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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor Joseph C. Vijay, has emerged as the single largest party in the 2026 Assembly elections.

Actor-turned-politician Vijay (C. Joseph Vijay), leading his two-year-old party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), surged ahead with early leads in over 100 of the State’s 234 Assembly constituencies.

Vijay's TVK supporters cheer as party leads in Tamil Nadu

Project to stabilise irrigation for over 33,000 acres across 33 villages in the Krishna delta, benefiting more than four lakh people; works to cover main canal and distributaries from 0 to 47 km

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Mr. Darshan, submitted that the actor is being denied the basic amenities because the court had made an observation that no five-star treatment should be given to him in jail

Tamil superstar Vijay and his political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), are celebrating a historic lead in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, sparking a wave of congratulatory messages from prominent figures in the film industry, including actors Sivakarthikeyan, Vikram, Nani, Tiger Shroff, and Kajal Aggarwal

As of 3.45 p.m. on Monday (May 4), the AIADMK was ahead in 47 constituencies; the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) in four constituencies; the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in three; and the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) in one

“We have heard the petitioner in person. We are not inclined to accept the story as stated here. Let him approach the embassy,” the bench ordered.

With decisive support in reserved constituencies, massive gains in rural areas and a fractured support for the Trinamool in seats with a strong Muslim presence, the BJP flips the script in West Bengal.

Jahar Chakraborti received a total of 24,291 votes, comfortably outpacing his nearest rivals

Of the seven TMC leaders who joined BJP in the past two years, only two were fielded by the saffron party

Kelu, CPI(M) leader and Minister in the outgoing Cabinet, lost to Congress candidate Usha Vijayan by a margin of 10,543 votes

Chandy Oommen gets 84,031 votes against CPI(M)’s K. M. Radhakrishnan

Kunhikrishnan secures 76,640 votes against incumbent MLA T.I. Madhusoodanan

A lone bright spot for the Left was Domkal in Murshidabad, where CPI(M) candidate Md. Mostafijur Rahaman was leading by 8,877 votes after five rounds of counting

The BJP is aiming for a third consecutive term in Assam, while the Congress is attempting a comeback after a decade out of power

Karnataka’s Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, who is the Chancellor of the university, has approved the names for the honorary doctorates

The 2016 Act recognised only victims of acid-throwing, and not forcible acid ingestion; the order is operative retrospectively from the inception of the Act; it aids victims of forcible acid ingestion to claim disability benefits

State Best Teacher awardees attending five-day programme on global teaching practices at NIE Singapore until May 8; another 29 to be sent to the University of Turku in Finland in the second phase

The bypoll, necessitated by the demise of sitting BJP MLA Imkong L. Imchen in November last year, witnessed a strong voter turnout of 82.21% on April 9