Pongal is one of Tamil Nadu’s most important harvest festivals, coinciding with Makar Sankranti in other parts of India. The word Pongal comes from the Tamil verb pongu, meaning “to boil over” or “to ...

An important initiative by the Election Commission of India is called the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu, which aims to bring the electoral rolls up to date prior to ...

An analysis of Tamil Nadu’s electoral rolls prepared after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise shows that about 2.6 lakh more women than men have been deleted from the ...

TIRUNELVELI: Chief Minister MK Stalin, who is on a two-day visit to the district, inaugurated the Porunai Museum – showcasing artefacts unearthed from excavation sites at Adichanallur, Sivagalai and ...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has published the draft electoral roll of voters in Tamil Nadu on Friday (December 19, 2025), after carrying out the much-debated Special Intensive Revision (SIR ...

Cyclone Ditwah is heading towards the coast of Tamil Nadu and is causing widespread rainfall in various districts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh. Amid the severe weather conditions, ...

Cyclone Ditwah highlights: Heavy rains lashed parts of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry as the cyclonic storm ‘Ditwah’ moves towards the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coastline. A red alert has been ...

Chennai: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has enabled the Online search facility for the Electoral Roll under the Intensive Revision, 2002/2005 for the access of electors in the website at ...

Tamil Nadu Voters List 2025: With the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections just months away in 2026, it’s time for every voter to do one simple but crucial thing, that is check whether your name or your ...

COIMBATORE: The 2026 assembly election would be the last election for AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, said former DMK minister V Senthil Balaji on Tuesday. Senthil Balaji was speaking at a protest held in ...

CHENNAI: The month-long door-to-door enumeration for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu will begin on Tuesday, with January 1, 2026, as the qualifying date. Nearly ...