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…]
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will now be attended by three specialists from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Chennai’s Apollo Hospital. This update was confirmed by hospital sources (HT) and on Thursday morning AIIMS doctors, pulmonologist Dr GC Khilnani, cardiologist Dr Nitish Naik and anaesthetist Dr[Read More…]
After losing her mentor, M G Ramachandran, J Jayalalithaa would have been politically at sea. But the charismatic former matinee star defeated MGR’s wife Janaki to take over the AIADMK. Excerpted from Vaasanthi’s book, “Amma: Jayalalithaa’s Journey from Movie Star to Political Queen.” ‘MGR is no more.’ It was[Read More…]
J Jayalalithaa’s aura has had Tamil Nadu and its people enthralled for years. The only one perhaps unimpressed was M Karunanidhi. Author Vaasanthi’s book, ‘Amma: Jayalalithaa’s Journey from Movie Star to Political Queen’ throws light on the former superstar-turned-politician’s life. Excerpts: R.M. Veerappan on the other hand sees Jayalalithaa as[Read More…]
DMK President M Karunanidhi has said that ‘some unwanted rumours’ were deliberately being floated regarding the health of AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa by ‘some persons.’ He urged the Tamil Nadu government to put an end to rumours by providing proper information to the people. Karunanidhi said in a statement,[Read More…]
The Supreme Court has reprimanded the Karnataka government for failing to follow the apex court’s order of sharing Cauvery River water with its neighbour Tamil Nadu. Furthermore, in a fresh ruling the Siddaramaiah-led government has been asked to release 6000 cusecs of water every day to Tamil Nadu, starting October[Read More…]
Union Minister Uma Bharti has offered to ‘go on a hunger strike if there is any problem in either Karnataka or Tamil Nadu’, after the government failed to broker a solution to the Cauvery water dispute. Uma Bharti, who is the Water Resources Minister, was asked by the Supreme Court[Read More…]
The British controlled both Mysore and Madras for a short period in the middle of the 19th century. During their regime, numerous plans were drawn up for the utilization of the Kaveri waters by both states.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Friday announced ‘Amma Free Wi-Fi’ to be set up in 50 locations across Tamil Nadu. Free internet facilities will initially be provided in 50 schools at a cost of Rs 10 crore. A further Rs 1.5 crore has been allocated as annual[Read More…]
After almost a week of agitation over the Cauvery water sharing row, the Supreme Court will announce the verdict today. The Cauvery supervisory committee on Monday ordered the release of 3,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu from 21 to 30 September. This decision sparked another round of[Read More…]
A 22-year-old drunk student rammed a Porsche into 12 parked auto-rickshaws in Chennai on early Monday morning killing an auto driver and injuring ten others. Police said V Vikas, a student was returning home with a friend after a party on Sunday night when he lost control of the car and[Read More…]
The Central government has requested the Supreme Court to ban a 500 year old temple ritual in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu where Dalits are made to roll over the leftover meals of Brahmins. The ritual (called “snana” which means bathing) is apparently backed by the belief that rolling over leftovers[Read More…]
Tension prevailed in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka post the Supreme Court’s Cauvery verdict. Recent unprecedented attacks in the capital cities of both the states highlight the fragile relationship shared by them. Even as the court modified it’s earlier verdict and ruled that Karnataka should release less[Read More…]
Karnataka is witnessing protests and standstill after the Supreme Court Cauvery verdict, as pro-Kannada organisations and farmer unions have called for Karnataka bandh on Friday, September 9. The Karnataka government has received a directive from the Supreme Court to release Cauvery water into Tamil Nadu. Activist, Vatal Nagaraj said, “The water situation[Read More…]
Coming down heavily on authoritarianism, the Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa for using criminal defamation proceedings to silence criticism of her government ‘s functioning. The apex court while issuing a notice to her also severely chastised her and said, “You can’t use defamation cases to throttle democracy. This is[Read More…]
As the entire House waited with bated breath to hear what AIADMK had to say during the discussion on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill—AIADMK is one of the two opposition parties contending the legislature—MP A Navaneethakrishnan rose. “It is only because of Amma that I am able to[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu finance minister O Panneerselvam presented a revised budget for 2016-17, the first since the AIADMK was voted back to power for a second consecutive term in May this year. Despite its poll promise of gradually phasing out alcohol across the state, there was no mention of the same[Read More…]
