Actor-turned-politician C Joseph Vijay on Sunday assumed office as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Shortly after taking oath, Vijay announced several welfare and governance measures, including 200 units of free electricity for households, the creation of a special anti-drug task force.

Former IRS officer KG Arunraj was sworn in as a minister in Tamil Nadu’s new TVK government led by Chief Minister Vijay.

Actor-turned-politician C Joseph Vijay has been sworn as Tamil Nadu’s chief minister on May 10, Sunday in an oath-taking ceremony held at Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium. Along with Vijay, nine MLAs from the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) officially assumed office. One of them is S Keerthana, who took oath alongside ministers including N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, KA Sengottaiyan, P Venkataramanan, R Nirmalkumar, Rajmohan, TK Prabhu and KG...