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| Photo: Imago/ANI News : Troubled Times: E.K. Palaniswami (centre), general secretary of the AIADMK, at a press meet in Chennai

AIADMK Split and Vijay’s Rise: How Tamil Nadu Politics Is Entering a Transformative New Era

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : V-Day: BJP supporters celebrate the party’s recent Assembly election win in Kolkata

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BY Tanvir Aeijaz

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The Fiery Himanta: How Himanta Biswa Sarma Redefined Assam Politics with Welfare Populism and Hindutva

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| Photo: Imago/ANI News : Second Innings: Himanta Biswa Sarma at a rally in Guwahati ahead of Assam Assembly election

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X : Kamal Haasan Supports Vijay TVK Government Formation

Kamal Haasan Backs Vijay’s TVK To Form Government After Tamil Nadu Poll Verdict

BY Outlook Entertainment Desk

tiwarymanoj/X : Former TMC MLA Manoj Tiwary

West Bengal Elections 2026: 'Was Asked To Pay Rs 5 Crore For MLA Ticket But I Refused': Former TMC MLA Manoj Tiwary

BY PTI

Sandipan chatterjee/Outlook : BJP West Bengal celebrating in Kolkata

West Bengal Elections 2026: BJP Heads For Historic Victory, TMC Faces Unprecedented Setback

BY Saher Hiba Khan

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : Mamata Banerjee’s campaign in south Kolkata

Make Bengal Great Again: Murshidabad's Fall, Firefly Despair, And The Battle For 27 Lakh Votes

BY Satish Padmanabhan

Sandipan Chatterjee : What lies ahead for Bengal? A landslide for either of the two main challengers, or a close contest resulting in a hung Assembly? Will this mark a watershed moment with a BJP victory in the birthplace of their Hindutva ideology, or will it prove to be its Waterloo?

Battle For Bengal: Watershed Or Waterloo?

BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : Guns and Forces: Voters line up to cast their vote in the second phase of the West Bengal election amid heavy security

Maach, Muri, Manush: Theatrics Of Bengal Election

BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

| Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra : Voters shows their identity cards as they wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station during a repoll ordered by the Election Commission following reports of electoral malpractices, at Magrahat Paschim constituency, in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal.

In Photos: West Bengal Repoll Draws Steady Voter Turnout

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| Photo: Suresh K. Pandey : Women Power: Supporters at Udhayanidhi Stalin’s roadshow in Chepauk

House Full: Theatrics On The Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Campaign Trail

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

Photo: Imago : Opposition voices have for years pointed to concerns around state media use and electoral fairness.

Broadcasting Without Rules: PM Modi, MCC Gaps And An Uneven Playing Field

BY Zenaira Bakhsh

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : Spreading its Footprints: A glimpse of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in central Kolkata

The State Of The Provinces: Delhi's Eternal Tango With Turf, Pride, And Uneasy Coexistence

BY Harish Khare

File photo; Representative image : President Donald Trump has been transparent regarding his desire to expand federal authority over elections, calling on his party to “take over” and “nationalise” voting in at least 15 locations.

Trump Administration Challenges Local Control Of U.S. Elections Through Targeted Investigations

BY Outlook News Desk

PTI : Women show their identity cards as they queue to vote at a polling station during the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, in Chennai, Thursday, April 23, 2026.

Assembly Elections 2026 Voting: Highest Voter Turnout In Tamil Nadu, West Bengal Since Independence, Says CEC

BY Outlook News Desk

Instagram : Tamil Nadu Elections 2026: Akshaya Hariharan Vote Row

Tamil Nadu Elections 2026: Actress Akshaya Hariharan Alleges Voter Impersonation After Vote Cast In Her Name

BY Outlook Entertainment Desk

Representative Image : Stating that "truth" will emerge after the counting of votes on May 4, Kanimozhi highlighted the DMK's performance over five years.

Kanimozhi Says DMK Will Return In Tamil Nadu

BY PTI

Sandipan Chatterjee : Apart from such deletions, there have been allegations of fraudulent mass submission of Form 6 by BJP activists, for additions of names in the electoral rolls.

Assembly Elections 2026: Will Bengal Be Able To Stop The Juggernaut In BJP’s Bastion?

BY Aditya Nigam

ANI : BLO interact with residents during the house-to-house distribution of Enumeration Forms (EFs) for the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kolkata Kolkata, Nov 05

Deleted, But Dutybound: Bengal’s Voteless Poll Workers

BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : The Missing Voters: Hasnara Khatoon (in blue), who lives in Harishchandrapur in Malda, says that despite having all the documents, five members of her family are missing from the list.

‘Silent Purge’ Under SIR: Voter Roll Cuts Across Samserganj, Malda, Muslims Hit Hardest

BY Sandipan Chatterjee

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : Titanic Battle; Bhabanipur has become the battleground for Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: The Curious Case Of Akhtar Ali

BY Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

| Source: DMK Archives : First Steps: Periyar, M.G. Ramachandran, Kalaignar and C.N. Annadurai during the inception of Dravida Kazhagam

From Congress Dominance to Dravidian Rise: Recalling Tamil Nadu’s Political Transformation

BY P.A. Krishnan

Illustration: Vikas Thakur : For the first time since 2014, a Bill moved by the ruling party is defeated in the Lok Sabha for lack of support on April 17. The stuff of true functional democracies.

India, A Union Of States

BY Outlook Bureau

The Big Question In Tamil Politics: Can Thalapathy Be Thala?

The Big Question In Tamil Politics: Can Thalapathy Be Thala?

BY Ilyas R. Muhammed

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