Captain's knock - Vijaykant scores 0/40 but helps ChidambaramMay 17th, 2009 CHENNAI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who barely escaped defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, should thank the DMDK of actor Vijaykant - also known as 'Captain' after his character in Tamil film Captain Prabhakaran - which drew a blank in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry but took vital votes away from Chidambaram's main opponent.
Chidambaram wins in Sivaganga after re-countingMay 16th, 2009 SIVAGANGA - Congress leader and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has won the Sivaganga parliamentary constituency after re-counting.
Home Minister Chidambaram trailingMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram was trailing behind his AIADMK rival in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga parliamentary constituency, Election Commission officials said Saturday.
Chidambaram loses in Sivaganga, seeks repollMay 16th, 2009 SIVAGANGA - Congress leader and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has lost the elections in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga parliamentary constituency to his All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) rival Raja Kannappan.
DMK win is 'burial of democracy': JayalalithaaMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa Saturday attributed the victory of the DMK-Congress combine in Tamil Nadu to the use of money power and called it 'a burial of democracy'.
Chidambaram wins Sivaganga seatMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram of the Congress was declared elected from the Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency with a margin of 3,354 votes over his nearest AIADMK rival, poll officials said Saturday.
Violence in Chidambaram's constituency after recountMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - Violence broke out Saturday near the counting centre in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency from which union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is a candidate, police officials said.
Chidambaram wins after nail-biting finishMay 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - He was declared loser before he finally romped home. Home Minister P.
Chidambaram confident of Congress-DMK win in Tamil NaduMay 13th, 2009 CHENNAI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday expressed confidence that the Congress-DMK combine would emerge victorious in the general elections in Tamil Nadu.
Chidambaram to contest from Sivaganga, Mani from MayiladuthuraiApril 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Thursday nominated Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar to contest the Lok Sabha election from Sivaganga and Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu respectively as it released its list of candidates for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Congress releases list of candidates for Tamil NaduApril 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Ministers P Chidambaram and Mani Shankar Aiyar and Tamil Nadu PCC Chief K Thangkabalu figure in the list of 14 Congress candidates from Tamil Nadu released here by the Central Elecion Committee of the party. All the three have been renominated from their seats.
DMK keeps Chennai, surrounding constituencies for itselfMarch 29th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Sunday announced the constituencies allocated to the constituents of the ruling DMK-led United Progressive Alliance allies.
India is more secure now than three months ago: ChidambaramMarch 16th, 2009 SIVAGANGA - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday said that India was more secured now than it was three months ago.
Chidambaram slaps legal notice against CPI MLAMarch 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P Chidambaram has issued a legal notice against CPI MLA Gunasekaran for alleging that he had supported allocation of 500 acres of government land to a private company in his constituency Sivaganga. "It is a total lie to say that 500 acres of land has been gifted to a private company.
Water woes in Chidambaram's Sivaganga constituencyMarch 13th, 2009 SIVAGANGA - During the four-and-half years that Home Minister P. Chidamabaram held the finance portfolio, 52 bank branches were opened in his constituency Sivaganga and began lending money for agricultural operations.
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