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Rajendran S of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the Ariyalur constituency with a margin of 24498 votes. He garnered 95219 votes, while Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Latha Balu came second with 70721 votes.

Tamil daily soap 'Chinna Marumagal' has achieved a significant milestone, successfully completing 600 episodes. The popular show, which premiered in January 2023, has garnered strong TRP ratings and a dedicated fanbase. Starring Navin Kumar and Swetha, the serial's success is attributed to its engaging narrative and relatable family drama, resonating deeply with viewers.

Chinna Marumagal, the beloved Tamil serial starring Navin Kumar and Swetha, has achieved a remarkable 400-episode milestone. This emotional family drama, which premiered in January 2023, captivates audiences with its compelling narrative of Tamilselvi, a village girl determined to become a doctor against her family's conservative views and an arranged marriage.

Thamarai Selvi, popular from Bigg Boss Tamil, revealed her exit from the serial 'Chinna Marumagal'. She stated she was removed for missing just one day due to a film commitment. Despite this setback and another reality show cancellation, Thamarai is focusing on cinema. An official announcement about her film debut is expected soon.

Savale Samali features Thamarai team this weekend

In the latest episode of Bigg Boss Tamil 5, Suruthi planned to take Thamarai Selvi’s coin by taking help of Pavani Reddy. Suruthi was waiting for an excuse to enter the dressing room. In the disguise of taking Isaivani’s dress, Suruthi and Pavani gatecrashed into the room. They took every possible step to hide while materialising the plan. Thamarai, who didn’t expect such a mischievous act from Suruthi, burst down to tears after she realised what happened. Thamarai said she would have given the coin to Suruthi had she asked her (Thamarai). Thamarai complained about Suruthi’s act to Raju Jeyamohan, Ciby, Iykki Berry, and other housemates. Thamarai cried saying that she has landed in a 'controversial and ruthless' show.

In the latest episode of Bigg Boss Tamil 5, Team BB Red TV tried to pull off a prank with a staged fight between their own team members and invited Thamarai Selvi and Varun as guests. Priyanka Deshpande and Ciby took the responsibility of asking them questions. When Priyanka asked Thamarai to explain her relationship with Imman Annachi, Ciby told her (Thamarai) to skip the question if she wanted to. Priyanka provoked Thamarai who felt insulted. Abishek also added to the drama by staging a fight which further provoked Thamarai. Sanjeev Venkat, the judge of the task, also believed that it was a real fight and tried to control them. Finally, their team accepted that it was a prank played to increase TRPs (points) in the task. Thamarai said she feels targeted often by Priyanka and breaks into tears. Later, Amir, Varun and others helped Thamarai calm down.

In tonight's episode, the audiences can witness some ugly fights between Varun - Niroop and Thamarai Selvi - Isaivani. In the teaser, Varun, who gets to dominate this week, is seen asking Niroop about his water bottle. As Niroop doesn’t give a proper reply, a fight is triggered between them.

In the captaincy task for the week, the housemates were asked to play for Thamarai and Bala. Thamarai’s team won the task and hence Thamarai became the captain of the house. In the latest episode, everyone else was nominated for the week's eviction, except Thamarai, the captain of the house, and Bala, the trending player of the week.

In the latest episode of Bigg Boss Tamil 5, Thamarai Selvi, the first captain of the house broke down talking about her son Sivaraman and how she isn't allowed to meet him. She alleged that her former husband's family has manipulated Sivaraman against her so much that he doesn't like to talk to her over the phone too. Thamarai stated that she entered Bigg Boss Tamil 5 to share her painful story and also popularise folk art.

Actress Thamarai Selvi’s father recently passed away. The actress shared pictures of her dad and wrote emotional notes.

Additional director general of police P Thamarai Kannan will hang up his boots on Wednesday after more than three decades of service.He played a pivotal role in the special investigation team (SIT) that probed the 1998 serial bomb blasts in Coimbatore killing 58 people.

Vanitha Vijayakumar and Thamaraiselvi are expected to get into an ugly spat in the upcoming episode of Bigg Boss Ultimate. In the promo released, Vanitha Vijayakumar was seen complaining to Thamarai about the food she cooked for the housemates.

Thamarai serial crossed thousand episodes recently on 5th March, 2018.

Director Gautham Menon once shielded lyricist Thamarai from a personal question at a 2016 press meet. He intervened when a reporter attempted to probe into her private life. Menon's action protected his team member. This incident mirrors recent events where actress Gouri G Kishan faced similar questioning. The film 'Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada' was released in 2016.

Lyricist Thamarai gives TOI a peek into her creative thought process...

In the latest episode of Bigg Boss Tamil 5, guest host Ramya Krishnan asked Thamarai Selvi and Priyanka Deshpande to explain why they fought during the captaincy task. Priyanka opined that Thamarai was not in the right mindset to take up the captaincy. Thamarai explained her point of view too. She shared that Priyanka shouldn't have judged her even before seeing her performance. After hearing both sides, Ramya empathised with Thamarai’s view. She said, Priyanka should have given Thamarai a chance.

9 contestants were nominated for eviction in the previous episode of Bigg Boss Tamil 5. In one of the latest teasers, Thamarai Selvi can be seen falling on Abishek Raaja's feet as he says everyone is working hard for her sake. Meanwhile, Raju Jeyamohan and Priyanka Deshpande talk about saving Thamarai. When Imman asks why everyone tries to help Thamarai but not Chinna Ponnu, Priyanka says she wants Chinna Ponnu to get eliminated.

Thamarai Selvi, the first captain of Bigg Boss Tamil 5 house burst out while she narrated her story in the ‘Oru Kadhai Sollattuma’ task. In the new promo, Thamarai says that she isn’t allowed to meet her son. It has been months since she met him. Some of the family members who currently take care of him are poisoned his mind in such a way that he doesn't talk to her. In spite of her attempts to meet him, he avoids her. If she doesn’t reveal her pain now, he might not understand it ever. She further said she decided to take part in Bigg Boss to mainly share her feelings for him.

Lyricist Thamarai got to be a part of one such surprise recently.

In the latest episode of Bigg Boss Tamil 5, Ciby read out the task ‘Paruthi Veeran’ to be held for the selection of captain. In the buzzer to buzzer task, each contender was given a plastic box that was kept inside a ring. According to the task, the contender had to pick the boxes kept inside a ring and fill it with cotton kept in the garden area. They were given a weighing machine to find the weight of the cotton picked by each contender. The last two contenders in each round had to stand in the circle. From them, one would be selected to compete in the next round based on the majority of votes. Abhinay and Raju alone played in the last round. As Abhinay collected more cotton than Raju, he was selected as the captain for the week.

The news station task is witnessing many fights between the two teams. In tonight’s (December 2) episode, Ciby, miffed by Priyanka Deshpande and Abishek Raaja’s act, will be seen throwing the question paper at them.

BJP state secretary R Srinivasan presided over the meeting which was organised by the Madurai rural district unit of the party.

In the latest episode of Bigg Boss Tamil 5, Suruthi read the next captaincy contender task ‘Shenbagame Shenbagame’. According to the task, the housemates were divided into two teams - Orange and Blue (each team comprising 7 members each). A prosthetic cow was arranged in the garden area and the teams were given a bunch of empty bottles. Upon a buzzer, the teams had to collect milk as much as possible and safeguard it in their containers. The members of the team with the maximum amount of milk will become the contenders for the captaincy task. In the task, many housemates got physical and began blaming each other which led to chaos. Meanwhile, Iykki Berry and Isaivani from Team Orange tried adding water to their milk. Pavani Reddy accused Thamarai Selvi of adding water to milk. This led to an ugly spat between them.

This is the first time the duo is coming together for an album

A man accused of abducting two businessmen from Coimbatore died while he was being transferred from Salem on Tuesday.

Produced by AGS Entertainments the film which has music by GV Prakash

In the latest episode of Bigg Boss Tamil 5, as per the next captaincy task Kalakka Povadhu Yaaru, Priyanka, Iykki, Ciby and Niroop, the contenders contested in it. The rest of the housemates had to pour colored water in the fish bowl of the contender they don’t want to support. Meanwhile, the contenders had to convince the housemates against pouring the colored water in their bowls. Priyanka had the least level amount of colored water in her bowl and hence she became the captain. Even as Priyanka segregated the teams for household chores, Thamarai Selvi expressed her doubts in rationing the essentials. Isaivani and Thamarai had a heated argument over the same.

The second post-mortem of Ramanathapuram youth L Manikandan, done according to per the directions of Madras high court, has revealed that his death was due to poison, and not due to custodial torture by police, additional director-general of police (law and order) P Thamarai Kannan has said.