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Tamil Nadu’s CEO’s dubious move

In a bizzare move, the Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Satyabrata Sahoo, moved a bunch of Electronic Voting Machines and VVPATs from Coimbat

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Inside St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo, north of Colombo, where a suicide bomber blew himself up.

Attack and aftermath

Two weeks after the deadly Easter Day bombings, there are more questions than answers in the island nation. But a determined civil society is rallying

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High Court order critical of Kiran Bedi

The Madras High Court has stepped in to rein in the runaway administrator that Lt Governor Kiran Bedi had become after she appeared to have appropriat

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A new chapter

The landslide win of the Maldivian Democratic Party in the parliamentary election is unprecedented, yet it is no guarantee that there will not be trou

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa greets his supporters after his return from the U.S., in Katunayake, Sri Lanka, on April 12.

A Rajapaksa eyes the presidency

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brother, may be preparing to contest the presidential election.

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R.K. Nagar shadow over four byelections in Tamil Nadu

As Tamil Nadu prepares for byelections to four constituencies on May 19, there are serious questions over how free and fair they will be since the Ele

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T.T.V. Dinakaran to register his party as reality hits home

T.T.V. Dinakaran, MLA and head of the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK), has had a change of heart and has decided to register his party. He had no

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Complaints of code violation pile up with E.C.

The Election Commission of India has the entire machinery of the country at its disposal, yet it has so far been able to complete enquiry into only le

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Gujarat tops E.C.’s seizures list; Tamil Nadu a close second

Gujarat tops the list, in terms of value, of seizures of drugs, cash and other valuables made by the Election Commission. Tamil Nadu is a close second

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T.N. Assembly byelections: Surveys put DMK ahead

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami fights for survival and the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for its relevance in the byelection

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Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami campaigning in Tirunelveli town on April 4. (Facing page) DMK president M.K. Stalin at a public meeting in Coimbatore on April 3.

Deepening divide

Caste continues to dominate the electoral discourse in Tamil Nadu, where the AMMK, a breakaway faction of the AIADMK, is likely to damage the prospect

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In election season, political consultants look to cash in

In election season, political consultancies sprout, grow and even make it big, and this is true across India. The investment required is a keen polit

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