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Challenges galore for TN's new CM as cyclone 'Vardah' hits state

It's been less than a week since the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and the new CM already has his hands full. Cyclone Vardha and its aftermath may be the first of these challenges, but CNBC-TV18's Poornima Murali and Jude Sannith report that it's by no means the most difficult one he will face.

Taken rebirth, says Jaya; appeals to people to vote for AIADMK

In her first direct communication since being hospitalised in September, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said she has taken rebirth because of people's prayers and urged them to vote for the AIADMK in the November 19 polls.

Jayalalithaa inspired Hillary Clinton, claims AIADMK MLA

An AIADMK legislator today told the Tamil Nadu Assembly that American Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was inspired by his party supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa when the US leader met her in 2011.

GST will be no game-changer: Subramanian Swamy

Swamy also noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had objected to the GST when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, and now the Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalitha is objecting to it.

Sun TV surges 11% on exit polls; DMK win may aid ad revenue

In FY11 when DMK was in power, its ad revenue growth was at 23 percent which fell to -2 percent in FY12 when Jayalalitha became the Chief Minister.

Experts take on tensions between BJP and its alliances

Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN believes there will always be bickering over seats and also that the alliances trouble perhaps is being overdone.

'Politics of nation run by individuals than ideologies'

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Prabhu Chawla, Editorial Director of New Indian Express spoke about the current political uncertainty and where things are headed in terms of an early election.

DMK-Congress relation is a closed chapter now: Sashi Kumar

Sashi Kumar, the chairman of Asian College of Journalism talks to CNBC-TV about what the developments in the Maran case means for the minister and the DMK party.

Was Jayalalitha right to demand Chidambaram's resignation?

Chief Minister Jayalalitha's press conference in Delhi took the nation by surprise and made front page headlines. But was she right to demand Home Minister Chidambaram's resignation? Did she strike a new note regarding the DMK? Has she left the door open for a future alliance with Congress? Experts discuss.

Jayalalitha scraps DMK's pet project

After the Sun group, the next in Amma's target may well be the Dubai based ETA group. The AIADMK on Friday scrapped the Kalaignar health insurance scheme, which was a pet project of the DMK government.

For markets, election is an event, not a trend: PN Vijay

PN Vijay, Portfolio Manager, www.askpnvijay.com opines on CBNC-TV18, his outlook of the market and the effect of the election results on the bourses. He sees the election result being a positive for the Congress and says that, for the markets, elections are only an event and not a trend.

Mamata, Jaya, Gogoi lead, dead heat in Kerala

The CNN-IBN-The Week post-poll surveys conducted by the CSDS reveal surprising trends among voters in all four states.

Battle of star power and freebies: Tamil Nadu elections

Tamil Nadu witnessed a massive turnout of 75% voters on Wednesday. It is only a month from now that the state’s 2,773 candidates’ fate would be decided on this voting day. The 234 constituencies of the state saw one of the highest number of voters ever in the elections.