Annamalai has said the attack has exhibited the complete failure of the state government and the state police department's surveillance system. 

The number of people hospitalized due to burn injuries in the last two years was low in wake of the Covid pandemic. 

The incident has sparked a fury across the state and become a talking point for the opposition over the law and order in the state.

During such festival seasons, it's typical for Chennai to witness hefty traffic across the city as lakhs and lakhs of people make a move to their hometown.

In what has become a reiteration of his claim that he made years ago, Purohit asserted that the posts of Vice-Chancellor were sold in Tamil Nadu under the ADMK rule.

The suspension order was passed by DMK's General Secretary Durai Murugan on the grounds of bringing disrepute to the party.

The decision to ban online gambling was taken after the state witnessed a series of suicides of people who lost money after getting into online gambling. 

Edappadi Palaniswami and the ADMK functionaries were staging a protest in Valluvar Kottam in Chennai for condemning what they called a murder of democracy in the state.

The report, which has come six years after Jayalalithaa's demise, has spurred a political storm and put VK Sasikala in trouble as she would be investigated and brought under the scanner.

The commission's report indicates that there were several hassles and hindrances to Jayalalithaa's medical treatment that were mainly caused by VK Sasikala.