Within 24 hours of victory in general elections, Narendra Modi-led government has banned terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and all its affiliates. Security has been intensified in the coastal areas in Kerala as there is an intelligence report alleging that Islamic state terrorists from Sri Lanka have set sail for Lakshadweep and Minicoy islands. For all this and more, watch MyNation in 100 seconds.

A Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka claims that two members from Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath (TNTJ) had provoked Buddhists to attack Muslims by spreading derogatory tales about the Buddha

Months after the Pollachi sexual assault case came to the fore in February, the CBI has filed the chargesheet against the five accused, calling it a case of organised crime. The chargesheet has been filed a month after the CBI took over the case. The accused are in judicial remand.
 

The political scenario in Tamil Nadu has been on the boil ever since the demise of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The state that saw both the Lok Sabha and the bypoll results on May 23 suggested that the DMK had been leading by a huge margin in the bypolls, yet that wasn’t sufficient to stake claim to the CM post.

This time around, the NDA which has won 353 seats, will have 30 representatives from the five southern states — the BJP has 25 and four respectively from Karnataka and Telangana, while AIADMK will provide one seat from Tamil Nadu. Kerala and Andhra Pradesh will have no representative in the treasury benches of the Lok Sabha

Election results 2019: Congress candidate Karthi secured 5,66,104 votes whereas BJP's H Raja managed to get 2,33,860 votes in the Sivaganga constituency of Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu election results saw DMK in the lead, however the AIADMK's Edappadi K Palaniswami managed to hold on to his chief ministerial post

DMK chief MK Stalin can certainly take credit for the party's lead in 37 Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu. With Modi's victory at the Centre, and AIADMK's chances of scraping through the possible floor test crisis post the bypolls, DMK's victory may just be bitter-sweet.

Rajinikanth took to Twitter to congratulate PM Modi as the party heads towards a massive victory in the Lok Sabha election
 

The DMK cadre in Tamil Nadu have begun their celebrations in the state. The party members celebrated by bursting crackers across the state. 
 

The Kanyakumari constituency in Tamil Nadu is a key constituency which sees the battle between BJP’s Pon Radhakrishnan against Congress’s H Vasanthakumar

The Kanyakumari constituency in Tamil Nadu is a key constituency which sees the battle between BJP’s Pon Radhakrishnan against Congress’s H Vasanthakumar
 

The much-awaited results of the Lok Sabha election will be announced shortly. The DMK is leading in 29 seats out of 31 Lok Sabha constituencies

The coastal town of Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu turns out to be a crucial constituency this election season. The BJP and the Congress face each other here. This was the lone seat that the BJP had won in 2014.

Chennai Central sees a clash between Pattali Makkal Katchi’s Sam Paul against Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s Dayanidhi Maran. Will the voters favour debutant Sam Paul over Maran, who has won thrice?