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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.

Jayalalithaa Did Not Have Any Heart Disease, Doctor Tells Probe Panel

South | Press Trust of India | Monday December 10, 2018

A cardio thoracic surgeon of Apollo Hospital on Monday told a panel probing the death of former Chief Minister late J Jayalalithaa that she did not have any heart diseases.

Jailed Sasikala Summoned By Tamil Nadu Court Over Forex Violations

South | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 8, 2018

A court in Chennai has issued a warrant to a Bengaluru jail to produce VK Sasikala on December 13 in connection with a case registered by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) violations.

Women Cops Get Rs 1,000 For Right-Wing Leader's Arrest At Sabarimala

Kerala News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Revathi Hariharan | Saturday December 1, 2018

A day after the hilltop temple of Sabarimala was re-opened for devotees on November 16, the state president of Hindu Aikya Vedi, KP Sasikala, was taken into "preventive custody" by women police officials for trying to create a law and order problem. Today, the women cops were rewarded for their efforts -- a sum of up to Rs 1,000.

Sabarimala Temple: Day After Sabarimala Opening, Hindu Groups Call For State-Wide Shutdown

Kerala News | Edited by Revathi Hariharan | Saturday November 17, 2018

The Sabarimala temple was re-opened to devotees late last evening in the midst of continuing protests in and around the hilltop shrine. Today, a group in Kerala has called for a state-wide shutdown over the arrest of Hindu Aikya Vedi KP Sasikala, amid protests over allowing women of menstruating age to enter the Sabarimala temple nestled in the Wes...

Shutdown Call After Right-Wing Leader's Arrest Near Sabarimala: 10 Points

India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Saturday November 17, 2018

Amid tight security and a shutdown call by a right-wing group following the arrest of its Kerala chief, thousands of devotees trekked to Sabarimala and offered prayers to Lord Ayyappa. The hill-top shrine opened for the third time on Friday since the Supreme Court order for 62-day-long Mandala Pooja-Magaravilaku annual pilgrimage. Lakhs of devotees...

Court Victory For Tamil Nadu Government, Bad News For Rebel Dhinakaran

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Uma Sudhir, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday October 25, 2018

The Madras High Court today upheld the disqualification of 18 lawmakers loyal to ousted party leader VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran. Last year, the assembly Speaker had disqualified the lawmakers invoking the anti-defection law after they wrote to the governor seeking the removal of Chief Minister E Palaniswami or EPS.

Court Upholds Disqualification of 18 Rebel AIADMK Legislators: Highlights

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Thursday October 25, 2018

The Madras High Court has upheld the Tamil Nadu Speaker's decision disqualifying the 18 AIADMK legislators from the assembly. The verdict is a big win for Chief Minister E Palaniswami, whose government's survival depended on the verdict - there was a possibility that Palaniswami government could have fallen if the rebel legislators had voted again...

Commission Probing J Jayalalithaa's Death Completes Witness Examination

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 27, 2018

The Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry probing the death of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has completed examining as many as 100 witnesses, with its tenure set to end next month.

AIADMK Lawmaker Arrested For Abusive Remarks On Tamil Nadu Chief Minister

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Sunday September 23, 2018

A lawmaker from the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu was arrested for allegedly using abusive language against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami, the state police and a few newspaper houses during a protest last week.

Court Tells Google, Facebook To Remove "Derogatory" Posts On Ex-AIADMK MP

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 18, 2018

The Delhi High Court Monday directed Facebook and Google to remove allegedly derogatory material relating to expelled AIADMK MP Sasikala Pushpa after she said that some unknown persons were threatening to tarnish her image by uploading her morphed photos and videos.

Madras High Court Bench Recuses Itself In Sasikala Wealth Case

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 4, 2018

A division bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday recused itself from hearing the Rs 4.97 crore wealth tax assessment dispute between I-T Department and N Sasikala, close aide of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.

Setback For AIADMK Rebels As Top Court Turns Down Transfer Appeal

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan and Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday June 27, 2018

The disqualified lawmakers of Tamil Nadu will have to wait for a verdict on their appeal of reinstatement. The Supreme Court today turned down their appeal to transfer the case out of the Madras High Court, which gave a split verdict earlier this month and then referred it to a third judge. The top court has named a judge in the Madras High Court t...