(This live blog is now closed).Polling to elect the 17 th Tamil Nadu Assembly was held on Thursday (April 23, 2026) from 7 a.m. till 6 p.m. The total electoral strength of Tamil Nadu stands at 5.73 ...

April 23, 2026, turned out to be a red-letter day in Tamil Nadu’s electoral history as the State recorded its highest polling percentage in an Assembly election – 84.69% (till 8 p.m. on Thursday).

Chennai: But for a couple of skirmishes between political workers and a complaint of police personnel entering the polling booth, elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday were a smooth affair ...

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami tells TNIE’s T Muruganandham that NDA will receive overwhelming support in the Assembly polls and AIADMK will form a government on its own with clear ...

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CHENNAI: In a discovery that reinforces the footprint of ancient Tamil civilisation across the globe, around 30 inscriptions, the majority of them in Tamil Brahmi, the early Tamil script, have been ...

Of 30 inscriptions uncovered at the Valley of Kings by Strauch and Schmid, 20 are in Tamil. CHENNAI: Around 2,000 years ago, a Tamil trader who visited the rock-cut tombs of Egyptian pharaohs ...

The NDA will give a strong fight to the DMK in Tamil Nadu, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at NDTV Profit Conclave 2026. She said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is strong and intact, ...

The upcoming Tamil Nadu elections will give a decisive mandate, veteran journalist N Ram has asserted, ruling out any possibility of a hung assembly or power-sharing. The director at The Hindu ...

Speaking at NDTV Tamil Nadu Conclave on the 2026 Tamil Nadu polls, N. Ram says it is too early to predict exact numbers but notes that anything above 150 seats would be a strong outcome for the ...

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi walked out of the state assembly on Tuesday before delivering his inaugural address, expressing disappointment over what he said was a lack of respect for the ...