In Letter To PM Modi, Vijay Flags Mekedatu Dam Dispute Between Tamil Nadu And Karnataka

The waivers were announced after a high-level review meeting on the matter which was attended by Chief Minister Vijay.

The MLAs met Tamil Nadu minister Aadhav Arjuna, who is also a key aide of Vijay, sources said. Accompanied by Arjuna, the MLAs then went to meet the Speaker and handed their resignation, which got accepted.

The POCSO Special Court convicted Dharma Muneeswaran and sentenced him to death by hanging on both counts of sexual assault and murder, 77 days after the crime.

The incident comes barely days after a 10-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped, sexually assaulted and brutally murdered near Sulur in Coimbatore district.

If there was ever a trusted stand-in for Jayalalithaa, it was O Panneerselvam, who was twice entrusted with the Chief Minister's chair when she had to step down following court convictions.

With PM Modi asking people to practice energy conservation over the coming year, Haasan emphasised that national duty must transcend party politics.

The first major setback for the DMK came soon after the results when its long-time ally, the Indian National Congress, snapped ties and aligned with TVK, along with its five MLAs.

DMK and VCK exchanged sharp criticisms after VCK left DMK alliance to support CM Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu.

IUML And VCK To Also Join Vijay Cabinet, Expansion Likely Tomorrow: Sources

Vijay's Cabinet now has 32 ministers. He can have up to 35 ministers, which is 15 percent of the Assembly strength of 234.

While reading out the oath text from the official paper, Kumar suddenly hailed Congress leaders K Kamaraj, Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi

The Tamil anthem was again played last as 23 MLAs took oath as ministers in the Vijay-led coalition government on Thursday.

Congress To Join Vijay Cabinet, Share Power In Tamil Nadu After 59 Years

The Congress - the biggest of the TVK's allies with five seats - is expected to share power, Arjuna, who is the Public Works Department and Sports Minister, confirmed.

In prisons too, educational initiatives showed results, with 359 prisoner-students clearing the exams out of 370 who appeared.

Making any AIADMK faction part of the TVK government is against the people's mandate, which has been against the DMK and the AIADMK, the Left party said.

Vijay's tribute for the former LTTE chief is rare since parties in power in Tamil Nadu generally refrain from being seen in support of Prabhakaran.

The case pertains to allegations that Senthil Balaji, while serving as Transport Minister in the then AIADMK government, conspired to collect money from job aspirants by promising appointments.

Stalin has told his district secretaries "the present government can fall anytime" and that the "party should be ready for polls anytime."

Directed by RJ Balaji, Karuppu is a fantasy action drama featuring Suriya Sivakumar, Trisha Krishnan, and others

Global Lankan Tamil population and sections of Tamils in India observe May 18 as the Mullivaikal remembrance day, or Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day.

Investigators said the boys, after realising their friend had died, allegedly buried the body at the spot and returned home, fearing arrest.

Tamil Nadu shuts 717 TASMAC liquor outlets within 500m of schools and places of worship.