The actor ties the knot with the daughter of a Chennai-based businessman.
The film traces the life and times of the fiery and witty social reformer Periyar, an icon in Tamil Nadu even today
"Some are creating an impression that Rajinikanth is to launch a party at the instigation of people who intend to decimate the Dravidian movement in Tamil Nadu. "Let me tell you, this is the land of Periyar (Dravidar Kazhagam founder E V Ramasamy Naicker), Anna (C N Annadurai) and Kalaignar (Karunanidhi)... such efforts in the past have ended in a fiasco," Stalin said.
In all, 18 people, including leader of the banned Al Umma outfit S A Basha, have been named as accused in the case.
A large number of DMK workers formed a queue at the party office in Chennai to greet Karunanidhi.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M Karunanidhi's son and Treasurer M K Stalin is among the five persons named by the party to hold seat-sharing talks with alliance parties for the coming parliamentary elections.
Rajinikanth said he stood by his comments made on Periyar, maintaining that they were factual and refused to apologise as demanded by fringe Dravidian outfits. DMK chief advised him to exercise caution while expressing views on Periyar.
While the Saudi drone strike has put the focus back on anti-drone measures, caution also stems from the fact that India has a number of large oil refining assets close to India-Pakistan border.
S Saraswathi brings the latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
S Saraswathi gives us the latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
Chief Minister Stalin seems to have drawn a line between his personal beliefs and those of others in the family, beginning with wife Durga Stalin, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Distribution of sweets, welfare assistance and blood donation by party workers were among the highlights of celebrations of the 93rd birthday of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam patriarch M Karunanidhi on Friday.
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo J Jayalalithaa was on Friday unanimously elected its legislature party leader, paving the way for her return as a chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the fourth time.
The spectacles on the Gandhi bust in Kannur were broken while the Ambedkar bust had red paint splashed across it.
'These are people who are anxious to die.' 'We have not seen such type of committed people anywhere.'
The CRPF said Kumar was under treatment at a force hospital in Hyderabad since February 12 for 'schizophrenia'.
The 65-year-old leader's ascent as the DMK chief heralds a new era in the Dravidian party, making him only the second man after his father to be elected as party president.
The actor, who plays the role of Kattappa in the movie, clarified that he was not against Kannada people.
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Attacking the Tamil Nadu chief minister over a host of issues, including unemployment, he alleged that her rule was marked by corruption and that industries had migrated to other states
The work on seat sharing with other allies will begin from Thursday, he told reporters.
'I believe that one thing leads to another. Seenu Ramasamy's Thenmerku Paruvakaatru earned Vijay Sethupati the role in Karthik's Pizza, which was a huge success. You cannot credit just one film to his success, there were a number of films.' Nalan Kumarasamy talks about success, and superstar Vijay Sethupati.
Here's what Vijay Sethupathi has in store for us this year.
'Nowhere is it written in the Constitution that Ravan's effigy must be burnt.'
In what appears to be a mega celebration for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam workers and supporters, party supremo Jayalalithaa, fresh from her acquittal, will make her first public appearance in several months in Chennai on Friday.
One of India's foremost wildlife photographers Rathika Ramasamy shares her most favourite photographs that'll make you go 'wow'.
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Facing the opposition benches, it is the 11th portrait to adorn the House.
Tamil film Vanmham really tests your patience, says S Saraswathi.
The awardees included one Padma Vibhushan, 11 Padma Bhushan and 44 Padma Shri.
One of the most charismatic figures of Tamil Nadu politics and the most enduring mascot of the Dravidian movement breathed his last at 6.10 pm.
M Karunanidhi was a masterful practitioner of modern-day politics, wielding considerable influence beyond his own state, in the corridors of power in New Delhi, for a long time and sewing up alliances with both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
'In the hands of a majoritarian government, with utter contempt for the cultural plurality and diversity of our great nation, the pipe dream of making Hindi the sole official language takes on nightmarish proportions.'
Mayawati has accused 'Ravan' of being a BJP agent who is dividing the scheduled castes.
The Palaniswami camp on Friday got a jolt when one of its MLAs R Natraj, a former state DGP, said that he would vote against the chief minister's motion of confidence.
Former Chief Minister Panneerselvam could muster only 11 votes, ending the prolonged stalemate triggered by his rebellion.
Tales By Light is devoted to the kind of nature photography that appears on the pages of Nat Geo, but it exposes viewers to fascinating vistas that have only partly to do with photography, says Vikram Johri.
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