Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition challenging the government’s order to constitute an inquiry commission led by a retired judge to probe former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s death. When the matter came up before Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar, petitioner PA Joseph argued that the commission […]

Chennai: Jayalalithaa Peravai, a wing of the ruling AIADMK, on Saturday urged VK Sasikala, aide of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, to take over the mantle of party General Secretary, contest in bypoll and become Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister. A resolution in this regard was adopted at a meeting of the Peravai held at the […]

Chennai: Strongly defending former Chief Minister and party supremo Jayalalithaa’s aide V K Sasikala, ruling AIADMK today said there is nothing wrong in its leaders calling on her as she is a key member and asserted a person would soon be elected to the top post of General Secretary. The party also dismissed as rumours […]

New Delhi: The US and several other countries on Tuesday condoled the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Leaders from countries that have a significant Tamil population like Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore also expressed grief over the AIADMK leader’s demise. “On behalf of the US, I extend my deepest condolences to the […]

Chennai: A sea of humanity swamped the Rajaji Hall grounds here with people, cutting across religion, caste and age barriers, pouring in to pay their last respects to their beloved and revered leader J Jayalalithaa, whose body lay in state. Amid the pall of gloom, people with teary eyes and crying inconsolably kept streaming into […]

Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa passed away at 68 late on Monday evening, after failing to recover from a cardiac arrest she suffered on Sunday. Her death was confirmed by Apollo Hospitals, who had earlier denied media reports of her passing away. The hospital announced that Jayalalithaa passed away at 11.30 pm. […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa remains in a “grave situation” despite the best efforts of doctors, Apollo Hospitals said today. “Despite our best efforts, our beloved CM remains in a grave situation,” Apollo Hospital’s Joint Managing Director Sangita Reddy said in a Twitter post. This comes barely two hours after the Hospital in […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, said to be critical after suffering a cardiac arrest, today continued to remain under close watch of an expert team of doctors at the Apollo Hospitals where she has been undergoing treatment for more than two months. Doctors were closely monitoring the condition of Jayalalithaa and trying their […]

Bengaluru: Violent protests rocked Karnataka on Monday after the Supreme Court refused to freeze its order to release Cauvery water. Outlets of Adyar Ananda Bhavan were attacked at some locations. The burnt shells of several trucks were found in different areas. As news about buses belonging to KPN Travels being torched emanated, political party leaders […]

Bengaluru :  : It was a day of electoral firsts as the results of the Assembly elections in four States and one Union Territory came in on Thursday — Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa returned to power, breaking a pattern of alternation that had held since 1989; the BJP is set to form its first […]