As many as eight special teams have been formed to nab the culprits, a senior police officer said.

The Indian government has decided to extend the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for another five years due to its separatist activities and threats to India's territorial integrity.

No matter how this foray of the ‘Northerners’ into Southern bastions finally works out in terms of cold, hard numbers, it is clear that the contest would be anything but ho-hum.

The fate of 950 candidates will be decided by about 6.23 crore voters who are set to exercise their franchise in nearly 68,000 polling stations.

From the issues of Katchatheevu to Tamil heritage were invoked by the BJP to test its fortune in Dravidian politics.

A case has been lodged against K Annamalai, the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tamil Nadu and the party's candidate for the Lok Sabha from Coimbatore, over allegations of violating election campaign regulations.

In a fervent address to the public in Tamil Nadu's Mettupalayam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unleashed a scathing critique against the opposition bloc, notably the Congress-DMK-led INDIA alliance.

In a fiery speech delivered in Vellore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, accusing the party of perpetuating an outdated mindset and obstructing the progress of the state's youth. Modi, addressing a public rally as part of the BJP's election campaign, criticised the DMK for its alleged corruption and anti-Tamil stance.