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Chennai, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu is witnessing a steady rise in summer temperatures, with heatwave conditions intensifying across the state. At least seven locations recorded temperatures above 37 degrees on Wednesday, signalling the onset of a stronger and more persistent heatwave this season. Weather experts attribute the early spike in temperatures to the impact of El Niño, which is expected to make this year's summer hotter than usual across southern India. Even in the first we ...Read More >
Karur (Tamil Nadu), Apr 1 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday ridiculed AIADMK chief Palaniswami, saying the DMK only had an alliance with the BJP during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee era and unlike the leader of opposition, they did not mortgage the party. Addressing an election rally here, Stalin said the AIADMK regime brought only trials and tribulations to the people, and the current BJP government at the Centre continues to betray Tamil Nadu out of frustration over its 2024 ...Read More >
Karur, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday stepped up the DMK's campaign in Karur district, addressing a public meeting at Rayanur in support of party candidates contesting from the Karur, Aravakurichi, Krishnarayapuram and Kulithalai Assembly constituencies. Projecting development as the cornerstone of his government's governance model, Stalin said that projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore had been implemented in Karur district during the DMK's tenure. He ...Read More >
Chennai: NTK chief coordinator Seeman flayed actor and TVK president Vijay for meeting families of Karur stampede tragedy victims on Monday saying that the actor did it on purpose to divert attention from the death anniversary of freedom fighters Maruthu brothers."Maruthu brothers died fighting valiantly against the British. Vijay deliberately met the families on Monday to mask the glorious history of Maruthu brothers and their contribution to the freedom struggle," Seeman told reporters in Madu ...Read More >
The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu government to frame a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) within 10 days for the conduct of political meetings and rallies in the state. The bench, comprising Chief Justice M M Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan, gave the directive while hearing a batch of petitions in the wake of a stampede in Karur district in which 41 people were killed and over 50 others were injured during a political rally held by TVK Chief and actor Vijay in Karu ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 27 (ANI): The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu government to frame a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) within 10 days for the conduct of political meetings and rallies in the state. The bench, comprising Chief Justice M M Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan, gave the directive while hearing a batch of petitions in the wake of a stampede in Karur district in which 41 people were killed and over 50 others were injured during a political ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 27 (ANI): The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu government to frame a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) within 10 days for the conduct of political meetings and rallies in the state. The bench, comprising Chief Justice M M Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan, gave the directive while hearing a batch of petitions in the wake of a stampede in Karur district in which 41 people were killed and over 50 others were injured during a political ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 26 (ANI): The families of those who lost their lives in the tragic Karur stampede are being brought to Chennai to meet Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader and actor Vijay. The meeting will happen on Monday in Mamallapuram. Arrangements have been made under the instructions of the TVK leadership, and administrators have been directed to ensure that all bereaved family members reach Chennai by tonight. Also Read | Cyclone Montha Likely To Form Over Bay of ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 19 (ANI): Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has transferred an amount of Rs 20 lakh to the families of the victims, in the September 27 stampede in Karur, which claimed 41 lives, party chief Vijay said in a statement. Vijay said, "We had already announced on September 28, 2025, an amount of Rs 20 lakh has been transferred through RTGS on behalf of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on October 18, 2025, as a family welfare fund. I kindly request you to accept it as ...Read More >
Actor-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party has credited Rs 20 lakh each to 39 families who lost loved ones in the Karur stampede. The total disbursed amount is Rs 7.8 crore. The party also announced Rs 2 lakh for the injured. Vijay's party will adopt victim families for long-term support in education and employment. Actor-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party on Saturday said Rs 20 lakh each has been credited to the families of those who lost their lives in the Karur st ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay, who had not spoken regarding the Karur tragedy since September 30 when he posted a video on X, once again took to the platform on Monday to welcome the top court verdict transferring the probe into the stampede to the CBI. "Justice shall prevail," he said, in a terse post. In his video, Vijay had insinuated a "conspiracy" behind the tragedy, a sentiment that was reiterated by party general secretary for election campaign managem ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 14 (ANI): After remaining closed for 17 days, the headquarters of Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) reopened on Tuesday in Panaiyur on the East Coast Road (ECR) here. The reopening marks the party's first major organisational activity since the tragic incident in Karur last month that claimed 41 lives. The office was shut following the stampede on September 27 during a public outreach event in Karur, where TVK president and actor Vijay was campaigning. The inc ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday raised eyebrows on the two seemingly conflicting orders passed by the Madras High Court over the Karur stampede in Tamil Nadu, one declining a plea for a CBI probe (passed by Madurai bench) and another directing a probe by a Special Investigation Team (passed by principal bench) of the high court. Verbally observing that "there has to be some propriety in the system", a division bench comprising Justices JK Maheshwari and NV Anjaria reserved its orders on ...Read More >
Tamil actor Vijay's political party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has approached the Supreme Court. They are challenging a Madras High Court order. This order constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the Karur stampede. The incident tragically claimed 41 lives. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the plea. This is for an independent investigation under its supervision. Tamil actor Vijay's political party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court ...Read More >
Chennai: The Director General of Police (DGP)'s office on Wednesday responded to an email sent by the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on Tuesday, seeking permission and police protection for party president Vijay's proposed visit to Karur to meet the families of those who died in the stampede on September 27.In its reply, the DGP's office instructed the TVK to nominate a representative to coordinate with the Karur district superintendent of police (SP) regarding arrangements for the visit. The pa ...Read More >
Karur (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 3 (ANI): In the aftermath of the tragic stampede in Tamil Nadu's Karur district, grief-stricken families continue to grapple with unbearable loss. Among them is Saktivel, a resident of Emur Pudur, who lost his wife, Priyadarshini (35), and daughter, Dharanika (14), in the incident that claimed 41 lives during a public rally led by Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and actor Vijay on September 27. Speaking to ANI on Thursday, an emotional Saktivel said, "I ...Read More >
Karur (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 1 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MLA and party's Karur District Secretary V. Senthil Balaji on Wednesday said that he has never seen something as tragic as the Karur stampede in his twenty-nine years of public service. He also urged everyone to work together to ensure that nothing like Karur happens in the future. While addressing the media, DMK MLA and the party's District Secretary V. Senthil Balaji said, "I have been in public service for 29 years, ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was admitted to MS Ramaiah Hospital in Bengaluru after developing a fever late Tuesday night, sparking concern among party workers and political leaders across the country. Doctors at the hospital are closely monitoring his condition and have assured that there is no immediate cause for alarm. Kharge, 83, was reportedly brought to the renowned medical facility after he complained of persistent fever. A medical team quickly initiated a series of d ...Read More >
TIRUCHY: District Magistrate Bharathkumar, hearing the case filed against organisers of ill-fater September 27 Karur rally, questioned the arrested why TVK workers didn't seek an appropriate place for the rally given Vijay's star status and how women, children too could be drawn as participants for such events. The judge asked these questions as the police produced before him TVK workers, including Karur district secretary Mathiyalagan (49). The judge asked the TVK members not to compare their ...Read More >
Karur City Police have arrested two functionaries of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in connection with the stampede during party chief Vijay's rally in Karur, which claimed 41 lives. According to ADGP Davidson Devasirvatham, the arrested persons include Mathiyazhagan, the TVK Karur West District Secretary, and Paun Raj, a local town functionary. Police said Paun Raj was arrested for arranging flagpoles and banners for the event and for sheltering Mathiyazhagan after the tragedy. Chennai Pol ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister Suresh Gopi stirred controversy on Tuesday by claiming that those elected by "corpses" are now serving the state. Speaking at a neighbourhood meet called "Kalungu" in Idukki district, he alleged that cadavers from 25 years ago had cast votes in Kerala elections. Media reports have previously highlighted incidents of deceased voters being listed as active in Kerala's voter list, he said, while indirectly referring to the accusations of "scientific rigging " aga ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India ], September 30 (ANI): Following the stampede in Tamil Nadu Karur, which claimed the lives of atleast 41 people at a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) rally, actor and party chief Vijay on Tuesday said that the truth will come out soon over the incident. However, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) have maintained the actor culpability for the loss of lives. Two of TVK functionaries, Mathiyazhagan, the party Karur West District Secretary and MC Paun Raj, the Karur town func ...Read More >
Congress leader P Chidambaram attributed the Karur stampede, which killed 41 people at actor Vijay's rally, to "error on all sides," suggesting solutions to the TN Chief Secretary. Following the tragic incident, Vijay, Prime Minister Modi, and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK announced substantial financial compensation for the victims' families and the injured. Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said that "there is an error on all sides" regarding the stampede during a political rally in Karu ...Read More >
TIRUCHY: The NDA's 8-member committee, which conducted a fact-finding mission into the Karur stampede tragedy, urged a Supreme Court-monitored probe, claiming that the incident appeared 'unnatural,' after meeting with affected families and those injured who were receiving treatment on Tuesday. BJP MP Tejasvi Surya levelled charges that some of the victims were taken to faraway hospitals. In a place that can accommodate about 2,000 to 3,000 people, how can 30,000 people stand? Who permitted the ...Read More >
Chennai, Sept 30 (PTI) Days after a rally led by him in Tamil Nadu's Karur witnessed 41 stampede deaths, TVK founder and actor Vijay on Tuesday said he hasn't visited the affected persons so far as his presence there would lead to an "unusual situation." Challenging Chief Minister M K Stalin, Vijay said the CM could "do anything to him," but not his party colleagues. He insisted he did nothing wrong and that the truth behind the fatal incident would come out. The top actor said he has never fa ...Read More >
Chennai: Days after a rally led by him in Tamil Nadu's Karur witnessed 41 stampede deaths, TVK founder, actor Vijay, Tuesday said he hasn't visited the affected persons so far as his presence there would lead to an "unusual situation." Challenging Chief Minister M K Stalin, Vijay said the CM could "do anything to him," but not his party colleagues. He insisted he did nothing wrong and that the truth behind the fatal incident would come out. The top actor said he has never faced such a "painful ...Read More >
Karur (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 30 (ANI): Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) lawyer Manikandan on Tuesday emphasised that the party had followed all conditions imposed by the police and had taken necessary precautions. He argued that controlling the crowd was the responsibility of the police, who had the authority and intelligence to manage large gatherings, following a local court in Tamil Nadu's Karur sending two Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) functionaries to judicial custody in connection ...Read More >
Chennai: Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) chief Thol Thirumavalavan on Tuesday said it would be inappropriate to arrest actor-politician Vijay in connection with the stampede at the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) rally in Karur, as his name is not mentioned in the FIR registered by the police. Speaking to reporters, he said, "However, if police find evidence of Vijay's involvement in the alleged incident, then they may take action as per the law." According to police, Karur West District Se ...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 Coll ...Read More >
Karur (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 30 (ANI): Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) lawyer Manikandan on Tuesday emphasised that the party had followed all conditions imposed by the police and had taken necessary precautions. He argued that controlling the crowd was the responsibility of the police, who had the authority and intelligence to manage large gatherings, following a local court in Tamil Nadu's Karur sending two Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) functionaries to judicial custody in connection ...Read More >
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