Tag: Jayalalitha

‘Jayalalitha was unwell for a year, why raise issue about Parrikar’s health’

Dhavalikar expressed confidence that Parrikar would resolve issues confronting the Goa government "one by one".

September 24, 2018

‘Amma’ scooter scheme will empower women of Tamil Nadu: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the ‘Amma’ scooter scheme that provides working women in Tamil Nadu subsidised two-wheelers, will empower the women of the state. Launched by Modi on the 70th birth anniversary of late Chief Minister J Jayalalitha, under the scheme, the AIADMK government will provide 50 per cent subsidy subject to …

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February 24, 2018

PM Modi launches ‘Amma’ scooter scheme in Chennai

Being considered a masterstroke to woo the people of Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the AIADMK government’s project to provide subsidised two-wheelers to working women. A pet project of late chief minister J Jayalalithaa, the ‘Amma’ scooter subsidy scheme was launched on her 70th birth anniversary. Under the scheme, the government …

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February 24, 2018

Rajni’s brave new world

Ever since the perceived degeneration of politics into a virtual cesspool, as Amitabh Bachchan called the profession after a brief period of entry and exit, Indians in general have been fascinated by the idea of a knight in shining armour wielding a broom to cleanse the Augean stables. Indeed, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chose …

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January 23, 2018

AIADMK after Jayalalitha: Sasikala and other key developments

Former AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala got five-day parole to look after her ailing husband nearly eight months after she was sent to jail. She was convicted in a corruption case in which former Tamil Nadu chief minister late J Jayalalitha, too, was an accused. Here are key developments concerning the AIADMK and Sasikala since …

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October 6, 2017

Star Wars in politics

Anno Domini 2017 marks the golden anniversary of the people of Tamil Nadu opting out of the mainstream politics of the nation and placing their trust on regional parties. During the last 50 years the state has been ruled alternatively by the Dravida Munnetra Kazaham and the All India Dravida Munnetra Kazaham, described as koothadi …

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August 9, 2017

RGV confirms he will direct NTR biopic

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma on Tuesday said he is proud to be given the opportunity to direct a biopic on legendary Telugu actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR). In an emotional voice note shared with IANS, Varma was thrilled to announce he will be helming the project. "NTR …

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July 4, 2017

Sasikala banners removed from AIADMK office

Banners featuring AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala were removed from the party headquarters here, a day after the rival Panneerselvam camp made such a demand to "uphold the sanctity" of the party office. The Panneerselvam camp welcomed the move, saying it was a "positive step."  The banners were removed this morning. Yesterday, the 'Presidium Chairman' …

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April 26, 2017

Remove Sasikala’s portraits from AIADMK HQ: OPS faction

Stepping up its attack on V K Sasikala, the AIADMK faction led by O Panneerselvam on Tuesday demanded that her portraits be removed from the party headquarters here. "The portraits of Sasikala should be immediately removed from the party headquarters to uphold its sanctity," said E Madusudanan, the 'Presidium Chairman' of the faction in a statement. …

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April 25, 2017

Palaniswami faction goes into huddle

The AIADMK Amma faction today went into a huddle under Chief Minister K Palaniswami, a day after the O Panneerselvam camp set formal removal of party General Secretary V K Sasikala and her deputy TTV Dinakaran as conditions for merger talks. Palaniswami was joined by his cabinet colleagues D Jayakumar, C Ve Shanmugham, S P …

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April 21, 2017

Uniting AIADMK

The Supreme Court by dismissing the Karnataka government’s review petition in J Jayalalitha’s Disproportionate Assets case without giving an opportunity to the parties to argue their points of view has unintentionally contributed to the ongoing moves to unite the two factions of the AIADMK and retrieve the party’s ‘two leaves’ symbol frozen by the Election …

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April 19, 2017

Error in judgment

Karnataka’s decision to move a revision petition in the Supreme Court seeking to rectify an error that had crept into its 14 February judgment in the 19-year-old wealth case against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha is a welcome move. A Division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices PC Ghose and Amitava Roy …

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March 22, 2017

5 actors who turned politicians

March 11, 2017

When queen bee dies

The All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam left behind by J Jayalalitha, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, could be compared to a honey bee colony in which the queen bee has just died. When a queen bee dies, a swarm of bees leave the hive to establish a new colony. When Jayalalitha, died on 5 …

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February 20, 2017

Battle lines drawn in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is boiling again in the post-Jayalalitha period. If the succession battle in the AIADMK is not settled soon, the fight between the two contesting candidates for the chief minister’s post may shift to the streets as it happened in 1987 after the demise of AIADMK supremo MG Ramachandran. Already the horse-trading has begun …

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February 11, 2017

‘Ready to face any probe over Jaya’s death’

Expressing her readiness to "face any probe" over the death of J Jayalalithaa, AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala said that she hopes the Tamil Nadu Governor would "uphold the Constitution" and invite her to take oath as Chief Minister. She also said she was pained at the "politicisation of Amma's death."  Sasikala said that she …

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February 9, 2017

Reckless gamble

K Sasikala Natarajan, known to people as the live-in aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha and who took over as general secretary of the ruling AIADMK on New Year’s eve, got herself perfunctorily elected as leader of its Legislature Party on Sunday and is waiting for an invitation from Governor Vidhyasagar Rao …

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February 6, 2017