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The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-Congress alliance appears to be facing a fresh political strain, with senior TVK leaders increasingly projecting Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay as a potential Prime Minister while the Congress continues to back Rahul Gandhi for the top national post, as reported in Junior Vikatan. A report in Junior Vikatan suggests that [] The post We Didnt Form TVK To Make Rahul Gandhi PM: TVK Senior Min Says, Congress-TVK Alliance In Doldrums appeared first on The Commune .

A youth from Jharkhand was detained in Coonoor after he allegedly produced a forged Indian Army identity card and claimed to be an Army training officer associated with the Wellington Military College. Police have launched an investigation into his identity, movements and the circumstances surrounding the creation and use of the fake document, as reported [] The post Usman Held In Coonoor With Fake Army ID, Claimed To Be Army Training Officer At Wellington Military College appeared first on The

On 24 August 2026, Tamil Nadu CM Joseph Vijay announced in the Assembly that the government was scrapping the Parandur airport project. This move has triggered criticism (in loud voices) from the DMK specifically. The DMK has accused the ruling TVK government of compromising Chennais future growth. But the DMKs own record on the Parandur [] The post DMK Stalled Parandur Airport For 5 Years, Now Cries Foul Over Its Cancellation appeared first on The Commune .

DMK president MK Stalin appears to be facing a fresh power struggle within his own family, with tensions reportedly resurfacing between his son and Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin and his son-in-law V Sabareesan. According to a report published by Junior Vikatan, the dispute centres on the role of People Empowerment Network (PEN), a political [] The post Son Or Son-In-Law? DMK Chief Stalin Reportedly Caught Between Udhayanidhi And Sabareesan In Power Struggle appeared first on The Commu

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay made a brief visit to a private skin care clinic in Alwarpet, Chennai, on Tuesday, August 25, after attending Assembly proceedings and making key announcements under Rule 110. Vijay left the State Secretariat in the afternoon and travelled to the private facility in Alwarpet. He reportedly spent a [] The post Tamil Nadu CM Joseph Vijay Visits Private Skin Care Clinic In Alwarpet, Chennai appeared first on The Commune .

A war of words broke out between the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and Opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday over the State governments decision to scrap the proposed Parandur Greenfield International Airport, as reported in ANI. The verbal clash erupted after Law Minister CTR Nirmal Kumar referred to [] The post Those Wailing And Fretting Over Scrapping Parandur Project Are Doing It For G-Square Mappillai And Black Money Investors: TVK Minister

Today, they operate within the Cockroach ecosystem. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the same voices were associated with, aligned with, or amplified by the AAP ecosystem pushing for faster approval of Pfizer while questioning Indias indigenous vaccines. Now, the political labels have changed, but the playbook remains the same. With the CJP reportedly [] The post Aam Aadmi Party Then, Cockroach Party Now: The Ecosystem That Pushed Pfizer And Questioned Covaxin appeared first on The Commune

A recently reported 13th-century inscription from Anandur near Pochampalli in Krishnagiri district has been described as Tamil Nadus second inscription relating to Jews. However, the central claim, that the term Soothagar in the inscription refers to Jew, warrants closer scrutiny before the stone is presented as definitive evidence of a Jewish merchant guild operating in [] The post Soothagar = Jews? Anandur Inscription Claim Lacks Evidence appeared first on The Commune .

Former HR&CE Minister and DMK MLA PK Sekar Babu defended the appointment of temple trustees under the DMK government, claiming that the government had appointed qualified members with spiritual involvement and without political affiliations. Speaking about the appointment of trustees to major temples, Sekar Babu cited examples from across Tamil Nadu and said the government [] The post If Lord Murugan Had The Right To Vote, He Would Vote DMK, Says MLA Sekar Babu appeared first on The Commune .

DMK president M.K. Stalin has moved the Madras High Court seeking 100% counting of VVPAT slips in the Kolathur Assembly constituency and consequently sought a declaration that he be declared the returned candidate after nullifying the election of TVK MLA V.S. Babu, as reported in The Hindu. Stalin, who contested the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly [] The post Kolathur Loser Stalin Challenges TVK MLAs Victory, Blames EVM And VVPAT appeared first on The Commune .

Barely months into the TVK-Congress alliance government in Tamil Nadu, a series of public remarks and incidents involving the two parties are beginning to raise questions over whether the alliance is already developing cracks. The latest episode came on August 24, when Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president B Manickam Tagore said the Congress would invite [] The post TVK-Congress Already Showing Signs Of Rift appeared first on The Commune .

Seventeen students at a government-aided primary school near Poonamallee in Chennai were taken to hospital after they developed vomiting, dizziness and fainting following the consumption of Pongal served under the Chief Ministers Breakfast Scheme, as reported in Daily Thanthi. The incident occurred when breakfast was being served as usual at the school. During the meal, [] The post Poonamallee: Lizard Found In Pongal Served Under CMs Breakfast Scheme At Govt-Aided School, 17 Students Hospitalise

Sanitary workers affiliated with the Uzhaippor Urimai Iyakkam (UUI) staged a protest for the fourth consecutive day at the Tondiarpet zonal office in Chennai on Sunday, demanding that the state government address their long-pending grievances, including regularisation of employment, as reported in The New Indian Express. Police detained around 80 workers who participated in the [] The post Sanitary Workers Protest For Fourth Day In Chennai, 80 Detained Over Job Regularisation Demands appeared fi

On the same weekend in May 2026, two Indian states woke up to political arrangements that would have sounded absurd a decade ago. In Chennai, a film star with no prior governing experience took the oath as Chief Minister, ending 59 unbroken years of Dravidian party rule. In Kolkata, the BJP for the first time [] The post Two States, Two New Governments, One Question: What Did The First 100 Days Deliver? appeared first on The Commune .

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has expressed serious concern over the re-examination of the English, Commerce and Sociology papers of UGC-NET 2026. NTA has cited factual, typographical, translation and language-related errors in the question papers as the reason for the re-examination. ABVP had earlier raised concerns over the delay in releasing the provisional answer [] The post UGC-NET 2026: ABVP Questions NTAs Quality Checks After Errors Force Re-Examination appeared first on T

On Indias Independence Day, a passage from a historical study of British colonial rule offers a revealing glimpse into how the British establishment viewed different religious communities in colonial India with Queen Victoria herself expressing suspicion towards Brahmins and describing Muslims as the real supporters of the British rule. The passage appears in historian Venkat [] The post Brahmins Incite The People Against Us, Mahomedans The Real Supporters Of British Rule: Queen Victoria appeare

Dimaagi Naxal Vandana Shiva has spent decades portraying modern agriculture, chemical fertilisers, high-yielding varieties and genetically modified crops as instruments of corporate exploitation rather than tools that transformed food production. In a 2023 interview, she went further, arguing that the Green Revolution in India was fundamentally created to give companies that had manufactured explosives during [] The post The Dimaagi Naxal Who Destroyed Sri Lanka appeared first on The Commune .

Hindus in Udayanpatti village near Gandarvakottai in Pudukottai district were detained by police after protesting against the encroachment of Hindu sacred grove/temple land by Islamists, who have claimed that the disputed property belongs to the Waqf Board. The disputed land is associated with a Hindu forest temple and has been used for religious worship by [] The post Islamists Encroach On Hindu Sacred Grove In Pudukottai, Claim It Belongs To Waqf Board; Protesting Hindus Detained By TVK Govts

Partition was not merely an event of drawing a boundary line across a map. It was the devastating tearing of a nations social fabric, marked by homes being uprooted, memories shattering, relationships breaking, and centuries-old shared culture being wounded. On August 15, 1947, India welcomed the dawn of freedom, but for millions, that moment was [] The post Healing The Scars Of Partition: Reclaiming National Destiny appeared first on The Commune .

Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA), an international network of survivors of clergy and institutional abuse, has petitioned the Governor of Tamil Nadu over a letter written by the Principal of Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai, which twice drew a private individuals mother into official correspondence about an academic programme. The representation, dated 10 August 2026 and addressed [] The post Global Clergy Abuse Watchdog ECA Petitions Tamil Nadu Governor Over Loyola College Principal On Don Bosco F

While Tamil Nadus Industries Minister Keerthana was busy in the Assembly denying that Andhra Pradesh is building an airport at Kuppam, the paperwork for that airport was already sitting in a government gazette. Chittoor District Gazette No. 77/2026, dated 13 March 2026, is unambiguous. Issued under Section 19(1) of the Right to Fair Compensation Act [] The post Andhra And Karnataka Are Building Greenfield Airports While Joseph Vijay TVK Govt Bans New Airport For Chennai appeared first on The Com

The Madras High Court on Friday, 14 August 2026, questioned the decision of the police under the Joseph Vijay TVK government to deny permission for a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally carrying the national flag ahead of Independence Day, asking whether carrying the Tricolour in a procession could be considered an offence, as reported in [] The post Is Carrying The National Flag In A Rally A Sin? This Is The Land Of Tiruppur Kumaran: Madras High Court Blasts Joseph Vijays TVK Govt appeared first

DMK organising secretary RS Bharathis remarks at a public meeting held in Karambakkam to mark the death anniversary of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi have triggered controversy, with Bharathi making strong comments about voters, election setbacks and the partys approach towards the public. Speaking at the meeting, Bharathi recalled how Karunanidhi had responded [] The post Those People Wont Die A Good Death: DMKs RS Bharathi Curses Saidapet Voters After Ma. Subramanians Defeat a

Indias industrial story is moving beyond import substitution towards global competitiveness, strategic autonomy and export-led growth. smartphones and semiconductors to defence and aerospace, a new manufacturing ecosystem is taking shape across the country. real test now is whether India can convert this momentum into deeper value addition, world-class innovation and sustained employment. There are moments [] The post Make In India Is No Longer A Slogan: Modis Manufacturing Push Is Building A Ne

Newslaundry has spent considerable time telling India that workers should not be made to work longer hours in the name of productivity. But accounts emerging from its own former employees expose the hypocrisy of the leftist rag which seems to believe that the principle does not apply inside Newslaundry. In a 2024 episode of its [] The post Newslaundry Cried Over Narayana Murthys 70-Hour Work Week Statement; Former Producer Says She Was Pressured To Stay Late appeared first on The Commune .

The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the Tamil Nadu governments decision to establish self-financing arts and science colleges using the surplus funds of major Hindu temples, while directing that such funds must be utilised strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Act, as reported in [] The post Madras High Court Allows Colleges Using Surplus Temple Funds, Makes Legal Procedures Mandatory, Orders Hindu Studies And W

The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the Tamil Nadu governments decision to establish self-financing arts and science colleges using the surplus funds of major Hindu temples, while directing that such funds must be utilised strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Act, as reported in [] The post Madras High Court Allows Colleges To Be Established With Surplus Temple Funds, Makes Legal Procedures Mandatory, Orders Hi

Barely months into propping up Chief Minister C Joseph Vijays government, Congress finds the same party it supported, openly campaigning for a different Prime Ministerial face than the one it has spent a decade building Rahul Gandhi. Public Works Minister and TVK general secretary Aadhav Arjuna used a Tamil Nadu Assembly debate on Wednesday [] The post Congress Ally TVK Challenges Rahul Gandhi, Wants Joseph Vijay To Become Prime Minister appeared first on The Commune .

The Joseph Vijay TVK government has denied permission for a national flag rally planned by the BJP in Coimbatore ahead of Independence Day, prompting the BJP to approach the Madras High Court seeking permission to conduct the event. As reported in Dinamani, BJP Coimbatore city district president J. Rameshkumar said the party had initially sought [] The post TVK=DMK: Joseph Vijay Govt Bans Indian Tricolour Rally appeared first on The Commune .

NDA ally andPMK Dharmapuri MLA Sowmiy Anbumani quoted the Bhagavad Gita during her speech in the Tamil Nadu Assembly while speaking about the contributions of her husband and party leader Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss during his tenure as Union Health Minister. Recalling Anbumani Ramadoss tenure as Health Minister from 2004, Sowmiy Anbumani said he introduced several [] The post Sowmiya Anbumani Quotes Bhagavad Gita In TN Assembly appeared first on The Commune .

A special court in Chennai has permitted the Tamil Nadu government to reopen a corruption case against former AIADMK minister and current DMK MLA M. Vaithilingam, nearly two months after the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) had moved to close the case, as reported in the Free Press Journal. The Principal Sessions Court accepted [] The post Court Directs DVAC To Reinvestigate Corruption Case Against DMK MLA Vaithilingam appeared first on The Commune .

Tamil Nadu recorded the third highest number of deaths linked to septic tank and sewer cleaning in India over the last five years, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale informed Parliament on Tuesday, 21 July 2026. As reported in The Hindu, the minister was responding to a question raised by Villupuram [] The post Dravidian Model Reality: Tamil Nadu Ranks Third In Septic Tank Cleaning Deaths With 38 Fatalities In Five Years appeared first on The Commune .

A promotional clip aired by Sun TV Network-owned Adithya TV has triggered massive backlash after turning the torture endured by freedom fighter V.O. Chidambaram Pillai (V.O.C.) under British rule into a comedy segment. The controversy erupted over a teaser for an upcoming comedy game show in which the host asked participants why V.O.C. was bestowed [] The post Sun Network-Owned Adithya TV Mocks Freedom Fighter Chekkizhutha Chemmal V.O.C.s Torture By British In Comedy Promo, Sparks Massive Outrag

A Kerala Jesuit priest named George Mutholil has been identified as the key strategist behind the current protests and unrest in New Delhi, according to a PGurus article. The demonstrations, organized by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), demand the resignation of Union Human Resource Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Although the agitation is publicly framed around [] The post Kerala Jesuit Priest Identified As Mastermind Behind Delhis CJP Unrest appeared first on The Commune .