tiruvallur district

Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay expanded his cabinet to 33 ministers, with 23 new additions taking the oath. Notably, first-time MLA Marie Wilson was appointed Finance Minister, replacing an experienced predecessor. This marks the first coalition cabinet in Tamil Nadu since independence, with Congress MLAs securing portfolios and a record seven Dalit ministers included.

The vehicle carrying the contraband was intercepted at Nallur toll plaza in tiruvallur district on the outskirts of Chennai on Sunday.

EC has deployed 150 expenditure observers, 130 general observers and 40 police observers, along with 300 companies of Central Armed Police Forces across districts.

Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah of aiming to control Tamil Nadu from Delhi, seeking a "compromised CM" and alleging the BJP and RSS are attacking the state's language and culture. He asserted that the DMK and INDIA bloc would protect Tamil Nadu from this "assault."

Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Modi and Amit Shah of aiming to rule Tamil Nadu from Delhi, seeking a puppet chief minister from the AIADMK. He asserted that the BJP has destroyed the AIADMK, turning it into a mere mask.

The court then imposed Rs 1 lakh cost on a petitioner, Jesudass Cornelius, who wanted a direction to the tiruvallur district collector to maintain the land earmarked for public purposes in Veeraraghavan village, Thiruverkadu, as a park and playground. The judge imposed the cost, terming the petition as one filed with mala fide intent to trigger communal tension.