Jayalalithaa

AIADMK continues crackdown on Dhinakaran's loyalists, expels 9 more

Stung by the bypoll defeat, the ruling AIADMK removed nine party supporters of Dhinakaran, who recently took oath as MLA from RK Nagar constituency.

Jan 02, 2018, 13:56 PM IST

Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden residence to be converted into memorial? Review underway

Tamil Nadu government had in August announced that Jayalalithaa's residence Veda Nilayam at Poes Garden will be converted into a memorial.

Dec 30, 2017, 10:30 AM IST

After RK Nagar bypoll win, Dhinakaran meets 'silent' aunt Sasikala in jail

The meeting lasted for about half an hour at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru.

Dec 29, 2017, 07:10 AM IST

RK Nagar bypoll results: Dhinakaran wins, bags over 72,000 votes

Dinakaran, who contested as an Independent candidate for RJ Nagar bypoll, got 72,518 votes. 

Dec 24, 2017, 07:23 AM IST

Jayalalithaa's death probe deepens, Sasikala, Apollo Hospital chairman summoned

The inquiry commission had recently filed a police complaint against an aide of TTV Dhinakaran for releasing a purported video of the late Chief Minister.

Dec 22, 2017, 14:06 PM IST

Unseen footage of Jayalalithaa having juice on hospital bed released

Unseen footage of late AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa inside Chennai's Apollo Hospital 

Dec 20, 2017, 11:07 AM IST

EC takes cognisance of bribery allegations in RK Nagar bypoll in Chennai: Report

Campaigning for the December 21 bye-election to RK Nagar Assembly constituency ended on Tuesday.

Dec 19, 2017, 21:56 PM IST

RK Nagar bypoll: Campaigning for the high-stakes election to end today

Campaigning for the high-stakes December 21 bypoll to the RK Nagar assembly seat here will end this evening and the outcome of the hustings is likely to be seen as a report card of the 17-month old AIADMK government.

Dec 19, 2017, 11:21 AM IST

Prison official submits Jayalalithaa's thumb impression in Madras High Court

A Karnataka prison official on Friday submitted to Madras High Court in a sealed cover a register containing the signature of late Jayalalithaa and soft copy of her fingerprints taken when she was lodged in a Bengaluru jail.

Dec 08, 2017, 20:36 PM IST

RK Nagar bypoll: 59 candidates including 'sidelined' Dhinakaran in fray, tough contest on cards

A fierce contest is on the cards for the December 21 RK Nagar bypoll with 59 candidates, including those of ruling AIADMK, DMK and BJP besides sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran, left in the fray at the close of withdrawal of nominations on Thursday.

Dec 07, 2017, 21:07 PM IST

No. Ok. No, again: Election Commission swings on actor Vishal's nomination for RK Nagar bypoll

Actor Vishal's nomination has been again rejected by the Election Commission in RK Nagar by-election.

Dec 05, 2017, 23:39 PM IST

RK Nagar bypoll: EC first rejects, then accepts nomination of actor Vishal

The RK Nagar seat fell vacant following the death of Jayalalithaa on December 5, 2016.

Dec 05, 2017, 20:52 PM IST

Was Jayalalithaa murdered? 7 conspiracies around Amma's death

A year has passed since Jayalalithaa died on December 5, 2016, but the conspiracies around the former AIADMK chief's death are still going strong.

Dec 05, 2017, 12:12 PM IST

People throng Jayalalithaa memorial on her first death anniversary

She became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu six times and dominated the state politics for even longer. But one year ago, J Jayalalithaa breathed her last following a cardiac arrest in a hospital in Chennai.

Dec 05, 2017, 11:22 AM IST

SC refuses to entertain woman's plea claiming to be Jayalalithaa's daughter

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition of a woman who claimed to be the daughter of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

Nov 27, 2017, 13:40 PM IST

Furnish Jayalalithaa's fingerprints: Madras HC tells Bengaluru jail official

The Madras High Court on Friday summoned the Superintendent of Parappana Agrahara Jail in Bengaluru to appear before it with the fingerprint records of Tamil Nadu`s late Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa in connection with affixing of the thumb impression on poll documents, said a lawyer.

Nov 24, 2017, 17:54 PM IST

DMK highlights 'contradictory hospital reports' on Jayalalithaa death

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate Thiruparankundram Sarvanan raised doubts over the death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, claiming that Apollo Hospital had given contradictory reports on her 75-day-long treatment.

Nov 22, 2017, 14:28 PM IST

Hunt for unaccounted wealth in Sasikala kin's premises to resume Monday

One of the largest and longest search operations for unaccounted wealth by the Indian tax officials is going on at the premises of jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala's kin and their business associates.

Nov 13, 2017, 00:54 AM IST

Income Tax raids at Jaya TV office, AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran's house and other associates of Sasikala

The offices of Jaya TV and Namadhu MGR, and the residence of AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran in Chennai have been raided by officials of the Income Tax Department in the early hours of Thursday. 

Nov 09, 2017, 08:00 AM IST