Jayalalithaa

Ready To Contest RK Nagar Bypoll, Says TTV Dhinakaran

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 16, 2017

Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran today said he is ready to contest the RK Nagar bypoll, elections for which are to be held before December 31, but it would be party general secretary V K Sasikala who would name the candidate.

Election Body Accepts Jayalalithaa's Thumb Impression For Thirupparankundram By-Election

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 14, 2017

The Election Commission said on Friday that it had accepted the left thumb impression of former chief minister Jayalalithaa affixed on documents relating to a bypoll last year based on a letter by AIADMK presidium chairman E Madhusudhanan.

Tamil Nadu Minister Says He Did Not See Jayalalithaa In Hospital

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 8, 2017

Tamil Nadu minister Vellamandi Natarajan today said he did not see former chief minister Jayalalithaa during her hospitalisation last year and offered to depose before the one-man inquiry commission set up to probe her demise.

Few Gather To Welcome A Politically Weakened Sasikala In Chennai

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Saturday October 7, 2017

Nearly eight months after she was jailed for corruption, VK Sasikala drove into her sister-in-law's house in Chennai, her home till Wednesday when her parole would end. But the homecoming would have been a disappointing sight for the former AIADMK chief, as only about 500 people had gathered to receive her. Among those waiting were a dozen women wh...

No Visitors, No Politics, No Poes Garden As Sasikala Gets 5-Day Parole

Tamil Nadu News | Edited by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Maya Sharma, Uma Sudhir, Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday October 7, 2017

VK Sasikala walked out of a Bengaluru prison today, nearly eight months after she was jailed for corruption. She has been granted five-day parole to travel to Chennai and visit her husband in hospital.

As Sasikala's Husband Gets Organ Transplant, Questions Over Teen Donor

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday October 4, 2017

VK Sasikala's husband M Natarajan had a life-saving double organ transplant today at a Chennai hospital that has denied allegations that a teen accident victim was flown to the city in a brain-dead state to facilitate the surgery

Can't Stop Ministers From Speaking On Jayalalithaa's Death: Court

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 3, 2017

The Madras High Court today declined to restrain Tamil Nadu ministers from making any statements on the hospitalisation of late chief minister J Jayalalithaa last year

TTV Dhinakaran Presses For CBI Probe Into Jayalalithaa's Death

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 3, 2017

Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran today pressed for a CBI probe into the death of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

Jayalalithaa Death: DMK Says 'Lie Detector' Test Will Bring Out Truth

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 28, 2017

Amid conflicting claims by AIADMK leaders over access to former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa during her hospitalisation, DMK working president MK Stalin today said if a lie detector test was conducted, "many truths" will come from state ministers on her demise.

Jayalalithaa Was Drowsy, But Talking, Said First Medical Report: 10 Facts

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Thursday September 28, 2017

J Jayalalithaa was drowsy and had difficulty breathing, but could speak when she was brought to Chennai's Apollo hospital on September 22 last year, says the first medical report that was filed that day and has now been accessed by local media. The report noted that the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister possibly had pneumonia and that her blood pressu...

Sivaji Ganesan Family Accuses EPS Of Insulting Both Him And Jayalalithaa

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday September 28, 2017

It is an insult to former superstar Sivaji Ganesan and his contribution to cinema to have his 2.8-crore memorial inaugurated by a minister, the actor's family says, insisting that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami must make the time for the occasion.

Inquiry Into Jayalalithaa Death Will Also Probe How She Reached Hospital

India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Thursday September 28, 2017

The inquiry commission set up to probe former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death in a Chennai hospital last year will also investigate the circumstances that led to the AIADMK matriarch's hospitalisation in September last year.

Another Tamil Nadu Minister OS Manian Says Did Not See Jayalalithaa In Hospital

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Wednesday September 27, 2017

Another Tamil Nadu minister OS Manian said today that leaders of the ruling AIADMK did not see former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at Chennai's Apollo Hospital before her death, stating that they were only briefed on her health by the hospital's chairman Prathap Reddy and the state's health secretary, J Radhakrishnan.

All Ministers Met Jayalalithaa During Her Hospitalisation: Tamil Nadu Minister

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 26, 2017

Tamil Nadu minister Sellur K Raju today contradicted the claim of two of his cabinet colleagues that no one was allowed to see late chief minister J Jayalalithaa during her hospitalisation last year.

Another Jayalalithaa Aide Hints He Didn't See Her, Says 'Was On VIP Duty'

Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday September 26, 2017

On J Jayalalithaa's death, which is turning out to be Tamil Nadu's biggest mystery, another top leader of her AIADMK indicated today that he never saw the former Chief Minister in hospital, that he was only on VIP duty.

DMK Demands CBI Inquiry Into Jayalalithaa's Death

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 26, 2017

Opposition DMK today stuck to its demand of a CBI probe into the death of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, saying the inquiry commission set up by the Tamil Nadu government would not serve the purpose.

'Couldn't Show Jayalalithaa In Nightie': Dhinakaran Claims Video Proof

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday September 26, 2017

For months till her death in December, the only source of information on the state of J Jayalalithaa in hospital was a handful of her closest aides, including VK Sasikala, top AIADMK leaders and ministers.

We Lied About Jayalalithaa's Health, Confesses Tamil Nadu Minister Dindigul C Sreenivasan

South | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Saturday September 23, 2017

Nine months after former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa died in a Chennai hospital after a prolonged illness, Tamil Nadu Forest Minister Dindigul C Sreenivasan has asked for the public's forgiveness for lying about her health when she was at hospital.

A Rajinikanth Tweet After A Kamal Haasan Admission: Tale Of 2 Netas-In-Waiting

Tamil Nadu News | Written by Uma Sudhir, J Sam Daniel | Friday September 22, 2017

Superstar Rajinikanth today tweeted his support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Swachhata Hi Seva' campaign. "Cleanliness is godliness," he posted amid speculation that he is a chief ministerial aspirant that the BJP would gladly piggyback on to win over Tamil Nadu.

Madras High Court Directs Election Commission To Conduct RK Nagar Bypoll By December 31

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 18, 2017

The Madras High Court today directed the Election Commission (EC) to conduct the by-election to RK Nagar assembly constituency here, lying vacant following the demise of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, "preferably" by December 31.

Jayalalithaa 'Eternal General Secretary', Sasikala Removed, Says AIADMK: 10 Facts

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Tuesday September 12, 2017

J Jayalalithaa will be the AIADMK's "eternal general secretary," Tamil Nadu's ruling party said today, scrapping the post and sacking VK Sasikala, who is in jail. The party will be run by Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam as Chief Coordinator and Chief Minister E Palaniswami as his assistant at the head of an 11-member panel. Today's meeting ma...

Petition In Madras High Court Seeks Holding Of Bypoll In RK Nagar

Chennai News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 6, 2017

A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Chief Election Commissioner to conduct by-election to RK Nagar Assembly constituency in Chennai, which is lying vacant following the demise of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last year.

Did Jayalalithaa's House Figure In Assets Case? Verification Ordered

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 6, 2017

The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu Advocate General to verify whether the Poes Garden residence of late J Jayalalithaa was mentioned in the disproportionate assets case against her.

J Jayalalithaa Didn't Name A Successor: E Palaniswami

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 3, 2017

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami on Sunday said J Jayalalithaa had not named anyone as her political successor and that anyone in the party could aspire to reach great heights with hard work. Without naming anyone, he said some people have been trying to "topple" his government, but they will fail

Plea Filed For Quashing Decision To Convert Jayalalithaa's House Into Memorial

Chennai News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 31, 2017

A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court for quashing the decision of the Tamil Nadu government to convert the Poes Garden residence of former chief minister Jayalalithaa into a memorial.

In Face of Rebellion, Brothers-in-arms OPS, EPS, Share Dais, Talk Unity

India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday August 23, 2017

After a merger that took hard negotiations and several months to arrive at, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami or EPS and his new deputy O Paneerselvam or OPS, shared stage today exchanging warm words and appealing for unity in the AIADMK in name of Amma or J Jayalalithaa, the party's powerful chief who died in December last year. It was the ...

Lost Confidence In EPS, Pro-Sasikala Lawmakers Tell Governor

India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday August 22, 2017

Nineteen legislators of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK met the state's Governor this morning. They have called yesterday's merger between the two factions led by Chief Minister E Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam illegal and are opposed to the decision to throw out party chief VK Sasikala, who is in jail

PM Modi Tweets Approval Of AIADMK Merger, Talk Builds Of New Ties: 5 Points

Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Monday August 21, 2017

Tamil Nadu's ruling party today abandoned its differences - or at least said it has - in an attempt to present a throwback to an older era, when it was a solid force grounded in its abject devotion to chief J Jayalalithaa, who died in December. Acknowledging "there are differences but we will work together," Chief Minister E Palaniswami shook hands...

Merger Done, OPS Is Deputy Chief Minister, Wins Sasikala Point: 10 Facts

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday August 21, 2017

After months of hard negotiations and several false starts, Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK party today finally announced a merger with Chief Minister E Palaniswami or EPS, and his rival O Panneerselvam or OPS shaking on it and also visiting together the beachside memorial of J Jayalalithaa, where OPS started his rebellion. The AIADMK has agreed to expe...

AIADMK Merger Talks On Track, Good News In 2 Days, Says OPS: 10 Facts

Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Saturday August 19, 2017

A day after an expected merger between rival factions of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK party ran into last-minute turbulence, former chief minister O Panneerselvam, popularly known as OPS, kept hopes alive. "Talks are going on smoothly and in another two days, you can expect good news," he said, referring to the other camp led by his successor E Palan...