It must be noted that VK Sasikala is not active in politics after getting released from the Karnataka prison last year. She neither campaigned nor endorsed any party in the local body polls. 

The protest from the functionary against wearing hijab had pushed voting into a brief pause and it had later resumed after he was replaced by another functionary. 

Actor Vijay is among the celebrities who had come to cast the votes immediately after the polling began. Vijay had cast his vote at a polling station in Neelankarai in the outskirts of Chennai. 

Their understanding was in the capability of withdrawing the candidate against each other to secure a hassle-free victory.

Sources close to these leaders have divulged that both of them may bid adieu to the party after the results of the urban local body polls.

A former ADMK Minister had campaigned for the BJP, though both parties had parted ways from their alliance owing to the non-consensus over seat allocation. 

Chennai's unit for the Bureau of Immigration has said that Stefan Negoita's action was not as per his intended purpose of visit and it amounts to visa violation.

While the local court has initially ordered the police to remand the ADMK candidate in judicial custody, he was awarded conditional bail later.

After a wait for several years, Tamil cinema fans had witnessed a relishing reunion on Wednesday where Ilaiyaraaja and Gangai Amaren had met each other.

51-year-old Ayyappan was a DMK candidate for the upcoming polls and he was contesting from Athani in the Anthiyur Taluk of Erode district.