Sasikala

Sasikala sidelined? Merger on cards for rival AIADMK camps

It is said that the focus of yesterday’s meeting was to discuss the possible resignation of Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dinakaran and chalk out a strategy for a merger to put an end to the political crisis.

Booked for bribery, Sasikala’s deputy Dinakaran denies knowing middleman

The reaction comes soon after the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch registered a case against Dinakaran in connection with a case of attempting to bribe the Election Commission of India (EC) for the party's symbol ahead of RK Nagar assembly bypolls.

Dinakaran in touch with middleman Sukesh for 4 years, payments made through Hawala: Delhi cops

Police said that officials have also seized at least Rs 1.3 crore from Dinakaran’s possession which he was planning to use to bribe Election Commission officials.

Each R.K.Nagar vote worth Rs 4,000, says I-T official

TN Health minister Vijayabaskar claims innocence as I-T swoops down on his properties

News agency ANI reported that the simultaneous raids are going across 25 locations including Pudukkottai and Trichy along with his house at Greenways road.

In clear defiance of rules, Sasikala met 28 people in a month inside prison: Report

Lodged inside the Bengaluru prison, Sasikala has met 28 visitors on 14 occasions in 31 days in the central prison, in defiance of all rules prescribed under law.

RK Nagar bypoll: OPS asks EC to deploy central paramilitary forces

The bypoll to RK Nagar assembly constituency is scheduled on April 12. The seat fell vacant after the former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death on December 5.

EC splits AIADMK into two, allots new symbols, names to OPS-Sasikala factions

While the EC has handed the O Panneerselvam camp the ‘electrcity pole’ symbol, Sasikala has been allotted the ‘hat’ for RK Nagar bypoll.

Sasikala vs OPS: EC freezes AIADMK's 'two leaves' symbol

In a major setback to both the parties the Sasikala and O Panneerselvam factions of the AIADMK, the Election Commission on Wednesday has ordered their party symbol to be frozen. Both the factions want to

All eyes on EC as hearing on OPS-Sasikala's battle for AIADMK poll symbol concludes

Both the factions want to contest the April 12 RK Nagar assembly bypoll on the AIADMK symbol and have fielded their respective candidates. March 23 is the last date of filing nominations for the byelection.

Sasikala nominates nephew Dinakaran to contest RK Nagar by-poll, will face Jaya's niece Deepa

VK Sasikala has nominated her nephew TTV Dinakaran as the AIADMK’s candidate from the RK Nagar previously held by Amma.

I will always be a backroom man in AIADMK, says Sasikala’s husband Natarajan

M Natarajan, the husband of jailed AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala, today made it clear that he will always remain a backroom man in the ruling party of Tamil Nadu.

Jaya’s nephew offers to pay Rs 100 crore fine imposed on ‘Amma’, lashes out at new leadership

Late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa’s nephew Deepak Jayakumar, who was being considered as being close to the Sasikala camp until now, has come out openly in opposition the party’s new leadership.

Feeling lonely in the absence of Jayalalithaa, says Sasikala

On the eve of the late J Jayalalithaa's 69th birthday, AIADMK chief V K Sasikala today said she was feeling "lonely" in the absence of her predecessor and long-time friend.

Sasikala seeks better facilities in jail; asks for table fan, mattress and cot

With her chief ministerial ambitions being crushed by the Supreme Court, jailed AIADMK supremo VK Sasikala is now seeking better facilities at Bangaluru jail in view of her age and poor health.

Serial killer Mallika, Sasikala’s neighbour at Bengaluru jail, shifted

Authorities have shifted a serial killer convict to Hindalga prison in Belagavi of northern Karnataka, after reports suggesting that AIADMK supremo CK Sasikala’s life was under threat from other inmates of the Parappana Agrahara jail.

Sasikala to spend 13 more months in jail if she fails to pay Rs 10 cr fine

AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala will have to serve 13 more months in prison if she fails to pay a fine of Rs 10 crore imposed by the Supreme Court.

DMK moves Madras HC against ‘controversial’ trust vote in favour of Palaniswami

The opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu today moved the Madras High Court against Saturday’s ‘controversial’ trust vote won by AIADMK supremo VK Sasikala loyalist EK Palaniswami. The court will take up the plea for hearing on Tuesday.

Palaniswami wins trust vote on a ‘black day’ for Tamil Nadu politics

Finally, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami comfortably won the trust vote in the Assembly today with 122 MLAs supporting his confidence motion with only 11 members voting against it.

EC serves notice to Sasikala on petition by Panneerselvam faction

The Election Commission of India today served a notice to AIADMK leader Sasikala and asked to respond to a petition filed by a delegation of MPs from the O. Panneerselvam camp challenging her appointment as