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  ‘Dharma yuddh’ to continue, says OPS as his camp moves to EC

  Politics | February 16, 2017 16:24 IST

  Vowing to continue his fight to resist one family’s control over the AIADMK, Tamil Nadu’s outgoing Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today said that ‘his ‘dharma yuddh’ will continue until Amma’s (Jayalalithaa) rule is re-established in the state’.

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  Sasikala back in Bengaluru jail a day after conviction in DA case

  Politics | February 15, 2017 19:28 IST

  AIADMK supremo today visited the memorial of J Jayalalithaa at Marina beach and the Ramapuram residence of party founder MG Ramachandran before leaving for Bengaluru to surrender before a court.

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  Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar joins Panneerselvam camp

  Politics | February 14, 2017 23:39 IST

  Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar today said she would work with O Panneerselvam as if they are two hands of the AIADMK.

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  DA verdict: Case against Jayalalithaa 'abated' but she stands ‘guilty’

  Politics | February 14, 2017 17:08 IST

  Since Jayalalithaa is dead, the court did not declare her a convict.

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  No force can separate me from AIADMK, says Sasikala in first appearance after conviction

  Politics | February 14, 2017 23:59 IST

  The fate of AIADMK general secretary Sasikala Natarajan, fighting a bitter power battle with Tamil Nadu caretaker CM O Panneerselvam after the demise of Jayalithaa, will be decided today as the Supreme Court is all set to deliver the much-awaited ver

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  ‘No one can destroy our party’: Jayalalithaa’s last words in hospital, says Sasikala

  Politics | February 13, 2017 11:56 IST

  With the warring factions of ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu indulging in war of wards amid the political unrest for the ninth consecutive day, interim general secretary VK Sasikala’s emotional address to the party MLAs at a private resort in Chennai cam

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  Tamil Nadu crises: Very difficult for a woman to be in politics, says Sasikala

  Politics | February 12, 2017 17:48 IST

  AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala on Sunday said that it was "very difficult" for a woman to be in politics, which she had seen in the time of Jayalalithaa too, and asserted that the

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  Ready to face any inquiry into Jayalalithaa's death: Sasikala

  Politics | February 09, 2017 8:58 IST

  AIADMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu CM-designate VK Sasikala has expressed her readiness to face any probe over the death of late CM Jayalalithaa.

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  Jayalalithaa’s niece Deepa Jayakumar dubs turn of events in Tamil Nadu as 'shocking'

  Politics | February 08, 2017 18:43 IST

  Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar today said that the sudden turn of events in AIADMK politics beginning with caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam raising a banner of revolt against party chief VK Sasikala was

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  Read! Twitter flooded with support for Panneerselvam as Tamil Nadu crisis deepens

  Politics | February 08, 2017 18:24 IST

  Amid the storm that has erupted in Tamil Nadu Politics following the rebellion by caretaker Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, alleging that he was compelled to resign from his post and humiliated while holding the high

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  Stalin slams Sasikala for ‘political mess’, seeks CBI probe into OPS’ allegations

  Politics | February 08, 2017 12:15 IST

  DMK’s working president MK Stalin today slammed AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu CM-designate VK Sasikala for blaming the opposition party for the ‘political mess’ in the state.

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  Was targeted and humiliated by close ones: Panneerselvam sharpens attack

  Politics | February 08, 2017 14:33 IST

  Tamil Nadu's caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today said that he was not allowed to meet later AIADMK supremo even once in hospital during her last days.

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  Shake-up in top bureaucracy ahead of Sasikala’s appointment as CM

  Politics | February 07, 2017 18:22 IST

  At least 4 top aides of Jayalalithaa have been removed by the Tamil Nadu government within a week.

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  Doctors douse rumours around Jaya’s death, confirm she died of multiple organ failure

  India | February 06, 2017 16:06 IST

  A team of doctors who were involved in Jayalalithaa’s treatment said she had died due to multiple organ failure.

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  SC verdict in DA case involving CM-designate Sasikala, Jaya likely next week

  Politics | February 06, 2017 13:45 IST

  As AIADMK supremo Sasikala prepares to take over as the third woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court today said that it will pronounce its verdict within a week on pleas challenging the acquittal of late CM Jayalalithaa and her close c

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  Sasikala set to take over reigns of TN govt? Decision expected in AIADMK meet tomorrow

  Politics | February 04, 2017 13:17 IST

  Tamil Nadu may see a change of guard as a section of ruling AIADMK MLAs are likely to urge Sasikala, a close aide of late Jayalalithaa, to take over the reins of the government at a meeting here tomorrow.

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  Jayalalithaa's niece J. Deepa set for political debut, mulls joining AIADMK

  Politics | January 17, 2017 16:44 IST

  Late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's niece J. Deepa today announced her decision to enter politics even as she confessed of being in two minds over joining AIADMK, that was ruled by her aunt,

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  My wife protected Jayalalithaa for 30 years, why can’t my family join politics, asks Sasikala’s husband

  Politics | January 17, 2017 16:24 IST

  Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalthaa’s close companion and AIADMK general secretary Sasikala’s husband M Natarajan has asserted that there is nothing wrong in his family getting involved in politics.

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  Jayalalithaa’s death: TN govt to hand over late CM’s discharge summary to HC in sealed cover

  Politics | January 09, 2017 18:20 IST

  Responding to the doubts expressed by the Madras High Court over late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s “mysterious death”, the state government today said that it will file a reply to the court. During the

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  Madras HC dismisses PIL seeking Bharat Ratna for Jayalalithaa

  Politics | January 06, 2017 16:12 IST

  The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the State to announce Bharat Ratna for late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, saying it does not wish to