Deepa Jayakumar

Deepa Jayakumar, the niece of late chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa, took possession of her aunt's Poes Garden residence on Friday evening after the Chennai district administration handed over the keys to her.

The biopic on former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, starring Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, appeared to be heading for a legal tangle, with the late leader's niece moving the Madras High Court on Friday, seeking to restrain the producers from going ahead with the venture without her consent.

MGR Amma Deepa Peravai leader Deepa Jayakumar on Sunday expressed willingness to tie-up with the AIADMK, saying her outfit belonged to the ruling party and even her followers were in favour of the alliance.

J Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar told a one man panel probing the death of the late Chief Minister that her aunt "may have been attacked." She also wanted the panel to question the entire family of VK Sasikala.

Actor Vishal, disqualified from contesting the RK Nagar by-election in Tamil Nadu, tweeted President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, saying he hopes "justice prevails." He said he was bringing to their notice the fact that his nomination for the December 21 by-election was "first accepted and later rejected."

Actor Vishal's hopes of contesting the RK Nagar by-election in Tamil Nadu came crashing down late on Tuesday night after election officials rejected his nomination papers for the second time today. Officials said the film actor's nomination papers only had "valid" signatures of eight proposers, not the mandatory ten.

Nearly a year after J Jayalalithaa died while she was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, a woman from Bengaluru has asked the Supreme Court for a chance to prove she is the politician's daughter.

J Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar and nephew Deepak are incensed over a plan to turn her sprawling home in Chennai's Poes Garden into a memorial for the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister - a decision that meets one of the many conditions set by a rebel faction of the ruling AIADMK for a merger.

Deepa Jayakumar, the niece of J Jayalalithaa, was not allowed to enter the home of the former Chief Minister in posh Poes Garden this afternoon. Ms Jayakumar, who recently floated her own party, said she had gone to Jayalalithaa's residence following the invitation of her brother Deepak.

The 'hat' symbol allotted to the VK Sasikala faction of the AIADMK will help attract voters as they could associate it with party founder MG Ramachandran who was known to sport the accessory, Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai today said.

South megastar Rajinikanth tweeted this morning that he supports "no one" in the intense political battle for the RK Nagar constituency of Tamil Nadu, which fell vacant after former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death.

MGR Amma Deepa Peravai, floated by late chief minister Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar, suffered a setback with her husband K Madhavan on Friday breaking ranks with the outfit and announcing that he would launch a political party.

Chennai's RK Nagar - the constituency of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa which fell vacant after her death -- is up for grabs and it promises to be a riveting battle where her niece is pitted against the nephew of her longtime companion VK Sasikala. The countdown has already started for the big fight, which will be held on April 12.

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...

As her party celebrated J Jayalalithaa's 69th birth anniversary, the occasion turned into an equal-opportunity for competing groups to claim rights to her enviable political legacy.

Deepa Jayakumar, the niece of late chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa, took possession of her aunt's Poes Garden residence on Friday evening after the Chennai district administration handed over the keys to her.

The biopic on former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, starring Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, appeared to be heading for a legal tangle, with the late leader's niece moving the Madras High Court on Friday, seeking to restrain the producers from going ahead with the venture without her consent.

MGR Amma Deepa Peravai leader Deepa Jayakumar on Sunday expressed willingness to tie-up with the AIADMK, saying her outfit belonged to the ruling party and even her followers were in favour of the alliance.

J Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar told a one man panel probing the death of the late Chief Minister that her aunt "may have been attacked." She also wanted the panel to question the entire family of VK Sasikala.

Actor Vishal, disqualified from contesting the RK Nagar by-election in Tamil Nadu, tweeted President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, saying he hopes "justice prevails." He said he was bringing to their notice the fact that his nomination for the December 21 by-election was "first accepted and later rejected."

Actor Vishal's hopes of contesting the RK Nagar by-election in Tamil Nadu came crashing down late on Tuesday night after election officials rejected his nomination papers for the second time today. Officials said the film actor's nomination papers only had "valid" signatures of eight proposers, not the mandatory ten.

Nearly a year after J Jayalalithaa died while she was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, a woman from Bengaluru has asked the Supreme Court for a chance to prove she is the politician's daughter.

J Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar and nephew Deepak are incensed over a plan to turn her sprawling home in Chennai's Poes Garden into a memorial for the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister - a decision that meets one of the many conditions set by a rebel faction of the ruling AIADMK for a merger.

Deepa Jayakumar, the niece of J Jayalalithaa, was not allowed to enter the home of the former Chief Minister in posh Poes Garden this afternoon. Ms Jayakumar, who recently floated her own party, said she had gone to Jayalalithaa's residence following the invitation of her brother Deepak.

The 'hat' symbol allotted to the VK Sasikala faction of the AIADMK will help attract voters as they could associate it with party founder MG Ramachandran who was known to sport the accessory, Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai today said.

South megastar Rajinikanth tweeted this morning that he supports "no one" in the intense political battle for the RK Nagar constituency of Tamil Nadu, which fell vacant after former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death.

MGR Amma Deepa Peravai, floated by late chief minister Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar, suffered a setback with her husband K Madhavan on Friday breaking ranks with the outfit and announcing that he would launch a political party.

Chennai's RK Nagar - the constituency of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa which fell vacant after her death -- is up for grabs and it promises to be a riveting battle where her niece is pitted against the nephew of her longtime companion VK Sasikala. The countdown has already started for the big fight, which will be held on April 12.

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...

As her party celebrated J Jayalalithaa's 69th birth anniversary, the occasion turned into an equal-opportunity for competing groups to claim rights to her enviable political legacy.