According to customs officials, 24k gold weighing 1.421 kg, valued at Rs 99.18 lakh, was recovered from a Malaysian woman passenger who came from Kuala Lumpur on April 5 on an Air India Express flight. The gold was concealed in paste form in undergarments, the official added.
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami's vehicle was checked by the flying squad of the Election Commission ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, on Thursday.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will headline an INDIA bloc rally in Coimbatore, the prized Lok Sabha seat that is to be contested by BJP heavyweight and the party's state president K Annamalai, on April 12.
As the state gears up for the first phase of polling for the Lok Sabha on April 19, not just the candidates across the political divide but also their loved ones and kin are reaching out voters in the hope of electoral blessings.
Claiming that the people were 'unhappy' with the Chidambaram family, the BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Sivaganga, Devanathan Yadav said on Wednesday there was an 'anti-DMK wave' across the state.
Actor-turned-politician and BJP candidate from Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency, Radhika Sarathkumar, said she was going into the electins in the hope of an alliance with the people, adding that the need of the hour was for a strong government that could fulfil their hopes and dreams.<
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin slammed the BJP for raising the Kachchatheevu issue ahead of the the Lok Sabha polls and said that the issue has started to backfire now.
AMMK General Secretary and NDA's Theni Lok Sabha constituency candidate, TTV Dhinakaran, said on Tuesday that for the development of Tamil Nadu, it is necessary to remove the DMK from power.
Fiery start to campaign by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK) founder TR Paarivendhar from the Valadi Village in Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from the Perambalur Sabha constituency.
"You (Congress and DMK) have done a crime. You have no business to talk about it. BJP will take care of Kachhadeep. We know what to do when to do and how to do it," he said.
Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Monday said that the Union government is trying everything possible to retrieve Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka. He also reiterated his allegation that the island was ceded to Sri Lanka by the then-Indira Gandhi government in 1974 with the consent of