Amma Legacy

TTV Dhinakaran has won the race for Chennai's RK Nagar - represented by former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa - by more than 40,000 votes, dealing a huge blow to the ruling AIADMK which had sidelined him three months ago. "We are the true AIADMK... people of RK Nagar have elected Amma's successor," said Mr Dhinakaran, who had laid claim to Jayalali...

Deepa Jayakumar will contest by-elections to her aunt J Jayalalithaa's RK Nagar seat in Chennai, made vacant by the AIADMK matriarch's death in December last year. Ms Jayakumar also launched a forum called the MGR Amma Deepa Federation today, not a political party she emphasised, and vowed on her aunt's 69th birthday to "retrieve the two leaves sym...

VK Sasikala has been found guilty of corruption by the Supreme Court and will have to surrender to the police in Chennai so that she can be jailed for four years. This ends her high-decibel and divisive bid to be Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu - she is now barred from contesting an election for the next ten years. At 10:30 am on Tuesday, two judges o...

In tweets after his stunning rebellion, Tamil Nadu's caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said he had not seen J Jayalalithaa even once in Chennai's Apollo hospital, where she died on December 5.

J Jayalalithaa has not left behind a void. She has left behind a legacy. It is the legacy left for her by her mentor, MGR, honed and polished by JJ to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

TTV Dhinakaran has won the race for Chennai's RK Nagar - represented by former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa - by more than 40,000 votes, dealing a huge blow to the ruling AIADMK which had sidelined him three months ago. "We are the true AIADMK... people of RK Nagar have elected Amma's successor," said Mr Dhinakaran, who had laid claim to Jayalali...

Deepa Jayakumar will contest by-elections to her aunt J Jayalalithaa's RK Nagar seat in Chennai, made vacant by the AIADMK matriarch's death in December last year. Ms Jayakumar also launched a forum called the MGR Amma Deepa Federation today, not a political party she emphasised, and vowed on her aunt's 69th birthday to "retrieve the two leaves sym...

VK Sasikala has been found guilty of corruption by the Supreme Court and will have to surrender to the police in Chennai so that she can be jailed for four years. This ends her high-decibel and divisive bid to be Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu - she is now barred from contesting an election for the next ten years. At 10:30 am on Tuesday, two judges o...

In tweets after his stunning rebellion, Tamil Nadu's caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said he had not seen J Jayalalithaa even once in Chennai's Apollo hospital, where she died on December 5.

J Jayalalithaa has not left behind a void. She has left behind a legacy. It is the legacy left for her by her mentor, MGR, honed and polished by JJ to meet the challenges of the 21st century.