Annamalai questioned governance models, speculation emerged regarding actor Dhanush entering politics, and NTK leader Karthika secured bail while criticising the TVK administration. In Kerala, police invoked the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act against Ebbin Paul over the synagogue area arson case amid investigations into Telegram handlers and terror links.

In Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore police booked four people after a 16-year-old Dalit student died by suicide over alleged caste harassment, heavy rains in Madurai and Virudhunagar caused waterlogging and a fatal wall collapse, and Thoothukudi police invoked POCSO sections after an attack, murder, and child kidnapping.