AIADMK tussle: Shanmugam-Velumani camp seeks disqualification of Palaniswami, others for ‘defying’ whip on trust vote 

 Sarma has not yet indicated which departments he will retain. As per convention, all departments not allocated to any minister remain under the chief minister’s charge. 

 BJP leaders said the move honoured Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, whose composition from the 1870s became a rallying cry during India’s freedom movement. 

 The Tamil Nadu government has directed staff at all TASMAC outlets to verify the age of customers and deny liquor sales to those below the legal drinking age. 

 The woman alleged that two men sexually assaulted her inside the moving bus while it travelled for several kilometres towards Nangloi.