A resident of Erode has filed a writ petition before the Madras High Court, claiming that he was the only son of the late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Krishnamurthy, who live with his adopted parents, says he was born to late actor Shoban Babu and J Jayalithaa. The petitioner had[Read More…]
The Madras High Court bench on Wednesday asked jallikattu organisers to view the bull-taming sport as a traditional and cultural sport and “avoid using it for gambling purpose.” “The organisers and the people should see Jallikattu as a traditional and cultural sport and should not use it to gamble,” a[Read More…]
There is huge space for a new political party to come forward as existing parties are family-owned enterprises, said former Union finance minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram while speaking at a forum, Generation 67 (G67). He also stressed that these existing parties have closed their doors for the new[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu government on Monday released reports from Apollo Hospitals and AIIMS on the treatment given to late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. AIIMS handed over the detailed medical report to state government. The report was submitted following a formal request from the state government on Sunday in a bid to[Read More…]
As Tamil Nadu recovers from the shock of the loss of their favorite leader, AIIMS on Monday handed over the medical report by its top doctors of late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa to the state government. The report contains a detailed scrutiny of Jayalalithaa’s health condition by the[Read More…]
In just a few months, Tirunelveli municipality in Tamil Nadu has achieved the feat of 100 per cent segregation of waste at source across households and institutions. It required securing effort from each family to segregate biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste. Several campaigns though TV and local radio channels was done[Read More…]
Karti Chidambaram wants to set a Tamil Nadu to new tune, one singing of youth and hope. With this view in mind, the son of former finance minister P Chidambaram is organizing G67, a seminar for the generation born after 1967, on March 6 in Chennai. The genesis of the[Read More…]
The Madras High Court rejected two public interest litigation (PIL)’s against supplying water to soft drink companies including Pepsi and Coca-Cola from the Thamirabarani river in Tirunelvelli. The court lifted the stay order from November 2016, stating water supply will not be curbed, according to ANI. The petitioner had accused[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu’s rebellious leader O Panneerselvam on Friday declared to redeem the party and “Amma’s government” from the hands of “one family,” claiming that the group led by him was the “original AIADMK.” The leader also launches a scathing attack on the family of AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala,[Read More…]
In a major blow to the Sasikala clan, former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s nephew Deepak Jayakumar said that newly elected AIADMK deputy general secretary TTV Dinakaran is unfit to lead the party and demanded that leadership should be given to O Panneerselvam to maintain its unity. Jayakumar also[Read More…]
Sasikala Natarajan has been sentenced by the apex court to serve a four-years of jail a week ago as she was held accountable for the corruption in a two-decade-old wealth case. Sasikala and her co-convict sister-in-law Elavarasi and nephew V.K. Sudhakaran pleaded for more time from the Supreme Court which[Read More…]
The political bedlam in Tamil Nadu after the death of former Chief Minister Jayalalitha and the end to this ferment doesn’t appear any closer. The DMK working president M.K. Stalin is expected to meet President Pranab Mukherjee in Delhi on Thursday says reports. “We have informed Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao[Read More…]
DMK leader MK Stalin on Wednesday said that if the death of the former CM J Jayalalithaa is probed, VK Sasikala will be sentenced to life imprisonment. “If proper probe takes place into Jayalalithaa’s death, the person who’s in jail for four years now will be awarded lifetime imprisonment,” Stalin[Read More…]