged that he was blindfolded and brutally assaulted by police personnel after being taken into custody.

Ahead of his visit to Tiruchirappalli on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a sharp attack on the ruling DMK, accusing it of being "rattled" by the growing popularity of the NDA in Tamil Nadu.