Poonamallee, Arakkonam, Nilakottai, and Vandavasi are the four constituencies where 40,000-odd names have been deleted. | Photo Credit: C. VENKATACHALAPATHY The 44 Assembly constituencies, reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SCs), have seen a lesser fall in the size of the electorate than the overall reduction in the entire Tamil Nadu after the Special Intensive Revision…
At the start of 2025, women electors outnumbered men by over 12 lakh in the State. In December, this gap has now narrowed to about 10.4 lakh. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ An analysis of Tamil Nadu’s electoral rolls prepared after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise shows that about 2.6…
M.K. Stalin. File | Photo Credit: M. Govarthan Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) came down heavily on the Opposition AIADMK’s “silence” over the Centre altering and renaming the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission–Gramin (VBGRAMG). In a…
Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, has been named as a UNEP ‘Champion of the Earth’ for 2025, according to a statement by the UN body. Sahu has been awarded in the ‘Inspiration and Action’ category. The UNEP statement noted that Sahu is a pioneer in sustainable cooling and ecosystem restoration. Her…