On a day of drama in front of Mr Thangkabalu’s house where two women attempted ‘self immolation,’ the Congress announced a minor reshuffle in its list of candidates.

Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Saturday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to attend the India-Pakistan cricket World Cup semi-final at Mohali next on Wednesday, saying it would create "undue pressure" on Indian players.

DMK patriach and Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi on Saturday charged AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa with shedding 'crocodile tears' for Muslims and said her election promise to increase reservation quota for them if voted to power was only an attempt to deceive them.

Corruption is not a new phenomenon for both major Dravidian parties in the state. DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa have faced corruption charges.

Disgruntled over non-allotment of tickets by the party high command for the April 13 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, Congressmen voiced their strong opposition against incumbent state Congress chief K. V.

For political parties in Tamil Nadu, 33 per cent reservation for women is only rhetoric as their words have not translated into action in allotment of seats for women for the April 13 Assembly polls.

Not just big money bags, but even small aarti thattus have come under the Election Commission scanner as many politicians try to give money under the guise of the aarti thattu ritual.

The AIADMK has released a fresh list of candidates after successfully pacifying its upset allies.

Clearing last-minute hiccups with Vijayakanth, AIADMK general secretary Jayalal-ithaa released her “revised” list of 160 candidates Mon-day.

M.K. Stalin, DMK treasurer and son of party chief M.