Jayalalithaa Rumours

Ailing DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi was shifted to a Chennai hospital past midnight, hours after his son MK Stalin issued a statement that there is an improvement in his health and urged party workers not to believe rumours being spread.

J Jayalalitha suffered a massive cardiac arrest on the evening of December 4, 2016, and never recovered, said a medical report released by Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences, which had sent a team of experts to Chennai to treat the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.

O Panneerselvam, who has challenged VK Sasikala for the job of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, said on Sunday that he would prove his majority in the Assembly. This followed a fresh offensive by Ms Sasikala as she said her opponents were the same who had "betrayed" former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Mr Panneerselvam's challenge came as more support t...

Two months after J Jayalalithaa died in a Chennai hospital, doctors who treated her have shared details about the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's treatment in hospital and her death. The team of doctors from Apollo hospital and Dr Richard Beale, a lung specialist from Britain on Monday said they wanted to "dispel the rumours" that have swirled in the a...

A team of doctors including a UK specialist who treated former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa after she was hospitalised in Chennai shared the details of her illness and how they attended to her. Doctors at Apollo Hospital said they wanted to "dispel the rumours" that have been swirling about the death on December 5 of the 68-year-old politician, lo...

J Jayalalithaa communicated in sign language and was responding and communicating for several days before she collapsed after a cardiac arrest, Chennai's Apollo hospital said today, speaking for the first time on the former Chief Minister's death in December in an attempt to "dispel rumours".

J Jayalalithaa's supporters, who had broken into violence Chennai's Apollo Hospital on Monday evening, calmed down as the hospital said in a statement that the Tamil Nadu chief minister continues to be on life support and is being continuously monitored by their doctors who have been joined by experts from Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sci...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who has been in hospital for nearly two months, was today shifted from the Intensive Care Unit to a regular ward.

J Jayalalithaa is now put on ventilator support for only 15 minutes a day "so that her lungs would expand," said chairman of Apollo hospitals Dr Prathap C Reddy today, reiterating that the Tamil Nadu chief minister can be discharged from hospital any time that she chooses.

The Madras High Court on Friday granted bail to five persons, arrested last month for allegedly spreading rumours on the health condition of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

The Madras High Court directed Tamil Nadu Police to proceed with its probe against two DMK workers on Tuesday who had allegedly posted rumours in the social media over the health of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and asked them to cooperate.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is "largely conscious" and is able to sit up in her hospital bed, sources said today, though she continues to be on respiratory support.

A 28-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly spreading rumours about the health of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on social media. He is the eighth man to be arrested over the issue.

For a week, neither doctors nor Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's party have shared updates on her health, but the police has made it clear it will tolerate no loose talk; a team of cyber experts will track, identify and punish those posting rumours or misinformation on social media in Tamil Nadu.

DMK Treasurer MK Stalin on Sunday condemned 'harassment' of his party cadres under the pretext of taking action against those spreading rumours about Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's health on social media and asked police to immediately stop such 'oppressive' measures.

Ailing DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi was shifted to a Chennai hospital past midnight, hours after his son MK Stalin issued a statement that there is an improvement in his health and urged party workers not to believe rumours being spread.

J Jayalalitha suffered a massive cardiac arrest on the evening of December 4, 2016, and never recovered, said a medical report released by Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences, which had sent a team of experts to Chennai to treat the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.

O Panneerselvam, who has challenged VK Sasikala for the job of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, said on Sunday that he would prove his majority in the Assembly. This followed a fresh offensive by Ms Sasikala as she said her opponents were the same who had "betrayed" former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Mr Panneerselvam's challenge came as more support t...

Two months after J Jayalalithaa died in a Chennai hospital, doctors who treated her have shared details about the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's treatment in hospital and her death. The team of doctors from Apollo hospital and Dr Richard Beale, a lung specialist from Britain on Monday said they wanted to "dispel the rumours" that have swirled in the a...

A team of doctors including a UK specialist who treated former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa after she was hospitalised in Chennai shared the details of her illness and how they attended to her. Doctors at Apollo Hospital said they wanted to "dispel the rumours" that have been swirling about the death on December 5 of the 68-year-old politician, lo...

J Jayalalithaa communicated in sign language and was responding and communicating for several days before she collapsed after a cardiac arrest, Chennai's Apollo hospital said today, speaking for the first time on the former Chief Minister's death in December in an attempt to "dispel rumours".

J Jayalalithaa's supporters, who had broken into violence Chennai's Apollo Hospital on Monday evening, calmed down as the hospital said in a statement that the Tamil Nadu chief minister continues to be on life support and is being continuously monitored by their doctors who have been joined by experts from Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sci...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who has been in hospital for nearly two months, was today shifted from the Intensive Care Unit to a regular ward.

J Jayalalithaa is now put on ventilator support for only 15 minutes a day "so that her lungs would expand," said chairman of Apollo hospitals Dr Prathap C Reddy today, reiterating that the Tamil Nadu chief minister can be discharged from hospital any time that she chooses.

The Madras High Court on Friday granted bail to five persons, arrested last month for allegedly spreading rumours on the health condition of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

The Madras High Court directed Tamil Nadu Police to proceed with its probe against two DMK workers on Tuesday who had allegedly posted rumours in the social media over the health of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and asked them to cooperate.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is "largely conscious" and is able to sit up in her hospital bed, sources said today, though she continues to be on respiratory support.

A 28-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly spreading rumours about the health of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on social media. He is the eighth man to be arrested over the issue.

For a week, neither doctors nor Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's party have shared updates on her health, but the police has made it clear it will tolerate no loose talk; a team of cyber experts will track, identify and punish those posting rumours or misinformation on social media in Tamil Nadu.

DMK Treasurer MK Stalin on Sunday condemned 'harassment' of his party cadres under the pretext of taking action against those spreading rumours about Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's health on social media and asked police to immediately stop such 'oppressive' measures.