An election race is in full swing in Assam as it goes to polls this week. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending three campaign rallies in the northeastern state on Monday. DW has the latest.

CHENNAI: Renowned Tamil poet and lyricist Vairamuthu has been conferred the 60th Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary honour, for the year 2025. Conferred by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, the award has ...

Tamil lyricist and author R. Vairamuthu has been selected for the Jnanpith Award, the nation’s highest literary honour. He is the third Tamil literary figure to receive the award, after a gap of 24 ...

"I can understand this delay in recognizing Tamil writers, because this award is being given on a rotational basis. However, the Hindi literary world has got this award 12 times, Kannada eight times, ...

Asserting that the “saffron brigade” will never be able to paint Tamil Nadu in saffron, DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin threw the gauntlet at the BJP, saying it would never be able to ...

Tamil Nadu Election Date 2026: Voting for all 234 assembly seats of Tamil Nadu will be held in a single phase on 23 April. The votes will be counted on 4 May, the Election Commission of India ...

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Saturday announced a subsidy of Rs 2 per unit on additional electricity consumption for restaurants, tea shops, cloud kitchens and other food ...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the schedule for assembly elections in four states and one Union Territory: West Bengal (April 23 and 29), Tamil Nadu (April 23), Kerala (April 9), ...

Despite the challenges, the AIADMK remains confident of staging a comeback. The 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election is shaping up as an existential battle for the opposition All India Anna Dravida ...

An opinion poll predicting the outcome of the upcoming West Bengal and Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2026 has good news for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, giving her party an edge over the ...

With the EC announcing a single-phase election to 234 Assembly segments in Tamil Nadu on April 23, here is a look at the key constituencies and candidates. Kolathur constituency in Chennai is ...

Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force in Tamil Nadu with immediate effect; The State government and ministers should not announce new schemes or inaugurate new projects hereon. CHENNAI: The ...