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"DMK Being Called CMC Government - Corruption, Mafia, Crime": PM Modi
Setting the stage for a high-stakes battle for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a large gathering at Maduranthakam near Chennai and declared that the countdown for the DMK's exit has begun.
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Chargesheet Against 6, Including Jayalalithaa Aide Sasikala Over Special Treatment In Jail
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed a chargesheet in a case relating to alleged irregularities and preferential treatment provided to VK Sasikala, the close aide of former Tamil Nadu chief minister late J Jayalalithaa, at the Central Prison.
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Ex-AIADMK Leader VK Sasikala Discharged From Hospital
VK Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, was today discharged from hospital in Bengaluru where she was admitted a few days ago with fever and after experiencing breathlessness. She had later tested positive for Covid-19. Earlier this week, the 66-year-old was formally released after sp...
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VK Sasikala, Ex-AIADMK Leader, Released After Four Years In Jail
VK Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, has been released after spending four years in a Bengaluru jail in a corruption case. She will, however, remain in a hospital in the city as she is being treated for Covid. She will also continue to get protection from Karnataka Police as long a...
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Ex-AIADMK Leader VK Sasikala Health Stable: Hospital Ahead Of Her Jail Release
Former AIADMK leader VK Sasikala's health condition is stable, the hospital where the former aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is admitted, saidtoday giving update on her status moments before her release from jail. The 63-year-old, who is serving jail sentence in a corruption case, was admitted to the Victoria hospital after sh...
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RTI Reveals VK Sasikala May Be Released From Jail In January 2021: Report
Late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's aide VK Sasikala, serving a four-year term in a corruption case in Bengaluru, may be released from jail next January provided she paid the fine amount of Rs 10 crore, Karnataka Prison department has said.
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Ex-Top Court Judge Justice PC Ghose Set To Be First Lokpal: Sources
Retired Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose is set to be appointed as the country's first Lokpal, or the anti-corruption ombudsman, sources said today.
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Convicts Who Set Bus On Fire Killing 3 Women In Tamil Nadu Set Free
Over 18 years ago, three Tamil Nadu students were burnt alive in Dharmapuri by AIADMK men protesting the conviction of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in a corruption case. Three of the protesters, who were found guilty of setting their bus on fire and sentenced to life, have been set free from the Vellore Central Prison following an approval ...
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Gets Jayalalithaa Portrait, DMK Calls It "Disgrace"
A portrait of J Jayalalithaa took prime spot inside the Tamil Nadu assembly today amid strong objections by the opposition DMK and the Congress, which boycotted the event. Jayalalithaa's portrait has been put up in the assembly gallery and stands apart from the 10 other images inside the assembly, of chief ministers and Tamil Nadu icons.
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As Kamal Haasan Tweets, Tamil Nadu Minister Talks Legal Action
Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar today said the AIADMK government would take legal action against actor Kamal Haasan if he continued his "baseless" corruption charges
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Few Gather To Welcome A Politically Weakened Sasikala In Chennai
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...
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Supreme Court Judge Withdraws From Hearing VK Sasikala's Review Petition
A petition filed by AIADMK's VK Sasikala -- seeking review of her 4-year-jail term following conviction in a corruption case -- was deferred today after a judge who was to hear it, recused. Justice Rohinton Nariman, who was part of the two-judge bench withdrew after Sasikala pointed out that his father, eminent jurist and constitutional expert Fali...
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Sasikala Plea Against Conviction To Be Heard Today, Wants Judge To Recuse
A day before the Supreme Court takes up AIADMK leader VK Sasikala petition against her conviction, the Tamil Nadu politician sentenced to four years in jail has asked that the top court's Justice Rohinton Nariman should not hear her case.
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Return From Jail Is Comeback, Says TTV Dinakaran. First Stop, Aunt VK Sasikala
Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran, who was released on bail last week in a corruption case, stressed today that he remains number two in Tamil Nadu's ruling party and it is his "duty" to unite the party. To that end, Mr Dinakaran said, he would meet his aunt VK Sasikala at a jail in Bengaluru today, "not as a nephew but as her deputy" and start...
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'Wasn't A Public Servant': From Jail, VK Sasikala Appeals Against Conviction
Days after her nephew TTV Dinakaran found himself behind bars in Delhi, AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala is making a bid to get out of the Bengaluru jail where she is serving a four-year jail term. On Wednesday, Sasikala filed a review petition against her conviction by the Supreme Court that had hauled her off to jail in February, arguing that...
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"DMK Being Called CMC Government - Corruption, Mafia, Crime": PM Modi
Setting the stage for a high-stakes battle for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a large gathering at Maduranthakam near Chennai and declared that the countdown for the DMK's exit has begun.
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Chargesheet Against 6, Including Jayalalithaa Aide Sasikala Over Special Treatment In Jail
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed a chargesheet in a case relating to alleged irregularities and preferential treatment provided to VK Sasikala, the close aide of former Tamil Nadu chief minister late J Jayalalithaa, at the Central Prison.
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Ex-AIADMK Leader VK Sasikala Discharged From Hospital
VK Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, was today discharged from hospital in Bengaluru where she was admitted a few days ago with fever and after experiencing breathlessness. She had later tested positive for Covid-19. Earlier this week, the 66-year-old was formally released after sp...
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VK Sasikala, Ex-AIADMK Leader, Released After Four Years In Jail
VK Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, has been released after spending four years in a Bengaluru jail in a corruption case. She will, however, remain in a hospital in the city as she is being treated for Covid. She will also continue to get protection from Karnataka Police as long a...
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Ex-AIADMK Leader VK Sasikala Health Stable: Hospital Ahead Of Her Jail Release
Former AIADMK leader VK Sasikala's health condition is stable, the hospital where the former aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is admitted, saidtoday giving update on her status moments before her release from jail. The 63-year-old, who is serving jail sentence in a corruption case, was admitted to the Victoria hospital after sh...
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RTI Reveals VK Sasikala May Be Released From Jail In January 2021: Report
Late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's aide VK Sasikala, serving a four-year term in a corruption case in Bengaluru, may be released from jail next January provided she paid the fine amount of Rs 10 crore, Karnataka Prison department has said.
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Ex-Top Court Judge Justice PC Ghose Set To Be First Lokpal: Sources
Retired Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose is set to be appointed as the country's first Lokpal, or the anti-corruption ombudsman, sources said today.
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Convicts Who Set Bus On Fire Killing 3 Women In Tamil Nadu Set Free
Over 18 years ago, three Tamil Nadu students were burnt alive in Dharmapuri by AIADMK men protesting the conviction of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in a corruption case. Three of the protesters, who were found guilty of setting their bus on fire and sentenced to life, have been set free from the Vellore Central Prison following an approval ...
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Gets Jayalalithaa Portrait, DMK Calls It "Disgrace"
A portrait of J Jayalalithaa took prime spot inside the Tamil Nadu assembly today amid strong objections by the opposition DMK and the Congress, which boycotted the event. Jayalalithaa's portrait has been put up in the assembly gallery and stands apart from the 10 other images inside the assembly, of chief ministers and Tamil Nadu icons.
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As Kamal Haasan Tweets, Tamil Nadu Minister Talks Legal Action
Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar today said the AIADMK government would take legal action against actor Kamal Haasan if he continued his "baseless" corruption charges
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Few Gather To Welcome A Politically Weakened Sasikala In Chennai
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...
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Supreme Court Judge Withdraws From Hearing VK Sasikala's Review Petition
A petition filed by AIADMK's VK Sasikala -- seeking review of her 4-year-jail term following conviction in a corruption case -- was deferred today after a judge who was to hear it, recused. Justice Rohinton Nariman, who was part of the two-judge bench withdrew after Sasikala pointed out that his father, eminent jurist and constitutional expert Fali...
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Sasikala Plea Against Conviction To Be Heard Today, Wants Judge To Recuse
A day before the Supreme Court takes up AIADMK leader VK Sasikala petition against her conviction, the Tamil Nadu politician sentenced to four years in jail has asked that the top court's Justice Rohinton Nariman should not hear her case.
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Return From Jail Is Comeback, Says TTV Dinakaran. First Stop, Aunt VK Sasikala
Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran, who was released on bail last week in a corruption case, stressed today that he remains number two in Tamil Nadu's ruling party and it is his "duty" to unite the party. To that end, Mr Dinakaran said, he would meet his aunt VK Sasikala at a jail in Bengaluru today, "not as a nephew but as her deputy" and start...
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'Wasn't A Public Servant': From Jail, VK Sasikala Appeals Against Conviction
Days after her nephew TTV Dinakaran found himself behind bars in Delhi, AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala is making a bid to get out of the Bengaluru jail where she is serving a four-year jail term. On Wednesday, Sasikala filed a review petition against her conviction by the Supreme Court that had hauled her off to jail in February, arguing that...
