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Chennai, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actor-turned-politician Vijay has stepped up his election campaign with the release of a high-energy song that is gaining traction across digital platforms ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. With the slogan "Ungal Vijay Naan Varen! Whistle Podu Ready Ah?", the campaign track sets the tone for his outreach as the state prepares for a high-stakes electoral contest on April 23 across all 234 constituencies. As campaigning gathers pace, major political parties, including the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), along with their alliance partners, have already announced their candidates. Emerging players such as Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and the Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) have also entered the fray with full candidate lists, making the contest more competitive. The nomination process began on March 30, marking a key stage in the election calendar. Candidates from various parties have started filing their nominations, leading to heightened political activity across the state. Vijay, among the prominent faces in the election, is contesting from two constituencies -- Perambur in Chennai and Tiruchy East. He recently filed his nomination in Perambur and has begun campaigning, drawing sizeable crowds. The campaign song reflects his political messaging, blending entertainment with an appeal for change. With lines such as "Mela Pogaudhu State, Enga Whistle Satham Ketta; Nallavanga Vaazha Nee Whistle-ku Adi Otu", it calls on voters to back a governance model focused on integrity and public welfare. The song's visuals and energetic presentation have resonated with younger audiences and Vijay's supporters, contributing to its wide circulation on social media. Political observers note that such campaign tools are increasingly being used to engage voters, particularly in Tamil Nadu, where cinema and politics have historically been closely linked. As polling day approaches, parties are expected to further intensify their campaigns, making the upcoming Assembly elections a closely watched contest.
VILLUPURAM: After weeks of tussle over party reins, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss and his father S Ramadoss sat down for a talk at the Thailapuram farmhouse on Thursday, but a truce remained elusive.Anbumani, accompanied by his daughter Sanjutra, drove down to Ramadoss' residence. Ramadoss and Anbumani chose not to speak to the media about the 45-minute meeting. Though party functionaries said the meeting was a positive development, reconciliation might take a while as they could not reach an a ...Read More >
Chennai: Hours before Union home minister Amit Shah was to arrive in Madurai, Thuglak editor and an associate of Shah, S Gurumurthy on Saturday met PMK founder S Ramadoss. The PMK leader, however, ruled out the possibility of meeting Amit Shah during his two-day visit to Tamil Nadu.Gurumurthy met Ramadoss for the second time amid reported tension within PMK regarding alliance strategies and insistence by Anbumani Ramadoss to remain party president. The hour-long meeting took place at the T Nagar residence of A K Vijay Mahesh, son of former Union minister and PMK leader A K Moorthy, sources sai ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The MSC IRINA, recognised as the world's largest container ship by TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) capacity, is set to dock at the Adani Group's Vizhinjam International Seaport on Monday and will be berthed till Tuesday. The monumental arrival marks a significant milestone for the seaport, which was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 2. The MSC IRINA boasts an impressive capacity of 24,346 TEUs, making it a formidable player in global shipping. With a length of 399.9 metres and a width of 61.3 metres, the vessel is approximate ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Axiom-4 crew members, including Shubhanshu Shukla, were welcomed with hugs and drinks as they stepped into the International Space Station on Thursday. The newly launched spacecraft -- the fifth in the Dragon series and named Grace -- successfully completed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 4.01pm while orbiting above the North Atlantic Ocean."At 6:31 am EDT (4:01 IST) on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4," the National Aeronautics ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President K Selvaperunthagai, a key member of the DMK-led INDIA bloc, on Friday called on PMK founder Dr Ramadoss at the latter's Thailapuram residence. Selvaperunthagai visited Ramadoss a few days after the octogenarian cited deceased former DMK president M Karunanidhi and incumbent Chief Minister M K Stalin as example of father-son relationship, in a veiled message to his rebel son Dr Anbumani. Though it is a tad too early to speculate a possible realignment in the existing alliance composition, precisely, the likely return of the PMK led by Dr Ramado ...Read More >
TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai described the passing of Elangovan as "a huge loss". Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister E V K S Elangovan died due to age-related ailments at a private hospital here on Saturday, the hospital said. He was 75. The legislator from Erode East constituency has not been keeping well for over a month. He was admitted to a hospital here on November 11. "He passed away today despite the best efforts of the medical staff," the hospital said. TNCC preside ...Read More >
Aizawl: Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma will present the state annual budget for the 2025-26 financial year in the state assembly on March 4, a senior official said on Friday. The budget session, which is also the fourth session of the present assembly under the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) dispensation will commence on February 19. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! State assembly commissioner and secretary Vanlalthantlingi said that the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) chaired by assembly speaker Lalbiakzama on Wednesday chalk ...Read More >
Chennai: In a bid to strengthen the organizational infrastructure of the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) and to develop a robust campaign machinery, the party's founder president Vijay announced the names of 17 new key office-bearers for various wings with Adhav Arjuna, former deputy general secretary of the VCK, becoming the general secretary for campaign management on Friday. Apart from Adhav Arjuna, another known political leader who had been co-opted by Vijay is C T R Nirmal Kumar, a former BJP leader who switched over the AIADMK and has now landed in the TVK as deputy general secretary for ...Read More >
CHENNAI: With the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections less than ten months away, political momentum is gathering pace across the state. As parties recalibrate strategies and alliances, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) is preparing to launch a state-wide campaign aimed at galvanising support and positioning his party as the prime contender to overthrow the DMK government. According to sources within the AIADMK, EPS is set to embark on a massive outreach programme titled Makkal Yatra (People's Pilgrimage) starting mid-July. Drawing inspiration from his 2021 pre-poll campaign "V ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Congratulating A Rajeshwari, a Malayali tribal girl from Karumandurai, a village in the Kalvarayan Hills, who secured an all-India rank of 417 under the Scheduled Tribe category in JEE Advanced, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday announced that the state will bear the entire expenses for her higher studies. TNIE was the first to report the story The CM, in a post on his X handle, said, "I salute Rajeshwari, a student of the government residential school, for realising her father's dream even after his death. More girls like Rajeshwari joining the IIT will be a real source of pride ...Read More >
Chennai, Jun 7 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Tamil Nadu is to review the preparedness of the party to face the Tamil Nadu Assembly election next year and devise a strategy to fight polls, BJP sources said on Saturday. Senior party leader Tamilisai Soundararajan told reporters that Shah will be in Madurai on June 8 and leaders including her were going to the southern city with enthusiasm and she hit out at the ruling DMK alleging the Dravidian party feared that the Saffron outfit grow further by gaining more strength. According to BJP sources, on June 8, Shah would have darsh ...Read More >
Chennai, Jun 7 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah would visit Madurai on June 8, during which he is set to review the preparedness of the party to face the Tamil Nadu Assembly election next year and devise a strategy to fight polls, BJP sources said on Saturday. Shah, in a post on 'X,' said: "Leaving for Tamil Nadu. Tomorrow, will chair a meeting of the state core committee of the Tamil Nadu BJP, in Madurai. In the evening, will interact with state, district, and mandal-level office bearers of the BJP in Madurai. Looking forward to attending the programs." Senior party leader Tamilisai Sound ...Read More >
TN: HM Amit Shah says BJP-AIADMK alliance will form govt in 2026 Chennai: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday said that the BJP-AIADMK alliance will form the government in Tamil Nadu next year after winning the forthcoming Assembly elections. Addressing a public meeting in Madurai, Union Minister Shah declared, "The NDA government of the BJP-AIADMK alliance will be formed in Tamil Nadu in 2026. I may live in Delhi, but my ears are always tuned to Tamil Nadu." He launched a scathing attack on the DMK government in Tamil Nadu, asserting that the people of the state a ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 6 (ANI): Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) President and Actor Kamal Haasan filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha at the Tamil Nadu secretariat in the presence of DMK President and state Chief Minister MK Stalin and his Deputy Udhayanidhi Stalin. DMK allies, VCK leader Thirumavalavan, MDMK leader Vaiko, and Tamil Nadu Congress President Selvaperundagai were also present. With DMK allocating one Rajya Sabha seat to Makkal Needhi Maiyam, its founder and actor Kamal Haasan was earlier named the candidate for the Upper House of Parliament. In the 234-member Tamil Nadu ...Read More >
Chennai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah would visit Madurai on June 8, during which he is set to review the preparedness of the party to face the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls next year and devise a strategy to fight polls, BJP sources said on Saturday. Shah, in a post on 'X,' said: "Leaving for Tamil Nadu. Tomorrow, will chair a meeting of the state core committee of the Tamil Nadu BJP, in Madurai. In the evening, will interact with state, district, and mandal-level office bearers of the BJP in Madurai. Looking forward to attending the programs." Senior party leader Tamilisai Soundararajan told ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 8 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, instead of introspecting on the defeat in the 2024 state assembly polls, has been repudiating the mandate given by the people because they rejected him. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha is preparing his excuses for future defeats in the upcoming assembly elections, including Bihar, Fadnavis said in his articles published in the Indian Express and Marathi daily Loksatta. On Saturday, Gandhi, in an article published in several newspapers and in posts on X, claimed the 2024 Maharas ...Read More >
Kottayam (Kerala), Dec 12 (PTI) The historic struggle for equality that took place in Vaikom a century ago, popularly known as the Vaikom Satyagraha, was not a movement confined to Kerala but marked the starting point for various other struggles for social justice, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Thursday. In his address at Vaikom in this district after inaugurating the renovated Thanthai Periyar Memorial and Periyar Library, Stalin said that while impressive strides have been made in areas of social justice and economy in 100 years, a lot more has to be achieved. Stalin inaugur ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former head of Air India and chairman of the Railway Board Ashwani Lohani is the new Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) director. The official order for his appointment was issued on Wednesday. A 1980-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), Lohani is known for turning around various organisations during his illustrious career. Following his retirement from IRSME service, he joined the GMR Group as the CEO. According to the order dated June 4, his appointment to the post of director, Prime Ministers Museum and Library in the rank and pa ...Read More >
Pudukkottai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader H. Raja criticised Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) President chief Kamal Haasan, saying that the actor-turned-politician has 'mortgaged' his party in exchange for a Rajya Sabha seat. The BJP leader stated that the MNM chief, who used to oppose the DMK's freebies and corrupt rule, has 'mortgaged' his torchlight election symbol to the DMK in exchange for a Rajya Sabha seat. He even claimed that the actor has said to never form an alliance with the DMK. 'Everyone knows what Kamal Haasan did in the past. He opposed the ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 8 (ANI): The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) announced Birendra Prasad Baishya as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Assam. Baishya is currently serving as a member of the Rajya Sabha, with his tenure set to expire on June 14. Also Read | Indore Horror: Dog Carries Baby Girl's Body in Its Jaws at Madhya Pradesh Hospital, Mutilated Body of Newborn Recovered, Probe On. Earlier this week, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the schedule for conducting biennial elections in eight Rajya Sabha seats, six from Tamil Nadu and two ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 8 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson ANS Prasad criticised the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) over its remarks on the Census and the upcoming delimitation exercise, alleging that the party is attempting to mislead the public. In a press statement, Prasad said that Chief Minister MK Stalin and DMK MP Kanimozhi should refrain from making 'baseless allegations' against the Central Government. He asserted that such comments appear politically motivated and distract from administrative failures in Tamil Nadu. 'The DMK government' ...Read More >
Jammu, June 8 (PTI) Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a mega industrial unit in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, saying that massive infrastructure development is stimulating rapid economic growth of the region. He said that the union territory will soon become a manufacturing hub, a principal market of north, and a competitive provider of services. Also Read | Chennai Shocker: Doctor Kills Woman Who Blackmailed Him With Nude Photos, Arrested After CCTV, Call Records Reveal Truth. The LG reiterated his commitment to decentralising the industrial infr ...Read More >
CHENNAI: BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran on Thursday dismissed allegations of politicisation of the recent Lord Murugan Devotees' Conference in Madurai, asserting that the event was purely spiritual. Speaking to reporters after paying floral tributes to 'silambu selvar' MP Sivagnanam on his 120th birth anniversary at T Nagar here, Nainar Nagenthran said, "Not a single word of politics was uttered at the Murugan conference. My address focused solely on spirituality. No religion was disrespected, nor were any individuals denigrated." His remarks come in response to criticism over a contr ...Read More >
Chennai: The overwhelming victory in the Erode East Assembly by-election and a series of storms in the AIADMK teacup have led to the DMK speculating on the AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami losing his grip over the party, whose cadre, as Law Minister S Regupathy claimed, had already started gravitating towards the DMK. While Regupathy told the media at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK headquarters, on Monday that the four years of good governance provided by the DMK had led to the people supporting the party which was reflected in the 1,50,709 votes that it garnered in the just conclude ...Read More >
Chennai: DMK and its allies continued criticism of AIADMK for participating in the BJP's recent Murugan meet that denigrated Dravidian icons 'Periyar' E V Ramasamy and C N Annadurai. VCK Chief Thol Thirumavalavan expressed shock over the AIADMK's continuance in the NDA despite insults to its party ideologues and asked the party to rethink ties with the BJP. MMK leader M H Jawahirullah too accused AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami of mortgaging his party's principles.These statements come amid speculation about alliances shifting leading up to the elections. Thirumavalavan, wooed ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M Appavu walked out of a meeting of his counterparts in Patna on Monday after accusing Governor R N Ravi of continuing to 'disrespect' the people of the state, elected government and century-old TN Legislative Assembly. Ravi's activities were 'deeply worrying.' he said. Citing the recommendations of the Punchhi, Sarkaria, Rajamannar and Venkatachaliah Commissions, on the appointment of Governors, Appavu argued that the state legislature should be empowered to 'remove' the Governor through a resolution and the wording that the 'Governor shall hold office du ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: BJP state president Nainar Nagendran on Thursday ruled out the BJP's interference in resolving the internal conflict of the PMK. "It's PMK's internal issue, which needs to be resolved through talks by PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss and party founder S Ramadoss. 'Auditor' Gurumurthy and former AIADMK legislator 'Saidai' S Duraisamy met Ramadoss for personal reasons, and the BJP has no links in it," he said to the media at Coimbatore International Airport. However, the BJP leader said everyone should come together to defeat DMK. "So Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Vijay has ...Read More >
Pune: Hospitals in Pune have started reporting an increase in dengue cases among children following recent heavy rainfall and intermittent showers. Conditions are now ripe for mosquito breeding, experts said, as they warned citizens to ensure there's no waterlogging or stagnant pools near homes and offices. "Dengue is typically seen first in children as they often play outside," said Dr Sagar Lad, a senior neonatologist and pediatric intensivist at Jehangir Hospital and Sahyadri Hospital, Shastrinagar. Dr Lad said he's seen at least three children admitted for dengue this week, with all of the ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): BJP MP Gulam Ali Khatana, who was part of the all-party parliamentary delegation to Europe, said that during their recently conclued visit they successfully communicated India's development story and its resolute stand against terrorism, particularly emanating from Pakistan. Highlighting the delegation's key discussions during the tour, Khatana told ANI, 'We discussed how we dismantled the terrorism factory in Pakistan by responding... We also talked about tourism infrastructure, G20 Summit, and projects like the six-lane roads, bridges, solar initiatives, our ...Read More >
Vellore, Jun 26 (PTI) Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday hit out at the AIADMK alleging they remained mute spectators when the Dravidian icons, including reformist leader Periyar EV Ramasamy, who shaped Tamil Nadu were denigrated in a conference held days ago by a Sangh Parivar outfit. Stalin alleged the BJP was trying to divide the Tamil Nadu people on the basis of religion and caste. While the Saffron party alleged "threat to religion," it is only the BJP alliance that is in danger, he said. Addressing a government function in Tirupathur district, Stalin said, in view of the resounding ...Read More >