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Poll Panel Objects To Giving "Pressure Cooker" Symbol To TTV Dhinakaran

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday March 25, 2019

The Election Commission told the Supreme Court Monday that it can allot a common symbol of "pressure cooker" to an individual but not to an unregistered group led by former AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala in Tamil Nadu.

Ex-Top Court Judge Justice PC Ghose Set To Be First Lokpal: Sources

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday March 17, 2019

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.

Top Court To Hear TTV Dhinakaran's Plea On Common "Pressure Cooker" Symbol

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday March 15, 2019

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea of former AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala challenging a Delhi High Court order granting the ''two leaves'' symbol to a faction led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EK Palaniswami.

Poll Body's Response Sought On TTV Dhinakaran Plea Over Party Symbol

Tamil Nadu News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday March 15, 2019

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Election Commission's response on a plea by AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran seeking "Pressure Cooker" as a symbol for both the Lok Sabha polls and Assembly by-elections.

Court Dismisses TTV Dhinakaran, VK Sasikala's Plea For AIADMK Name, Symbol

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 28, 2019

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the pleas of TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala challenging the Election Commission's order granting the AIADMK name and two leaves symbol to the faction led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E K Palaniswami.

Delhi High Court Verdict On AIADMK Name, Symbol Likely Today

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 28, 2019

The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce on Thursday its verdict on TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala's pleas challenging the Election Commission's (EC) decision recognising the group led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EK Palaniswami as the real AIADMK party and allotting it the "two leaves" symbol.

FERA Cases: VK Sasikala Moves Madras High Court

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 8, 2019

Former AIADMK leader VK Sasikala and her relative V Bhaskaran today moved the Madras High Court, seeking quashing of an order of the Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, whereby it dismissed their appeal in FERA cases on the grounds of delay.

Court Reserves Verdict On TTV Dhinakaran's Plea On Party Symbol

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 8, 2019

The Delhi High Court today reserved its verdict on TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala's pleas challenging the Election Commission's decision to recognise the group led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E K Palaniswami as the real AIADMK party and allotting it the ''two leaves'' symbol.

Decide On Jayalalithaa's Two Leaves Symbol In A Month, Orders Top Court

Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday February 7, 2019

TTV Dhinakaran, the nephew of VK Sasikala, will not get the pressure cooker symbol for his party, the AMMK (Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam). Instead, the Supreme Court ordered the Delhi High Court today to take a decision on who should get the two leaves symbol of the AIADMK.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: AIADMK Launches Hunt For Candidates, Seeks Rs 25,000 Fee

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Wednesday January 30, 2019

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has sought applications from aspiring candidates who would like to contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party will accept the applications from February 4 to 10.

No Special Treatment, Rules Violated For Sasikala In Jail, Says Advocate

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 22, 2019

Refuting allegations that "special treatment" was accorded to her in the Parappana Agrahara central prison at Bengaluru, an advocate representing ousted AIADMK leader VK Sasikala on Monday said no prison rules were violated.

5 Rooms, Cook, Visitors: Special Jail Treatment For Sasikala, Reveals RTI

India News | Reported by Nehal Kidwai, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday January 21, 2019

A Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed that former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala, who is serving a four-year jail term after being convicted in disproportionate assets case, has been enjoying VIP facilities.

Amid Kerala Protests, Lankan Is Third Woman To Enter Sabarimala Temple: Police

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Friday January 4, 2019

A 46-year-old woman from Sri Lanka, who entered the Sabarimala temple last night, became the third woman of menstruating age in the temple's history to offer darshan to the shrine of Lord Ayyappa nestled in the Western Ghats, since Supreme Court ordered the end of a decades-old ban on women of menstrual age entering the shrine.

2 Bureaucrats Lied About Jayalalithaa Health, Alleges Tamil Nadu Minister

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday January 1, 2019

The law minister of Tamil Nadu has alleged that two senior bureaucrats lied about former chief minister J Jayalalithaa's health condition during her 75-day treatment in Chennai's Apollo Hospitals in 2016. "Amma would have been alive had she been given proper treatment during her 75-day-hospitalisation," Tamil Nadu Law Minister CV Shanmugam told rep...

Marathon Questioning For VK Sasikala In Disproportionate Assets Case

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 14, 2018

Income Tax officials on Thursday questioned former AIADMK leader V K Sasikala at Parappana Agrahara Central Jail in Bengaluru, in connection to a disproportionate assets case, prison sources said.