NEW DELHI: Actor-turned-politician Vijay’s party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), is emerging as a formidable force in Tamil Nadu, with trends suggesting a dramatic rise for the debutant outfit, ...

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To secure a majority and form the government, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam is likely to seek backing from smaller parties such as the Congress, PMK, Left parties, CPM, and VCK, which together could help ...

The Tamil Nadu Cabinet, led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, was expanded from 10 to 35 members on May 22, 2026 (Friday) with the induction of two new Ministers, including one from IUML and one from ...

In his maiden address at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium after taking over as the Chief Minister, Mr. Vijay said a new era of a regime committed to “real secularism and social justice” commenced ...

Tamil Nadu Government Formation Highlights: Actor-turned-politician Vijay had met Tamil Nadu Governor RV Arlekar and staked a claim to form the government. According to sources, the oath-taking is set ...

Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar – the 51-year-old Tamil cinema superstar known to fans worldwide as Vijay, or simply as “Thalapathy” (Commander) – has delivered the most seismic electoral debut in Tamil ...

The Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2026 results threw a surprise for many, as actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerged as the single-largest party in the state. Tamilaga ...

This live blog has ended. For more updates, please follow here Tamil Nadu government formation news highlights: Congress' Political Affairs Committee on Wednesday unanimously decided to support TVK ...

A man who experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys had said was intellectually disabled became the 600th person executed in Texas since 1982 for the killing of a retired 77-year-old college ...

Oklahoma executed a death row inmate by lethal injection on Thursday morning. The inmate had been convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her baby almost two decades ago. Raymond Johnson, 52, was ...

Former Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip was released from incarceration for the first time in nearly 30 years Thursday after posting bond while awaiting retrial for a 1997 killing that put ...