CUDDALORE: Days after contradictory claims were made regarding the death of 43-year-old J Gomathi of Pakkirimaniyam village in Cuddalore district on the polling day on Friday, TNIE, after exhaustive interviews with a number of people including the woman’s brother-in-law K…

Final voting percentage for Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu stands at 69.72% TNIE Tamil Nadu The New Indian Express

Vengaivayal issue.
Caste hindus of Eraiyur, more than 500 voters boycotted the polls except some govt employees.
Officials held talks with them too by noon. Since the residents didn't come to terms with the officials they decided to boycott
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Dalit residents of Vengaivayal, 60 voters casted their votes after the promise of speedy justice.
As they announced poll boycott before, officials held talks with residents and promised speedy justice and ensured developmental activities in the area.
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Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu: 63.20% voters cast their votes till 5 p.m; Dharmapuri leads with 67.52% of votes followed by Namakkal (67.37%). In all, 35 constituencies have polled more than 60% votes till 5 p.m while Chennai Central is in the last with 57.04% votes. In…

Lok Sabha elections: Till 3 p.m, the polling percentage stood at 51.41%. Dharmapuri polled the highest percentage of 57.83% votes and Chennai Central stood at the lowest (41.47%). In Vilavancode Assembly constituency where a by-election is being held, till 3p.m, 45.43% votes…

TNIE Tamil Nadu At least five women have removed their uterus and several affected by TB in #Vedampattu villag that suffers toxic pollution from a nearby pvt medical waste processing factory in Villupuram. Over 600 voters #boycottpolls on Friday seeking immediate closure of the factory.…

Poll booth in Vengaivayal was seen desserted without any voters.Dalits & caste hindus boycotted polls citing the over head tank issue. So far 5 of them have cast their Votes. 3 from Govindhampatti of Muthukkadu panchayat. 2 govt servants from Eraiyur, said a source TNIE Tamil Nadu

#ElectionsWithTNIE Polling begins in Government higher secondary school in MKB Nagar, Vyasarpadi after it was halted for an hour. A voter had alleged that his vote wrongly showed the lotus symbol in the VVPAT slip. DMK & ADMK functionaries protested. TNIE Tamil Nadu The New Indian Express

Polling resumed after officials denied the allegations and assured of no foul play #ElectionsWithTNIE

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It's the day before #voting in TN and no one has come for my mother's #postalvote . Now my worry is: Has someone stolen her #vote ? If at all I could take her to the booth, would she be able to exercise her right? TN Elections CEO Lakshmi Ramachandran Ranjitha Gunasekaran தமிழச்சி

With just three days left before campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu ends, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami ups his attack on the BJP in an exclusive interview with The New Indian Express T Muruganandham. Accusing the BJP of riding an imaginary horse…

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In Chennai Central, 7 of the total 21 projects were initiated in the last 4 months leading up to the elections. We also looked into how useful some of these projects were. More in the story with Mohan ‏‎‎‎மோகன் মোহন

Bus shelters are the local favourite as far as projects taken up by #Chennai MPs under #MPLADS go. In Chennai North, 24 out of the 61 projects taken up are bus shelters.

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These dhobis lost their fingerprints due to hours of washing away dirt from clothes, using chemicals with bare hands. However, they're determined to cast their votes on April 19, believing in the power of their worn-out fingers.

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To the criticism that the #DMK is a “family party,” M.K.Stalin said, yes it is a family party that governs by treating the people of #TamilNadu as one family and does good to all families.
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#TNIE Interview | In an exclusive interview with #TNIE , CM M.K.Stalin said “ #DMK ’s main competitor in the electoral arena for the #LokSabhaElections is the #AIADMK , but the #BJP is the ideological foe of the #DMK -led #INDIA bloc.
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#TNIE Interview | In an exclusive interview with #TNIE , CM M.K.Stalin dismisses #PMModi ’s #Katchatheevu charges as ‘crocodile tears’ and explains why the saffron party is the #DMK ’s ideological enemy.
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