Tag: J Jayalalithaa
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May turn Jayalalithaa’s residence ‘Veda Nilayam’ into Chief Minister’s house, TN govt tells Madras HC
The Madras HC had in May suggested the state government to convert a part of late J Jayalalithaa’s residence Veda Nilayam as a memorial while adding that a part of her residence could also be used as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s office.
July 16, 2020 -
First look of Arvind Swami as MGR from ‘Thalaivi’ out!
Thalaivi is a trilingual biopic which is slated to release on 26 June 2020.
January 17, 2020 -
Watch | J Jayalalithaa’s ‘Queen’ teaser out
The two-minute-long teaser of Queen sheds light on important moments in J Jayalalithaa's life.
December 6, 2019 -
Madras High Court issues notice to makers of Jayalalithaa biopic over plea against movie
Deepa Jayakumar who submitted that she was a legal heir of the late AIADMK supremo, has sought to restrain the filmmakers from going ahead with their project without her consent.
November 6, 2019 -
SC stays inquiry commission’s probe into Jayalalithaa death over Apollo plea
The AIADMK-led state government had set up the inquiry commission to look into circumstances leading to the death of Jayalalithaa on December 5, 2016, at Apollo Hospitals.
April 26, 2019 -
LS polls | AIADMK, DMK release election manifesto, promise to do away with NEET
Tamil Nadu goes to polls in a single phase on April 18.
March 19, 2019 -
Manohar Parrikar death: 18 Indian chief ministers who died while in office
Before Manohar Parrikar, J Jalalalithaa was the last CM to die in office.
March 18, 2019 -
NGT sets aside TN govt’s closure order, allows reopening of Vedanta’s Sterlite plant
The Tamil Nadu government had, on May 28, ordered the state pollution control board to seal and 'permanently' close the mining group's copper plant following violent protests over pollution concerns.
December 15, 2018 -
‘Sarkar’ makers to remove ‘objectionable’ scenes, mute dialogues amid protests
AIADMK workers staged protests outside theatres and vandalised posters of movie 'Sarkar' across the state.
November 9, 2018 -
Ghost of Eelam War haunts TN
Sri Lankan President's revelation of UPA govt helping Lanka in Eelam war sparked protest from AIADMK.
September 22, 2018 -
One year on, Palaniswami gaining ground
Edappadi K Palaniswami completes his one year in power in Tamil Nadu. The importance of the achievement is that a grass root level politician at the helm is gaining ground in the state after about two decades. Though his party, AIADMK, ruled the state for about a quarter century, at the helm were matinee idols- …
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February 16, 2018 -
DMK moves HC seeking removal of Jaya’s portrait from Assembly
Barely an hour after a portrait of late AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa was on Monday unveiled in the Tamil Nadu Assembly by Speaker P Dhanapal, the opposition DMK moved the Madras High Court seeking its removal on the grounds that she was found guilty on corruption charges. When the first bench of Chief Justice Indira …
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February 12, 2018 -
Govt doctor deposes before panel probing Jaya death
A government doctor, who led the embalming procedure to preserve J Jayalalithaa’s body, today deposed before a one-man commission probing her hospitalisation and death. Dr Sudha Seshaiyan, vice principal of Madras Medical College, appeared before the Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry here in response to summons issued by it to her recently. Later, she told reporters …
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January 3, 2018 -
Madras HC notice to TN govt on plea for Jaya’s cremation
The Madras High Court on Friday issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government and the Corporation of Chennai while admitting the plea filed by a woman claiming to be the daughter of late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and requesting her body for cremation. Amrutha approached the court with a plea to exhume Jayalalithaa’s body for …
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December 23, 2017 -
IT raids at Jayalalithaa’s residence divides AIADMK
The Income Tax raid at the Poes Garden residence of late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Friday night has created a major controversy with AIADMK leaders calling it “unfortunate and regretful” but Chief Minister K. Palaniswami laid the blame squarely on the doors of V.K. Sasikala and her family for the action. Deepa, niece of …
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November 19, 2017 -
IT team searches two rooms of Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden
The Income Tax Department on Friday night recovered a laptop, a desktop and four pen drives from two rooms used by AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala at late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s residence here, said a senior official late on Friday night. “We received an input that some important electronic storage devices are going to be …
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November 18, 2017 -
A Revolutionary called MGR
Title: MGR: A Life Author: R Kannan Publisher: Penguin Books Pages: xiv + 495 Price: Rs 599 When he was born in Kandy in Sri Lanka, perhaps none would have even remotely imagined that M.G. Ramachandran, or MGR, would overcome the tag of his Malayali origin and the grinding poverty he faced in childhood to …
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August 28, 2017