DMK’s Tiruchi Siva and J. Constandine Ravindran, AIADMK’s M. Thambi Durai, PMK’s Anbumani Ramadoss, Congress’ Christopher Manickam, and DMDK’s L.K. Sudhish have been declared elected unopposed to the six seats of Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu.
As the number of valid nominations and the number of Rajya Sabha seats to be filled from Tamil Nadu were the same, all six candidates were declared elected unopposed and handed over certificates by Returning Officer R. Santhi.
The CBI has summoned actor and TVK chief Vijay tomorrow (March 10, 2026) for a fresh round of questioning in connection with the Karur stampede case, officials said.
The actor was earlier questioned by the agency at its headquarters on January 12 and 19.
The Madras High Court granted four weeks’ time for Chennai Cyber Crime police to file its counter affidavit in a plea by YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar to discharge him from a criminal case registered in 2020 for 32 of his tweets against former Chief Ministers Edappadi K. Palaniswami and O. Panneerselvam and a few other politicians.
Justice C. Kumarappan adjourned the hearing on a criminal revision petition filed by the YouTuber in October 2025 to April 9, 2026, and extended until then an interim stay of the case pending before the XI Metropolitan Magistrate court at Saidapet in Chennai.
Published - March 09, 2026 06:10 pm IST
Source: The Hindu - India News
