Tag: Jayalalithaa
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‘EPS govt will be wiped out post verdict on 18 disqualified MLAs’
After a brief lull the ongoing political battle among AIADMK leadership sans Jayalalithaa is going to heat up as Madras High Court pronounces the verdict in the petition filed by the 18 AIADMK MLAs against the Speaker’s order to disqualify them under the anti-defection provisions. “The Edappadi K. Palaniswami-led AIADMK government will be wiped out …
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February 10, 2018 -
TN government will fall in three months: Dhinakaran
Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran on Sunday said the current Tamil Nadu government will fall in three months time. His remarks came he established a considerable lead in the by-election for Radhakrishnan Nagar (RK Nagar) Assembly constituency ahead of the ruling AIADMK candidate E. Madhusudhanan and others. Dhinakaran contested the by-polls held on December 21 …
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December 24, 2017 -
Madras High Court orders notice to Tamil Nadu government on plea for Jayalalithaa’s cremation
The Madras High Court on Friday ordered 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. S. Amrutha approached the court with a plea to exhume Jayalalithaa’s body for cremation and performing the rituals …
December 22, 2017 -
Day before RK Nagar bypoll, Jayalalithaa’s hospital video out
A day before the crucial RK Nagar bypoll in Tamil Nadu, a member from the TTV Dhinakaran camp has released a video of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa in the hospital. The video shows a frail-looking Jayalalithaa on a bed, sipping something from a glass using a straw with eyes glued on something in front …
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December 20, 2017 -
AIADMK battles war within; actors eye political vacuum in TN
2017 was politically tumultuous for Tamil Nadu keeping the ruling AIADMK busy in setting its house in order as it faced after storm post-Jayalalithaa and the year also saw cinema veterans Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan hinting at entering public life. ‘Resort politics’ came to dominate the headlines even as a new dispensation under Chief Minister …
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December 17, 2017 -
Formal probe into Jayalalithaa’s death to begin today
A formal inquiry into the circumstances leading to the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will begin on Monday, officials said. The one man inquiry commission headed by Justice (retd) A Arumughaswamy on Friday called upon those acquainted with the issue to furnish information to before November 22 as he assured a transparent …
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October 30, 2017 -
Petition against probe into Jayalalithaa’s death dismissed
The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition objecting to the constitution of an inquiry commission led by a retired judge to probe then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J, Jayalalithaa’s death. When the matter came up before Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M. Sundar, petitioner P.A. Joseph argued that the commission should be …
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October 4, 2017 -
DMK demands CBI inquiry into Jayalalithaa’s death
Opposition DMK today stuck to its demand of a CBI probe into the death of former chief minister Jayalalithaa, saying the inquiry commission set up by the Tamil Nadu government would not serve the purpose. In a statement, DMK Working President M K Stalin said, “There will be no benefit from the inquiry commission announced …
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September 26, 2017 -
Retired HC judge Arumugaswamy to head Jaya death probe
The Tamil Nadu government on Monday said it has set up an inquiry commission headed by retired High Court Justice A Arumugaswamy to go into the death of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami had announced the government’s decision to set up an inquiry commission to be headed by a …
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September 25, 2017 -
We all lied about Jaya’s health condition: TN Minister
Tamil Nadu Minister for Forests C. Sreenivasan has sought people’s apology for “lying” about the health condition of late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa when she was admitted in Apollo Hospital. Speaking at a public meeting in Madurai, around 500 km from here, on Friday night Sreenivasan said: “We would have told lies that she (Jayalalithaa) …
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September 23, 2017 -
DMK moves Madras HC for convening state assembly
The DMK has filed a case in the Madras High Court seeking immediate direction to Governor to convene the assembly and ask Chief Minister K. Palaniswami to prove his majority, party leader M.K. Stalin said. Speaking to reporters here, the DMK Working President Stalin said the party has filed a case in the high court. …
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September 12, 2017 -
Wheels within wheels in TN
Will the two AIADMK factions unite smoothening out the problems in power sharing and also ignoring the emerging third faction trying to block the merger move? There were expectations about the merger of factions led by former chief minister O Pannerselvam and Chief Minister E Palaniswamy on Friday but last minute hiccups stopped it for …
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August 20, 2017 -
AIADMK merger fails to come through
The much expected merger of the two major factions in the AIADMK – one led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and the other by former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam — did not fructify on Friday. A senior leader belonging to the Panneerselvam faction brusquely told the media assembled at the latter’s house that …
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August 18, 2017 -
All set for AIADMK merger at Jayalalithaa memorial
Former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa’s memorial at the Marina beach in Chennai was all decked up for the possible merger of warring factions of the AIADMK, a day after the Tamil Nadu government announced an investigation into her death. Factions led by Chief Minister EK Palaniswami and his predecessor O Panneerselvam are expected to …
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August 18, 2017 -
Probe treatment given to Jayalalithaa since 2011: OPS faction
The judicial inquiry commission to be set up by the Tamil Nadu government to probe the death of Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has to look into her past five year medical records and the treatment given to her, a spokesperson for the AIADMK faction led by former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said on Thursday. “The …
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August 17, 2017 -
A vague inspiration from Jayalalithaa’s life
A young, talented and beautiful 16-year-old school-going teenager girl is inspired by her mother to enter the movie industry in what was then Madras (now Chennai). Though unwilling initially, life changes forever for Kalai Arasi as she stepped into the film industry. Enter PKB, a filmstar enjoying super-stardom by then and soon going to be …
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May 22, 2017 -
Driver of Jayalalithaa’s Kodanad estate dies in accident
A former driver Kanakaraj, employed in late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's Kodanad Estate, died in a road accident on Saturday morning in Salem district, police said. According to the police, a car hit Kanakaraj who was riding a two-wheeler. He was taken to the hospital where he died. The death of Kanakaraj has …
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April 29, 2017