Tamilian gifts life to a Kashmiri woman, 3000 kilometers away

A Kashmiri woman suffering from heart failure received the gift of life in Tamil Nadu. Here's how.

Powerful local players. Rooted regional sensitivities. A host of political miscalculations. And an inability to catch the pulse of the South. All this has limited the Modi Wave to the north of India.

Why BJP loses out in the south: Why Narendra Modi's saffron party is unable to cross the Vindhyas in victory

Karnataka’s decision to refuse to release Cauvery water, to protect its irrigated summer paddy, will have an adverse effect on the standing Kuruvai paddy in Tamil Nadu, intensifying this property dispute of sorts.

Ragi can resolve Cauvery issue

India

Despite the thumping majority in the Hindi heartland, the BJP has been shown the door in most of the states south of the Vindhyas. Why is it proving hard for the lotus to bloom down south?

Lok Sabha 2019: Where the Modi Wave hit a wall. Why South India votes differently

Area-Wise

While voting in Tamil Nadu will be held for 38 Lok Sabha seats, by-polls to 18 Assembly seats would also be held. In addition, several other states will also go to the polls today.

Lok Sabha Phase II: Voting to be held for 97 seats. And a big day for Tamil Nadu

While this is the first time a Lok Sabha poll has been cancelled on account of cash seizures, Tamil Nadu has often seen Assembly polls cancelled on the same charge.

Vellore Cancelled: Lok Sabha election in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore cancelled after cash seizure

Issues

Like politics, khichdi varies from region to region. Here is a peek into the regional platter that is going to be offered to the Indian public this poll season.

Political Khichdi: Why the regional mix-rice dish is the hot favourite this election season!

Dravidian politics vs reservation for upper castes: The old dragon breathes fire - yet again

Dravidian parties stand by the ideology they were conceived upon and oppose the empowering economically weaker upper caste groups.

Why did civilian protesters face police firing, many losing their lives, others, their limbs? Isn't the system meant to protect the vulnerable, not attack them?

Those who lost their loved ones in Tuticorin police firing deserve answers

A seven-year-old went to lodge a police complaint because her father procrastinated building a toilet.

Swacch Bharat: Prime Minister's flagship mission has a seven-year-old taking her father to the cops

A small girl lodged a police complaint because her father procrastinated on building a toilet. We want the champions of Swacch Bharat to hear her!