Siddharth Prabhakar
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FPJ Special: Unofficial TVK Units Emerge Across India And Gulf As Vijay’s Popularity Fuels Expansion Without Party Approval (opens the original)
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Chennai: It is not just Instagram influencers who are cashing in on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s popularity. Multiple units claiming to represent the ruling Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) have sprung up in states such as West Bengal and Kerala, as well as in Gulf countries including Qatar and Kuwait, despite having no official approval from the party, according to multiple TVK sources. The latest is the purported West Bengal state unit, which was reportedly launched in Purba Bardham
Dharapuram Bypoll Tests Vijay's TVK Momentum As DMK, AIADMK Target Defector Candidate (opens the original)
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Tiruppur: The road to stopping the Vijay juggernaut starts in Dharapuram, a reserved constituency in western Tamil Nadu, where the resignation of the sitting AIADMK MLA and her subsequent switch to the ruling TVK, just weeks after the 2026 Assembly elections, has necessitated a bypoll. The Election Commission has scheduled bypolls in Dharapuram and Madurantakam, another reserved constituency where the sitting AIADMK MLA resigned and joined the TVK, on October 6. While Madurantakam, around 80 km
Tamil Nadu Tender Row: ₹45.9 Lakh Works Inaugurated Before Bids Were Even Invited (opens the original)
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Chennai: Eight days after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay invoked corruption allegations against his predecessor DMK government, a corruption watchdog in Chennai on Tuesday complained of tender fixing in a department headed by him. Works Completed Before Tenders Were Floated In their complaint to the TN government, NGO Arappor Iyakkam alleged that in two public works worth Rs 45.9 lakh in the Tambaram Municipal Corporation, the entire work was executed and inaugurated by a minister even
Odisha Orangutan Rescue Highlights Rising Exotic Primate Smuggling Network In India (opens the original)
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The discovery of five baby orangutans, native to Indonesia, in an Odisha forest earlier this week is not an isolated incident, but another indication of the huge demand for exotic apes and monkeys in India’s pet trade. Information obtained through the Right to Information Act (RTI) shows that Customs officials at Mumbai and Bengaluru airports seized at least 30 gibbons, tamarins, marmosets and doucs being trafficked from Thailand and Malaysia in 16 cases in 2024 and 2025 alone. Chennai has also
Vijay Effect? Tamil Nadu Assembly Livestream Sparks Massive Surge In TV, YouTube Viewership (opens the original)
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Chennai: The TVK government’s decision to livestream the entire proceedings of the Tamil Nadu Assembly for the first time has had the intended impact, with lakhs of citizens tuning in through news channels and multiple YouTube platforms. Whether driven by the popularity of CM C Joseph Vijay, arguably Tamil cinema’s biggest crowd-puller, or a newfound interest in politics among young voters, the viewership of news channels has surged, say senior editors of Tamil news channels. The trend is not re
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