The Tamil Nadu State Congress has announced a statewide protest on Friday against the BJP-led Union government and Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar over the decision not to invite TVK chief Vijay to form the next government in the state, despite his party emerging as the single-largest formation in the Assembly elections. The Congress has also formally extended support to the TVK in its bid to form the government. At present, Congress remains the only party to publicly declare support for Vijay’s party. Speculation had been circulating around the AIADMK, which secured 47 seats in the election, potentially backing the TVK. However, there has been no official confirmation regarding such support.
Meanwhile, the VCK and Left parties stated that they would announce their position on Friday. The TVK emerged as the single-largest party in Tamil Nadu after winning 108 seats in the Assembly elections. The DMK won 59 seats, while the AIADMK won 47 seats. Smaller parties, including the IUML and VCK, won two seats each.
In West Bengal, Governor R N Ravi dissolved the state legislative assembly on Thursday, May 7, following the BJP’s landslide victory in the Assembly elections and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to resign from office.
According to ANI, citing BJP sources, a meeting of newly elected BJP MLAs is expected to take place on Friday to elect the legislative party leader ahead of the swearing-in ceremony.
In Maharashtra, Nashik city police arrested absconding suspended BPO staffer Nida Khan, who is linked to TCS, from Sambhajinagar city on Thursday night following a 42-day search operation.
Nashik City Police Commissioner Sandeep Karnik and Assistant Police Commissioner (Crime) Sandeep Mitke confirmed the arrest.
“The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Nashik city police and the Sambhajinagar city police had launched a joint operation to nab Nida,” Karnik said.
Police sources said Khan will be brought to Nashik and produced before a local court on Friday.
The SIT, headed by Sandeep Mitke, began efforts to trace and arrest Khan soon after an FIR was registered against her on March 26 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
With Left parties and VCK extending support to TVK, Vijay is likely to meet the Governor today amid fast-moving Tamil Nadu government formation developments.
Suvendu Adhikari was selected by the BJP today to be the Chief Minister of West Bengal, where it won a landslide victory in the most recent Assembly elections, putting an end to all rumors.
On Friday, well-known economist Ashok Kumar Lahiri assumed the role of Vice Chairman at NITI Aayog.
An 18-year-old boy was killed in a stabbing incident that was reported from the Bhalswa Dairy police station area in Delhi.
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According to authorities on Friday, another individual was taken into custody in relation to the lynching of a guy who was charged with sexually abusing two women in the Khurda area of Odisha. According to him, this arrest brought the total number of people detained in the case to five. During the day, State Commission for Women chairperson Sobhna Mohanty and Director General of Police Y B Khurania conducted an immediate investigation.
In the Anantnag area of Jammu and Kashmir, a CRPF member allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon, according to officials on Friday. According to them, the event happened near Kokernag in south Kashmir on Thursday night. A citizen of Rewari, Haryana, Constable Satish Kumar was assigned to the Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) 164 Battalion.
On Friday, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor petitioned the Delhi High Court to stop the release of deepfake videos created by artificial intelligence that allegedly showed him “praising Pakistan” and making remarks on “politically sensitive” topics.
Following Mount Dukono’s eruption on Halmahera island on Friday, Indonesian officials are racing to save 20 hikers, a local rescue agency spokesman told Reuters. According to the nation’s volcanology service, Mount Dukono, which is situated in the province of North Maluku, erupted on Friday at 7:41 a.m. local time (1041 GMT Thursday), spewing volcanic ash up to 10 km (6.21 miles) into the sky.
“The public sentiment is there that AIADMK has to come back to power,” says AIADMK MP M Thambidurai.With God’s favor, that might occur in due course.
In the Nashik TCS scandal, police detained Nida Khan while they expanded their investigation amid claims of harassment and conversion.
Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday backed TVK chief Vijay to form the next government in Tamil Nadu, saying that majority should be tested on the Assembly floor and “not the Governor’s residence”.
“Based on the numerical strength of the elected members, the leader of the single largest party must be invited to form the government. This is the political rule. This is the parliamentary convention,” Chidambaram said in a post on X.
The Directorate of Government Examinations (TNDGE) on Thursday announced the Tamil Nadu Class 12 Result 2026. The results were declared at 9:30 am through a press conference addressed by the Minister of School Education, following which the scorecard link was activated online.
Students who appeared for the Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations can now access their provisional marksheets by entering their registration number and date of birth on the official websites.
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State Congress has called for a statewide protest today against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government and Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar for not inviting TVK Chief Vijay to form the next government despite his party emerging as the single-largest formation in the Assembly elections; Congress has also extended its support to TVK.
