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TopicActor Vijay

Topic: Actor Vijay

Karur stampede: Death toll rises to 41 as 65-yr-old on ventilator support succumbs

Stampede at actor and TVK leader Vijay's rally in Karur in the late hours of 27 September claimed 31 lives on the spot, and left several others with grievous injuries.

Panic & chaos at Vijay’s rally in Tamil Nadu’s Karur, at least 31 dead in stampede

A massive crowd surge at the rally leads to chaos, with people experiencing breathlessness and falling on each other. 'More than a lakh people had gathered,' says police official.

Vijay is winning nickname war in Tamil Nadu. He’s attacking Brand Stalin with ‘uncle’ taunt

If Stalin ignores the taunt, it spreads unchecked. If he responds, he legitimises Vijay. Either way, the Tamil Nadu politics binary bends.

Vikravandi to Madurai: How Vijay’s TVK has evolved from challenger to confident power claimant in TN

At second TVK conference in Madurai, Vijay projected himself as CM-in-waiting ahead of Tamil Nadu assembly polls, named and targeted rivals directly and asserted his leadership.

A cutout worth a thousand words: Why Vijay is using Annadurai & MGR’s photos at TVK conference

With less than a year to go for polls in Tamil Nadu, Vijay’s young party TVK is organising its second conference in Madurai where it is expected to pass multiple resolutions.

Ee Sala CM’s chair Namde & the knock knock joke you don’t want to hear

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Doctor-turned-civil servant whose ‘heart was always in politics’, KG Arunraj set to join TVK

Arunraj likely to be given a post roughly equivalent to that of gen secy, it is learnt. He is said to have grown close to Vijay after an I-T raid on the actor’s properties in 2020.

At TVK general body meet, Vijay calls DMK ‘fascist’ and issues a word of caution to PM Modi

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay said 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections would be fought between his party and DMK; 17 resolutions were passed during TVK general body meeting.

Eye on 2026, Vijay ropes in Prashant Kishor as poll adviser ahead of TVK’s first anniversary

With Kishor on board, Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam now has three political consultants working for the party ahead of next year’s assembly elections.

Lottery King Santiago Martin’s son-in-law Aadhav Arjuna joins TVK. Will be no.2 after Vijay

He will also managing preparations for the 2026 assembly elections, it is learnt. Aadhav Arjuna quit the VCK last year after being suspended for anti-party comments.

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What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.