After receiving the Governor’s approval, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay is set to take oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 9 at 11 am. Earlier in the day, Vijay secured the support of the Congress, CPI, CPI(M) and VCK, adding 11 MLAs to his tally of 108 and comfortably crossing the...
After receiving the Governor’s approval, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay is set to take oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 9 at 11 am. Earlier in the day, Vijay secured the support of the Congress, CPI, CPI(M) and VCK, adding 11 MLAs to his tally of 108 and comfortably crossing the...
4 min readHyderabadMay 8, 2026 06:24 PM IST On Friday afternoon, Trisha Krishnan posted an Instagram story. It had three things: the text “IYKYK,” a blank-faced cartoon sticker, and an illustration of silhouetted figures all speaking at once, their speech bubbles packed with “blah blah blah” and “yadda yadda.” There was no caption, hashtag or...
Tamil Nadu is in the middle of a political standoff that has pulled in an unlikely set of voices. After Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar chose not to invite Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay to form the government, despite his party finishing ahead of all others in the May 4 Assembly polls, reactions poured in from...
Tamil Nadu is in the middle of a political standoff that has pulled in an unlikely set of voices. After Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar chose not to invite Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay to form the government, despite his party finishing ahead of all others in the May 4 Assembly polls, reactions poured in from...
4 min readHyderabadMay 8, 2026 04:22 PM IST Vijay congratulates Tamil Nadu’s Class 12 students after result every year since he entered politics. He has done it the same way each time, a warm message to students, encouragement for those who did not make it, and the same closing line at the end. On Friday...
3 min readHyderabadMay 8, 2026 02:42 PM IST When Tamil Nadu’s election results came in and Vijay‘s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerged as the single largest party with 108 seats, the celebrations were not limited to Chennai. In Hyderabad, a section of Vijay’s Telugu fanbase had a different idea in mind: a theatre, a re-release,...
Fans of actor-politician Vijay have been in celebratory mode ever since his party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerged as the single largest party in the Tamil Nadu elections. However, despite winning 108 seats, Vijay still requires around 10 more seats to secure a majority in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly and officially become the Chief...
5 min readHyderabadMay 8, 2026 11:24 AM IST In her career spanning two decades, Trisha Krishnan has worked with a lot of heroes and has been asked about all of them in interviews. But when the question is about Vijay, something shifts, the answers get longer, more specific, and noticeably more warm. Vijay’s TVK has...
3 min readHyderabadMay 8, 2026 09:27 AM IST With Tamil Nadu’s government formation hanging in uncertainty, several prominent voices from the film industry stepped forward on Thursday to extend their support for Vijay. The Governor has halted Vijay’s plea to form a government in the state. The most detailed statement came from Kamal Haasan, who...
