Sasikala Arrested

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.

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...

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...

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.

The Delhi High Court today reserved its decision on the bail plea of a middleman, arrested in the Election Commission bribery case allegedly involving AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran and others.

To prove that TTV Dinakaran, who was sidelined as the No 2 of Tamil Nadu's ruling party ten days ago, illicitly transferred crores to Delhi to buy the party symbol, the Delhi Police is in Chennai and this morning searched the home of a retired government officer who belongs to the village of Mannargudi. Mr Dinakaran and his relatives are referred t...

Arrested AIADMK (Amma) leader TTV Dinakaran used "illegal channels" to transfer money from Chennai to Delhi as part of a deal between him and alleged middleman Sukesh Chandrasekar, police said today.

Banners of VK Sasikala, the chief of Tamil Nadus ruling AIADMK, were removed from the partys main office in Chennai hours after her nephew and deputy TTV Dinakaran was arrested in Delhi close to midnight on Tuesday.

Nephew of the jailed AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, TTV Dinakaran was arrested by the Delhi Police around Tuesday midnight on charges of fixing a deal to bribe Election Commission officials to get the party's 'two leaves' election symbol allotted for the Amma faction that he led as his aunt's proxy. The Crime Branch believes that the 27-year...

TTV Dinakaran, the deputy chief of Tamil Nadu's ruling party the AIADMK, was arrested by the Delhi Police close to midnight on Tuesday. Mr Dinakaran, who was questioned by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police in the national capital for four consecutive days, is accused of attempting to bribe Election Commission officials to allot his faction of th...

TTV Dinakaran, who is running the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, was willing to pay 50 crores to win rights to the party's two-leaf symbol which is contested by a rival faction, the Delhi Police has said. It claims that a middle man who it raided and arrested in Delhi was found with 1.3 crores, which was allegedly meant as a bribe for the Election Co...

Around Rs 15 lakh was seized and 28 persons were arrested on Wednesday for their alleged roles in various incidents of money distribution to voters and violence in the run up to the April 12 RK Nagar assembly bypoll.

The Madras High Court today directed the police to arrest a man who claimed to be the son of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, saying he had not only cheated the court but also forged documents.

MK Stalin of main opposition party the DMK has said his party will vote against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E K Palaniswami when he seeks a trust vote tomorrow in the state legislature to decide whether he will remain in charge. Mr Palaniswami, who is the proxy of AIADMK chief VK Sasikala now in jail, took oath as the state's 13th Chief Minister yest...

Chief Minister E Palaniswami, who will find out tomorrow if he remains in charge of Tamil Nadu longer than two days, has received two pieces of advice from opposition leader MK Stalin who said his party will vote against him tomorrow. "don't smile at me" and don't be a leader "remote-controlled" by VK Sasikala, the new matriarch of the Chief Minist...

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.

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...

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...

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.

The Delhi High Court today reserved its decision on the bail plea of a middleman, arrested in the Election Commission bribery case allegedly involving AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran and others.

To prove that TTV Dinakaran, who was sidelined as the No 2 of Tamil Nadu's ruling party ten days ago, illicitly transferred crores to Delhi to buy the party symbol, the Delhi Police is in Chennai and this morning searched the home of a retired government officer who belongs to the village of Mannargudi. Mr Dinakaran and his relatives are referred t...

Arrested AIADMK (Amma) leader TTV Dinakaran used "illegal channels" to transfer money from Chennai to Delhi as part of a deal between him and alleged middleman Sukesh Chandrasekar, police said today.

Banners of VK Sasikala, the chief of Tamil Nadus ruling AIADMK, were removed from the partys main office in Chennai hours after her nephew and deputy TTV Dinakaran was arrested in Delhi close to midnight on Tuesday.

Nephew of the jailed AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, TTV Dinakaran was arrested by the Delhi Police around Tuesday midnight on charges of fixing a deal to bribe Election Commission officials to get the party's 'two leaves' election symbol allotted for the Amma faction that he led as his aunt's proxy. The Crime Branch believes that the 27-year...

TTV Dinakaran, the deputy chief of Tamil Nadu's ruling party the AIADMK, was arrested by the Delhi Police close to midnight on Tuesday. Mr Dinakaran, who was questioned by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police in the national capital for four consecutive days, is accused of attempting to bribe Election Commission officials to allot his faction of th...

TTV Dinakaran, who is running the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, was willing to pay 50 crores to win rights to the party's two-leaf symbol which is contested by a rival faction, the Delhi Police has said. It claims that a middle man who it raided and arrested in Delhi was found with 1.3 crores, which was allegedly meant as a bribe for the Election Co...

Around Rs 15 lakh was seized and 28 persons were arrested on Wednesday for their alleged roles in various incidents of money distribution to voters and violence in the run up to the April 12 RK Nagar assembly bypoll.

The Madras High Court today directed the police to arrest a man who claimed to be the son of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, saying he had not only cheated the court but also forged documents.

MK Stalin of main opposition party the DMK has said his party will vote against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E K Palaniswami when he seeks a trust vote tomorrow in the state legislature to decide whether he will remain in charge. Mr Palaniswami, who is the proxy of AIADMK chief VK Sasikala now in jail, took oath as the state's 13th Chief Minister yest...

Chief Minister E Palaniswami, who will find out tomorrow if he remains in charge of Tamil Nadu longer than two days, has received two pieces of advice from opposition leader MK Stalin who said his party will vote against him tomorrow. "don't smile at me" and don't be a leader "remote-controlled" by VK Sasikala, the new matriarch of the Chief Minist...