Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

The Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu police to file a First Information Report (FIR) against Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudy for his controversial remarks, which were allegedly derogatory toward Saivism, Vaishnavism, and women.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin launched a scathing attack on the newly revived AIADMK-BJP alliance, calling it a "treacherous alliance" that bows to Delhi and betrays Tamil Nadu. In a fiery rebuttal to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Chennai visit, Stalin accused the Centre of attempting to destabilize the state and slammed both the AIADMK and BJP for their stance on NEET, language imposition, and corruption.

Tamil Nadu minister K Ponmudi made a vulgar joke in a public forum, which compared Hindu 'tilaks' with sexual positions. The comment sparked outrage, with even party leader Kanimozhi condemning the remark. The DMK removed him as deputy general secretary.

At a recent executive council meeting for his party, Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam, Vijay passed as many as 26 resolutions, focusing on his opposition to "One Nation, One Election" and the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).

Tamil Nadu BJP president and candidate from Coimbatore constituency K Annamalai casts his vote for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 at a polling booth in Karur’s Uthupatty. “This entire election has been fair…I am standing against the whole system. People of Coimbatore know whom to vote for, money cannot buy votes, that era is over…,” he said.

The daughter of the late M Karunanidhi, Kanimozhi seeks reelection after securing a resounding victory in the 2019 polls, where she defeated BJP's Tamilisai Soundararajan by an impressive margin of 3.47 lakh votes.

Among the candidates with criminal cases, 161 have serious charges against them. Shockingly, seven candidates are facing charges related to murder, while 18 are entangled in cases concerning crimes against women, including rape.

A video of a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader has gone viral on social media. In the video, the leader is heard making provocative statements about dietary restrictions if Prime Minister Modi is re-elected, suggesting that certain meats would be banned.

A senior official in the Sri Lankan government conveyed to Asianet Newsable that bringing up the Katchatheevu issue decades later is primarily a concern for New Delhi, not Colombo. They emphasized that the agreement, signed in 1974, was grounded in historical realities. Anish Kumar reports

Data released by the Election Commission on electoral bonds revealed that major political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, Trinamool Congress, Bharat Rashtra Samithi, and Biju Janata Dal, did not disclose donor details, despite constituting 87% of the Electoral Bond funds