Sasikala Natarajan, or Chinamma as she is popularly known, has been elected as the general secretary of Tamil Nadu’s AIADMK party, replacing J Jayalalitha, who died in December after prolonged illness. Let’s get to know the next female head of South Indian politics – She was born in Mannargudi, a town in Tiruvarur[Read More…]
All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIDMK), the ruling party of Tamil Nadu appointed VK Sasikala, an aide of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, as the general secretary in a general council meeting on Thursday. Henceforth, the era of Sasikala in the AIDMK has begun. In one of the[Read More…]
Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said there was no political interference over the income tax raid on Tamil Nadu chief secretary’s residence and the law will take its own course in the matter. “I do not want to react to irresponsible statements (made by Rao). He is known[Read More…]
The city is restoring itself back as flights have been resumed and power has been restored in Chennai on Tuesday after Cyclone Vardah battered the Tamil Nadu coast on Monday. The natural disaster has killed around 10 people so far and forced thousands to flee their homes. Although the cyclone[Read More…]
As Tamil Nadu reels from the hit by Cyclone Verdah, AIADMK’s Amma Canteens throughout Chennai are offering free food to all. The canteens will remain open and will be serving hungry patrons. The party posted this news through its official Twitter account. The state had already declared schools and colleges[Read More…]
Days after the Supreme Court directed cinema halls across the country to play national anthem in theatres, a youth and two students were allegedly beaten up in a theatre in Chennai for not standing up during the national anthem. According to The Hindu, a case have been registered against seven[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu government issued an advisory asking people to stay indoors on Monday, with extremely heavy rainfall (20cm and above) being anticipated by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) during the day. The very severe cyclonic storm Vardah makes landfall around afternoon on Sunday. As the natural calamity is expected, the[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa passed away on December 5 after suffering from a cardiac arrest. Puratchi Thalaivi Amma was laid to rest at Chennai’s Marina beach, next to her mentor MGR. Thousands of people gathered outside her final resting place to pay tributes. Political leaders paid their last respects[Read More…]
With the death of Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa, who passed away on December 5, 2016, the count of Chief Ministers, who died while in office has reached to 16. Here’s a list of chief ministers who died in office: Gopinath Bordoloi (Assam, died 6 August 1950) Terms as CM: April[Read More…]
Classical dancer, a popular actress and politician, Jayalalithaa Jayaraman has donned all the hats with utmost elan. Revered as Amma by her loyalists, she became the face of Tamil Nadu politics in the 21st century. Jayalalithaa was born on February 24, 1948, in Mysore. She began schooling at the Bishop[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa (68) passed away at 11:30 pm on Monday after she suffered a cardiac arrest the day before, Apollo Hospital said. The former actress – turned politician, popularly known as Amma, was being treated at Chennai’s Apollo Hospital, where she has spent over two months being[Read More…]
Puducherry chief minister V Narayanasamy said, on Sunday, that DMK chief M Karunanidhi was likely to be discharged in a day or two. Karunanidhi was admitted to Kauvery Hospital on Thursday for further treatment of a drug-induced allergy on December 1. “I came to enquire about his health since he[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu has been warned of the cyclonic storm named ‘Nada, which is likely to make landfall along the coastal lines of Tamil Nadu and Puduchery in the morning of December 2. On Wednesday morning, Meteorological department issued a warning against the cyclone. The system, which formed over the southwest[Read More…]
BJP sweeps Assam, MP; TMC takes West Bengal; AIADMK in Tamil Nadu The results of bypolls to four Lok Sabha and nine Assembly seats will boost the morale of BJP as the party has cleaned sweeped Madhya Pradesh and Assam. Counting of votes took place on Tuesday for four Lok[Read More…]
In her first statement released since September, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said that she has taken rebirth because of people’s prayers. “Due to the continuous prayers by people in Tamil Nadu, in other states and across the world, I have taken rebirth and I am happy to share[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who has been undergoing treatment since September, has recovered and she can leave the hospital whenever she feels like it, Apollo Hospitals said on Saturday. The AIADMK chief was admitted to the Chennai facility with high fever and dehydration on September 22, but news[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa has completely recovered, Apollo Hospitals chairman Dr Pratap Reddy said on Friday. “She is aware of her surroundings and understands what is going on around her. She has completely recovered,” he said to journalists on the sideline of a book launch. This morning, a senior[Read More…]
AIADMK has said that its supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was “completely well” and will return home soon. AIADMK spokesperson C R Saraswathy said that Jayalalithaa has progressed very well under the daily monitoring of Apollo Hospital doctors and specialists and soon she will return home. Former[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu Finance minister and interim chief minister O Panneerselvam will head a Cabinet meeting at the Secretariat on Wednesday. This will be the first such meeting since Acting Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao allotted all portfolios held by chief minister J Jayalalithaa to him. The Cauvery issue will be one of[Read More…]
Till now up to 50 criminal cases have been filed against alleged ‘rumor mongerers’ on Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa’s health status. Since a week neither doctors nor her party workers have shared any update on her health and police has made it clear that a a team of cyber[Read More…]
Cauvery issue has come to rock the city of Chennai again as various farmers’ organizations began their 48-hour ‘rail roko’ agitation in Tiruchi on Monday. Demanding the constitution of Cauvery Management Board, they garnered support from opposition parties like the DMK as former DMK Minister K.N. Nehru courted arrest after[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa’s health condition has steadily become more mysterious than a Sherlock Holmes novel. With she being hospitalized for more than three weeks, speculations and rumors about her health are going hand in hand. Put Chutney’s satirical take on the entire situation is definitely mention worthy as[Read More…]
DMK President M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday said it is a wonder that Tamil Nadu Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao allocated portfolios handled by Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to Finance Minister O. Panneerselvam based on her advice, reports PTI. “This is because a question has arisen among some people if Jayalalithaa had[Read More…]
As doctors confirmed that Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will not be able to leave hospital soon, O Panneerselvam has again filled in for her and will now handle her eight portfolios, on “her direction.” This is nothing new for him as he had handled the state when she[Read More…]
As Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa has been advised a “longer stay” at the hospital, AIADMK functionaries are contemplating a stand-in leadership to hold the reins of the government. The two options are either handing over her portfolios to senior ministers or have an alternative chief minister like Edappadi K Palaniswami and[Read More…]