"tamil-nadu"

Almost all major urban hotspots witnessing fresh spike in infections; public urged to follow safety guidelines strictly

The CM, who is also the AIADMK co-coordinator, has won from Edappadi four times (1989, 91, 2011 and 2016) and the region is among the strongholds of the ruling party.

Maharashtra has reported the highest number of fresh cases at 13,659 (almost 60 per cent of the number of cases reported in the country.

MNM inked an agreement with actor-politician Sarathkumar's All India Samathuva Makhal Katchi and Indiya Jananayaka Katchi to jointly fight the polls.

Maharashtra has the highest weekly positivity rate with 11.13 per cent, the government said.

The searches were carried out on March 4 at 27 premises in Chennai, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Thrissur, Nellore, Jaipur and Indore.

According to the health ministry, 18,327 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the last 24 hours, out of which Maharashtra added 10,216, followed by Kerala with 2,776 while Punjab reported 808 new cases.

While state BJP leadership was expecting more than 25 seats, the AIADMK leadership was adamant that they cannot part with more than 20 seats given the grassroots-level strength of the BJP in Tamil Nadu.

Six states and UTs including Maharashtra, Kerala, Goa, Chandigarh, Punjab  and Gujarat have a weekly positivity rate higher than the national average of 2 per cent.

"Tamil Nadu chief minister (K Palaniswami) who bows to Prime Minister Narendra Modi will never be able to do this. The chief minister should bow to the people of the state," he said.

'Main akela hi chala tha janib-e-manzil magar, log saath aate gaye aur karwan banta gaya'. I'll speak about it (party strategy in West Bengal) when the time is right," he said.

Slamming the DMK and the Congress, Shah urged the people to reject the parties which are corrupt, believe in dynasty politics and follow divide and rule policy.

Passersby noticed the door of the ATM kiosk belonging to a nationalised bank broken open early this morning and alerted the police.

It was important to dream big, though some of it may not come true, he said in an obvious reference to snatching the reins of power from the BJP at the Centre.

The action was carried out on February 26 and a total of 20 premises in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Kolkata were searched and surveyed, it said.

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni said, "The Union Home Minister will leave for Tamil Nadu today and reach Chennai by 10:45 pm tonight. He will participate in various important programmes tomorrow."

The counting of votes in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry (Union Territory) will be held on May 2

The terms of the legislative assemblies of the four states is coming to an end in May and June.

Throughout the year the students were taught through the state-run Kalvi Tholaikatchi (education TV channel).

In his earlier visits to Tamil Nadu, he attacked the BJP over the New Education Policy and the language issue which is a very emotive topic in the state.