Jana Nayagan: SC to hear producer’s plea on Jan 19

The Supreme Court is slated to hear on January 19 the plea filed by the producer of Vijay-starrer Tamil film “Jana Nayagan”, challenging an interim order of the Madras High Court that stayed a single-judge direction to grant CBFC clearance to the movie.

Rajini calls SK’s Parasakthi a ‘very bold movie’

Actor Sivarkarthikeyan, who expressed gratitude for the appreciation he has been getting for his performance in director Sudha Kongara’s period film ‘Parasakthi’, on Tuesday disclosed that Superstar Rajinikanth had called him on Tuesday to express his appreciation for the film and had gone on to call it a “very bold movie”.

Democracy under attack: Rahul

Senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday said humility is essential to understanding and respecting people, and alleged that democracy in India is under attack by those in power.

Stalin writes to EAM on fishermen issue

Expressing grave concern over the continuing arrests of Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy personnel in high seas, Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin on Tuesday urged External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar to take steps through diplomatic channels to secure their release and prevent further arrests of fishermen.

Pongal rush: Over 6 lakh travel on special buses 

With the Pongal festival approaching, an estimated 6 lakh and five thousand passengers have travelled on government-run buses in Tamil Nadu between January 9 and January 13, as special services were deployed across the state to meet the holiday demand. 

Stalin to chair DMK’s district secretaries meet on Jan 20 

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has announced that it will convene a major district secretaries’ meeting on January 20 at the Anna Arivalayam headquarters in Chennai as part of its preparations for the upcoming **2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.