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A year after Karur stampede at TVK rally, scars remain and justice still elusive

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A year after Karur stampede at TVK rally, scars remain and justice still elusive

The site at Velusamypuram, Karur, where a stampede occurred during Vijay’s campaign rally in September 2025 | Photo Credit: M. Moorthy Velusamypuram, the epicentre of the crowd crush that killed 41 persons during the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam rally addressed by its leader C. Joseph Vijay on September 27, 2025, has seemingly returned to normalcy. A…

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Karur stampede left an indelible scar, says Vijay on first anniversary

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Karur stampede left an indelible scar, says Vijay on first anniversary

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Sunday (September 27, 2026) paid homage to those who lost their lives in the tragic Karur crowd crush on its first anniversary….

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Families of Vanniyar reservation martyrs also deserve State government jobs, says Anbumani

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Families of Vanniyar reservation martyrs also deserve State government jobs, says Anbumani

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss. | Photo Credit: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday demanded that Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay provide government jobs to family heirs of those persons killed in the police firing during the Vanniyar reservation agitation, just as his government had done for the family members of the Karur stampede…

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Karur stampede: TVK chief Vijay speaks to victims’ families on video calls

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Karur stampede: TVK chief Vijay speaks to victims’ families on video calls

Actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay. File | Photo Credit: PTI Actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Vijay has begun reaching out virtually to the families of those who lost their lives in the September 27 stampede during his rally in Karur, which claimed 41 lives. According to sources, Mr. Vijay started…

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Supreme Court declines plea to restrain TVK leaders’ remarks on Karur stampede

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Supreme Court declines plea to restrain TVK leaders’ remarks on Karur stampede

Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 7, 2026) said restraining Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leaders from making public statements linking political rivals with the Karur stampede may amount to an injunction on “free speech.” The court advised the Opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam…

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DMK moves Supreme Court to bar TVK leaders from making ‘threatening’ public statements on Karur stampede

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DMK moves Supreme Court to bar TVK leaders from making ‘threatening’ public statements on Karur stampede

File photo of shoes piled up at Velusamypuram in Karur, the site of a stampede during a TVK campaign rally, on September 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: R. Vengadesh Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party moved the Supreme Court on Friday (July 3, 2026) seeking a judicial direction to bar the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)…

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