Tamil Nadu

Hundreds of unemployed youth marched in Madurai on Sunday in a 'Cockroach Rally' against joblessness and a judge's reported remark.

Udhayanidhi Stalin attacked the Congress at a party meeting and blamed it for the BJP's victories. His remarks have intensified focus on strains within the DMK-led opposition alliance.

Karuppu staged a sharp box-office recovery on its second Saturday, earning Rs 12.20 crore nett in India. The jump pushed the Suriya-starrer’s worldwide total to Rs 217.74 crore, with Tamil Nadu leading the collections.

MK Stalin attacked Chief Minister Vijay and said the TVK government was surviving on DMK's mercy. His remarks came as the new administration depends on post-poll support after falling short of a majority.

MK Stalin pushed back against Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's claim that Tamil Nadu was left with a Rs 10 lakh crore debt burden. He said the state's finances were already set out in the budget as Vijay promised a white paper and transparent governance.

Chennai police arrested the TVK administrator in a POCSO case and was later moved to the Royapuram All Women Police Station before he was produced in court and sent to jail.

The youth wing of the DMK, in a strongly worded resolution, accused the Congress of betraying the party after years of relying on DMK cadre and organisational machinery for electoral success.

A 10-year-old girl was abducted by her neighbour while playing outside her house in Coimbatore, before being sexually assaulted and murdered, police said.

Thol Thirumavalavan said VCK cadre pressed him to accept the TVK invitation to join the cabinet. He said the shift reflected electoral considerations and repeated appeals from party workers.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim tweeted about speaking to his friend and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay over the phone, and congratulating him again for his election victory.

Vijay Shankar has retired from the IPL and domestic cricket to seek more opportunities overseas. The move follows after being unsold during the IPL 2026 auction despite registering as an uncapped player.

SP Velumani’s apparent volte-face is likely to put speculation over a split in the AIADMK legislature party to rest — at least for now.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay was pictured with a Virat Kohli-signed MRF bat after meeting company representatives. The viral image fused cricket fandom with industrial lobbying around MRF's proposed ₹5,300-crore tyre plant.

The Department of Space has approved state-of-the-art common technical facilities in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu to boost private space manufacturing. These shared infrastructure hubs will provide startups and large industries with high-end rocket and satellite testing equipment.

DMK's A Raja took a swipe at VCK and IUML for backing joining Vijay's cabinet, likening their political shift to a coconut tree that bends away from where it grew to offer its fruits to a neighbouring house.

Vijay's opening week as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has been marked by controversies and quick rollbacks of government orders. It remains to be seen whether these are merely first-week jitters or signs of a newbie TVK government struggling to balance optics, governance and coalition pangs.

A government tender with a six-hour window for a water tank project in Tamil Nadu has snowballed into a political flashpoint, with the opposition alleging favouritism, rushed approvals and possible violations of tender transparency rules.

During the oath-taking as state minister, Congress MLA S Rajesh Kumar, while reading out the oath from a paper, suddenly hailed Congress leaders K Kamaraj, Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

Indian Railways has cleared the Rs 993 crore Arakkonam-Chengalpattu doubling project, a major step aimed at easing congestion on the Chennai suburban rail network and improving freight and passenger movement.

Vijay’s cabinet expansion signals not just Congress’s return to power after nearly six decades, but a sweeping political realignment in Tamil Nadu.