Tamil Nadu

As reported by The Week, Natchiappan stated that the meeting was convened to discuss the appointment of boot agents and carry out groundwork at the booth level. "Karti did not keep the flock together. Many of our party workers have joined BJP in Sivaganga", Natchiappan added.

Tamil actor Vijay took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to announce his plunge into politics and named his party Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam.

On 3rd January, devotees of the Palani Dandayuthapani Murugan Temple in Tamil Nadu were allegedly assaulted and harassed by temple staff

The Madras HC directed the TN HRCE Department to install boards stating that non-Hindus are not allowed inside the temple beyond the flagpole.

On the 29th of January 2023, the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police filed a counter affidavit in the Madras High Court, responding to a petition which claimed that the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu had issued an oral order against granting permission to events surrounding Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha.

The Hindu's former editor and major stakeholder Malini Parthasarathy has slammed the publication for passing off its biases and prejudices against the BJP leader as 'news reports'.

News 7 Tamil journalist Nesaprabhu was attacked on the night of Wednesday, 24 January, by unidentified assailants in the Palladam area of Tirruppur district of Tamil Nadu.

On 27th September 2014, a special court in Bengaluru had sentenced Jayalalithaa to four years in jail. It also fined her ₹100 crore in connection with a disproportionate assets case.

As per a news report published by Tamil daily Dinamalar on Sunday (21st January), the DMK-led-Tamil Nadu government had reportedly given ‘unofficial verbal directive’ to temples against conducting special prayers and offering Annadanam  on the occasion of Ram Mandir Pran Prathistha.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman voiced her concerns about the repression of religious festivities and the infringement of Hindus' rights by the DMK-led state government.