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    Tamil Nadu CM JayalalithaaNation
    An election that raised the bar in Tamil Nadu

    Jayalalithaa's superb nonchalance and her realism help AIADMK pole vault a hotly contested poll.

    23 May 2016 6:38 AM IST

    DMK party president M Karunanidhi (Photo: PTI)Nation
    The owl of minerva' and TN assembly polls

    As this leaves us to wait for few more days to put together the biggest poll puzzle.

    16 May 2016 7:04 AM IST

    DMK treasurer M.K. StalinNation
    How Mandal drives the battle against the bottle

    The said and the unsaid in a high decibel campaign in TN Polls in several decades.

    9 May 2016 6:45 AM IST

    Curtis S. Bramble(second from left) and Jay R. Kaufman (immediate right) during an interaction at an Indo-Amercian Chamber of Commerce meet on Friday. (Photo: DC)World
    US political landscape changing every day: Republican Senator

    US Presidential elections 2016- State of the race with 6 months to go.

    7 May 2016 6:30 AM IST

    Before the TV journalist could finish the question, Vaiko removed the lapel mike and walked out, even while the interviewer was asking him to take the full question.Nation
    Shades of Hamlet sans Prince of Denmark

    Leadership roles in a swirl in a tumultuous poll campaign in Tamil Nadu.

    2 May 2016 6:49 AM IST

    Cholanomics - Social Pursuit of Cholas with temple as Epicentre by Ram Sankar Alpha Publishers, Chennai.Lifestyle
    Book review: A kaleidoscope on Chola polity in an election year in TN

    This very well presented coffee table book by Ram Sankar in a delightfully simple style is also quite different.

    2 May 2016 6:22 AM IST

    AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa has gone all guns blazing only against DMK and its chief M. Karunanidhi.Nation
    Jayalalithaa widens mother' metaphor

    The poll mela' peaked as thousands of them went into an ecstatic awe, flashing the party's two leaves' symbol.

    30 April 2016 6:38 AM IST

    Tamil Nadu CM JayalalithaaNation
    Imponderables in Tamil Nadu's broadband 2016 elections

    Why a host of smaller political parties are flexing their muscles more this time.

    25 April 2016 6:33 AM IST

    A.P.J. Abdul KalamNation
    APJ Abdul Kalam among top 3 icons to influence TN voters

    He had hugely contributed from the margins to pull out citizens, particularly youth, from the morass of voter apathy and...

    18 April 2016 6:42 AM IST

    Union Minister Prakash Javadekar (Photo: PTI)Nation
    BJP's generalissimo gets gung-ho against AIADMK

    From Paris to Madurai, it's a long journey for the environment minister.

    4 April 2016 6:47 AM IST

    The hype over the new third front formed in Tamil Nadu ahead of the May 16 Assembly elections, with the actor-turned-politician Vijayakanths DMDK (Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam) joining the four-party Peoples Welfare Alliance (PWA), was only to be expected for its novelty.Nation
    Third front gives twist to traditional Tamil Nadu politics

    How Two recent cautionary tales tell a different story.

    28 March 2016 6:32 AM IST

    CPI veteran leader R. NallakannuNation
    Left parties' dilemmas in Tamil Nadu

    A third front option again, but with Tamil Nationalists?

    21 March 2016 6:25 AM IST

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