All passengers were offloaded by 6.55 pm as security personnel initiated the prescribed procedures, including an anti-sabotage check.

In a video, councillor Sudha Dheenadayalan is purportedly seen calling Vijay a "dog" while responding to what she alleged were body-shaming remarks by the chief minister against DMK president and former chief minister MK Stalin. In her speech, she also compared Vijay's appearance to Stalin's.

Since its divorce with the Congress in Tamil Nadu, the DMK has been keeping its distance from the INDIA bloc and is now looking at opening a new front in the fight against SIR.

Udhayanidhi Stalin contrasted the arrest with Vijay's campaign message, "Give up drugs, take up sports", questioning the government's commitment to tackling narcotics.

At the heart of the exchange is a familiar political question: should credit for a public project go to the government that conceived and built it, or to the government that completes and inaugurates it?

The Madras High Court had questioned why the RSS faces repeated restrictions on its rallies in Tamil Nadu.

Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy made the observations while allowing an application by TVK MLA K Sivakumar seeking rejection of an election petition challenging his victory from the Salem North Assembly constituency.

Despite measures, the latest slogans have appeared on a government bus, prompting questions about whether the security changes have been adequate and how the system could have been breached again.

Vijay's government has extended the benefit to additional services, including express and rural buses, fulfilling a key poll promise.

The fan association of the Tamil superstar has been renamed the Dhanush Welfare Movement.

The large family have come together, from its youngest child to its oldest member, to celebrate their newfound connection with Nobel Peace Prize winner Navaneetham "Navi" Pillay.

This enhancement adds 2,25,475 newly covered devotees annually, bringing the total number of beneficiaries across these ten temples to 5,08,350 every year.

The decomposed body of a 55-year-old woman was recovered from the ground floor of Chennai's elevated Mylapore MRTS railway station on Monday, four days after she went missing.

The ruling came on petitions filed by AIADMK whip Agri Krishnamurthy and National People's Sakthi Party leader ML Ravi challenging the Speaker's decision

"If PMK comes into the TVK alliance, we will walk out. The ministerial post is less important to me than Thol Thirumavalavan and the VCK," Vanni Arasu said at a party meeting in Tindivanam on Sunday, reiterating that his party would not be part of an alliance that includes the PMK or the BJP.

The contrasting engagements of Vijay come amid a chorus of "Vijay for PM" by the TVK and added to the Congress's discomfort with his growing national ambitions.

"Today, the world is looking for solutions and you have the potential to provide these solutions. I want every youth to see his future on the same big canvas because this is your time. This is your opportunity," he added.

"Governments may change, but my resolve for Tamil Nadu's development, serving its people remains steadfast. We are taking this journey forward with Chief Minister Vijay," PM Modi said in presence of the Chief Minister,.

The protesters, many carrying placards, raised slogans against the Election Commission and demanded Kumar's resignation. The demonstration in Chennai came as Delhi Police moved against a proposed protest at Jantar Mantar by the Cockroach Janata Party.

The victories take TVK's strength from 107 to 109 in the 234-member Assembly, still nine short of the majority mark of 118. The party will now look towards five other vacant seats that could go to by-elections soon, including Trichy East, which Vijay vacated after choosing to retain Perambur.

The six legislators - Maragatham Kumaravel, Sathyabhama, Isakki Subbaya, Jayakumar, MR Vijayabaskar and C Vijayabaskar - had faced disqualification proceedings after voting in favour of the TVK government during a trust vote, defying the AIADMK whip.

The case has also renewed calls from child rights activists in India for stronger safeguards, including age restrictions and parental controls for children accessing social media platforms.

Veeramani was brought before a Special Court today amid tight security. He was seen walking into the court holding a walking stick, escorted by armed policemen.

The Health Minister KG Arunraj said Karur would use covers with details printed only in Tamil, while Coimbatore would use covers carrying instructions in Tamil and English.