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Chennai: Tamil actor-politician Vijay (actor) has claimed that news about his divorce was deliberately leaked just weeks before the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections to damage his political prospects. According to reports, Vijay suggested that his political opponents timed the circulation of his personal issues to coincide with the poll campaign, alleging a calculated attempt to tarnish his image. Addressing party members and supporters, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief said that not only his divorce but also "false rumours" about his associates were spread as part of a broader smear campaign. He indicated that such developments were meant to distract voters and weaken his party's growing influence ahead of the polls. Vijay has been in the news after reports emerged that his wife, Sangeeta Sornalingam, filed for divorce after over two decades of marriage. Speculation around the separation intensified following his public appearances with actor Trisha Krishnan, which triggered rumours about their relationship -- claims that have remained the subject of media attention and social media debate. Vijay formally entered politics with his party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, and is preparing to contest the 2026 state elections. His recent remarks reflect the increasingly sharp political atmosphere in the state, with the actor positioning himself as a challenger to established parties. While Vijay did not name specific rivals, he maintained that he remains focused on his political.
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): Actress Kangana Ranaut has officially announced her return to movie sets for the filming of her new movie, which reunites her with her 'Tanu Weds Manu' co-star R Madhavan. The two actors, who previously delighted audiences with their performances in the successful romantic comedy series, will now collaborate again in a psychological thriller. Also Read | 'Those First Loves Always Stay With You': 'Loveyapa' Pair Junaid Khan and Khushi Kapoor on True Love, Sibling Rivalry and Inspiration From Actor Parents (LatestLY Exclusive). The announcement came shortl ...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 >
Criticism has largely stemmed from the Tamil nationalist group Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK), which has taken strong exception to certain elements in Kingdom. The makers of Vijay Deverakonda's recently released movie have issued an apology to the people of Tamil Nadu. This comes at a time when the film has triggered widespread protests in Tamil Nadu, with several groups accusing it of misrepresenting Tamil identity and hurting religious sentiments. Kingdom, directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, premiered gl ...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, 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 >
Chennai, July 17: Reiterating the BJP's firm stance on establishing a coalition government in Tamil Nadu after the 2026 Assembly elections, senior party leader and former state unit chief K. Annamalai on Thursday said that he will strictly adhere to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's position on the matter. A day after AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) asserted that his party would form the next government in the state on its own, Annamalai offered a clear rebuttal, maintaining that the political future of Tamil Nadu lies in a coalition model. "Home Minister Amit Shah has sa ...Read More >
Chennai, August 6: Pointing out that they respected the sentiments of the Tamil people, the makers of director Gowtam Tinnanuri's explosive action entertainer, 'Kingdom', featuring actor Vijay Deverakonda in the lead, on Wednesday expressed regret if the sentiments of the people were in some way hurt by their film. However, the makers also underlined the fact that the film was a completely fictional one and assured Tamil audiences that the film contained no scenes that would hurt their sentiments. Sithara Entertainments, the production house that has produced the movie, issued a statement on ...Read More >
Vijay also pledged to champion wider Tamil causes, vowing to reclaim the disputed Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka. Actor-turned-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay on Thursday announced that he would contest the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections from the Madurai East constituency. At the party's second state conference in Madurai, he launched a fierce critique of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), declaring that TVK would position itself as the chief challe ...Read More >
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay addressed a rally in Tiruchirappalli. Audio problems plagued his 20-minute speech. Supporters chanted his name amidst the unclear address. Vijay questioned the DMK government's unfulfilled promises from the 2021 election. He criticized the DMK regime regarding an illegal kidney sale racket. Vijay highlighted Tiruchirappalli's historical significance in Dravidian politics. Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay's address from atop his campaign vehicle on Saturda ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The Agro Chem Federation of India (ACFI) has urged the government to introduce a PLI scheme and tax holidays to reduce import dependence for technical ingredients and to set up agrochemical manufacturing hubs to boost domestic production. ACFI and global consultancy firm Deloitte have released a knowledge paper during their Annual General Meeting earlier this week, highlighting the various aspects of the crop protection chemicals industry, the regulatory landscape, and suggesting measures to boost the sector, which is essential for enhancing agricultural ...Read More >
Chennai, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader and Tamil cinema star Vijay will take his Assembly election campaign to Namakkal, continuing his series of public outreach programmes every Saturday. After addressing supporters in Namakkal this morning, he is scheduled to speak at Veluchamipuram near Karur at 12 p.m. - notably the same venue where AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami held a major rally recently. Vijay left his Chennai residence earlier in the day to fly to Namakkal, where thousands of party cadres have been mobilised to welcome him. The visi ...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 >
Bangalore Gold Rate Today: Shattering all hopes of retail jewellery buyers of some relief amid the ongoing Navratri festival, gold rates in Bangalore, and other Indian cities broke another record on Monday, September 29. The price of gold in Bangalore, aka Bengaluru, witnessed a sharp surge bringing 24 karat gold Rs 16,000 above the historic Rs 1 lakh mark. The gold price rally in Karnataka capital mirrored the surge in gold rate in India and across the world. The sharp rally in precious metal is on its path to beat the record-rally of 1979. Multiple factors like US Fed rate cut, trade becau ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) It has been 30 years to the day since he made his debut with "Barsaat". Bobby Deol's career has been a rollercoaster ride since, the dizzying highs and terrible lows that could make for a film script all its own, and it is almost as if a star has been reborn -- complete with a new fan base and roles in all shades of grey. The chocolate box hero, better known as Dharmendra's son when he hit the screens in "Barsaat" opposite another debutante and star kid Twinkle Khanna on October 6, 1995, has evolved into the character actor who grabs attention with his turn as the villa ...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 >
Tens of thousands of people were gathered in sweltering heat in Tamil Nadu state's Karur for a political rally by Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, popularly known as Vijay, when the stampede began. Vijay, one of India's most successful actors, launched his political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, in 2024. He's running for office in the state election scheduled to be held in early 2026. A 65-year-old woman, identified as Suguna, was the latest victim to succumb at the Karur Government Medical Colle ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Actor Keerthy Suresh married her long-time boyfriend, Antony Thattil, in a traditional South Indian ceremony in Goa on Thursday. The actor shared her wedding pictures on her social media accounts with the hashtag #ForTheLoveOfNyke. The ceremony was also attended by actor and TVK president Vijay, who had previously worked with Keerthy Suresh in Bairavaa and Sarkar. A picture of him from the wedding has been going viral on social media. Meanwhile, on the work front, Keerthy Suresh was last seen in the Tamil film Raghu Thatha, directed by Suman Kumar. She is gearing up for her big Bol ...Read More >
He defended his choice of Viduthalai Part 2, stating that storytelling is about reflecting people's lives Actor Vijay Sethupathi, while promoting his upcoming movie Viduthalai Part 2 in Hyderabad, shared his thoughts on the box-office performance of Thalapathy Vijay's GOAT and Suriya-starrer Kanguva in the Telugu-speaking states. In an interview with The Great Andhra, Sethupathi was asked about the setbacks faced by recent Tamil Pan-India films, particularly at the Telugu box office. However, h ...Read More >
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New Delhi: One of the most-talked about movies -Thug Life, starring Kamal Haasan in the lead opened in theatres on June 5, 2025. The Mani Ratnam directorial got a good opening of Rs 17 crore but failed to beat the Day 1 collection of Kamal Haasan's previous films including 'Indian 2' and 'Vikram'. According to Box Office number tracking website Sacnilk, 'Thug Life' earned Rs 17 crore nett (Gross minus taxes) at the domestic box office on its first day in theatres, despite facing ban in Karnataka. Kamal Haasan's previous film, 'Indian 2' with director Shankar, collected Rs 25.6 crore nett on ...Read More >
Thug Life box office collection Day 3: Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam's latest collaboration Thug Life is struggling at the box office. After a drop of 53.87% in collections from Day 1 to Day 2, the gangster drama earned Rs 7.14 crore on Day 3 of its release, according to trade tracker Sacnik. On Saturday, Thug Life earned Rs 6.38 crore from the Tamil version, while the Hindi and Telugu versions brought in Rs 0.24 crore and Rs 0.52 crore, respectively. By the end of Day 3, the film's total box off ...Read More >
KARUR: The death toll from Saturday night's stampede at actor-politician Vijay's rally in Karur rose to 40 on Sunday, prompting him to allege a "political conspiracy" and approach Madras high court's Madurai bench seeking a CBI or independent investigation.More than 60 people were hospitalised, with at least two in critical condition. The youngest victim is a two-year-old boy. Others included a 28-year-old woman and her two daughters under 10, and a 24-year-old couple set to marry.Chief minister M K Stalin reached Karur around 3am and visited the govt hospital treating the injured, paid homage ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and actor C. Joseph Vijay on Thursday declared that the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election would be a straight contest between his party and the ruling DMK. Addressing a massive gathering at TVK's second State-level conference at Parapathi in Madurai district, Vijay said the BJP was his ideological enemy while the DMK was his political opponent. Thousands of TVK cadres and fans had assembled at the venue since Wednesday night, and Vijay arrived in his trademark style, running across a 500-metre ramp as supporters cheered and party colours fill ...Read More >
Tiruchirappalli/Ariyalur (Tamil Nadu), Sep 13 (PTI) Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay encountered an audio glitch at the launch of his maiden state-wide campaign in Tiruchirappalli on Saturday. The actor, who was swarmed by his followers in thousands at Tiruchirappalli and Ariyalur, targetted both the Centre and the DMK government in the state, and said without mincing words that he entered politics only with the intention of serving the people and not for earning wealth. Commencing his 'I am coming,' state-wide campaign ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly election due by March-April next ye ...Read More >
Tens of thousands of people were gathered in sweltering heat in Tamil Nadu state's Karur for a political rally by Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, popularly known as Vijay, when the stampede began. Vijay, one of India's most successful actors, launched his political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, in 2024. He's running for office in the state election scheduled to be held in early 2026. A 65-year-old woman, identified as Suguna, was the latest victim to succumb at the Karur Government Medical Colle ...Read More >
The Madras high court on Thursday issued a notice to actor-politician Vijay's fledgling party Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) on a suit alleging copyright infringement of the party's flag design. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy issued the notice on a civil suit filed by GB Pachaiyappan, a member of the trust, Thondai Mandala Saandror Dharma Paribalana Sabai (meaning Thondai Zone Witnesses Virtue Upkeep Council). Pointing out to the red and yellow colours used and the logo, the plea alleges that ...Read More >
Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 13 (ANI): Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and actor Vijay on Saturday began his statewide electoral campaign for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections in the Tiruchirappalli district. His statewide tour will cover all districts, and he will be holding a series of meetings with people. Also Read | National Lok Adalat To Be Held Across India Today To Settle Civil, Criminal Cases. TVK cadres and Vijay's supporters gathered in large numbers in Trichy. Ahead of his rally, a TVK supporter had expressed confidence in Vijay's win in the upcomin ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 1 (ANI): After 41 people were killed due to a stampede during his rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and actor Vijay has "postponed" all future rallies for the next 14 days, the party informed on Wednesday. The announcement comes after 41 people, including women and children, died in a stampede at a political rally in Karur on September 27. Also Read | Karur Stampede: Tamil Nadu BJP President K Nainar Nagenthran Poses 12 Questions to CM MK Stalin, Demands CBI Probe. "In this situation where we are in pain and sorrow over t ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 1 (ANI): After 41 people were killed due to a stampede during his rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and actor Vijay has "postponed" all future rallies for the next 14 days, the party informed on Wednesday. The announcement comes after 41 people, including women and children, died in a stampede at a political rally in Karur on September 27. "In this situation where we are in pain and sorrow over the loss of our loved ones, the public meeting program of our party leader for the next two weeks is being temporarily postponed. ...Read More >