Chief Minister Ms J Jayalalithaa

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has unveiled a bronze statue of former Chief Minister and AIADMK Chief J Jayalalithaa at their party headquarters in Chennai. The life-size statue resembling Ms Jayalalithaa has brought relief and cheer to hundreds of party workers after the party's flop show earlier this year.

More than a year after her death, the last days of iconic Tamil Nadu leader J Jayalalithaa remains the subject of intense debate between political leaders who lay claim to her legacy. Days after VK Sasikala -- the longtime companion of the former Chief Minister -- told an inquiry commission about Ms Jayalalithaa's being videographed during her fina...

Stoking a fresh row when a high level investigation is under way into former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death, her close aide VK Sasikala's brother - V Divakaran - now claims that Ms Jayalalithaa died a day before the official announcement was made. The allegation has been denied by Apollo Hospitals that had said Jayalalithaa died o...

The result of the by-election for Chennai's RK Nagar assembly constituency, which fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last December, were declared today. Independent candidate TTV Dhinakaran, who was sidelined from the AIADMK by the EPS and OPS faction, won the prestigious and much-sought-after RK Nagar as...

The by-election for Chennai's RK Nagar assembly seat, which fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last December, is being held today. It is vital for the AIADMK, seemingly rudderless since Ms Jayalalithaa died, to establish that Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his team are in control.

J Jayalalithaa will be the AIADMK's "eternal general secretary," Tamil Nadu's ruling party said today, scrapping the post and sacking VK Sasikala, who is in jail. The party will be run by Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam as Chief Coordinator and Chief Minister E Palaniswami as his assistant at the head of an 11-member panel. Today's meeting ma...

Despite elaborate flower arrangements and expectant party members waiting at the shoreside memorial of J Jayalalithaa in Chennai, the merger of the two rival factions that were formed in her party after her death ran into last-minute glitches: Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his predecessor, O Panneerselvam, or "EPS" and "OPS" in popular parlance,...

J Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar and nephew Deepak are incensed over a plan to turn her sprawling home in Chennai's Poes Garden into a memorial for the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister - a decision that meets one of the many conditions set by a rebel faction of the ruling AIADMK for a merger.

Deepa Jayakumar, the niece of J Jayalalithaa, was not allowed to enter the home of the former Chief Minister in posh Poes Garden this afternoon. Ms Jayakumar, who recently floated her own party, said she had gone to Jayalalithaa's residence following the invitation of her brother Deepak.

O Panneerselvam wants to see proof of VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dinakaran's eviction before the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister begins merger talks, his camp today informed the rival faction of the AIADMK. The evidence must come in the form of resignation letters from Ms Sasikala, who is party chief and Mr Dinakaran, who she appointed her dep...

After 25 ministers and lawmakers held an emergency meeting in capital Chennai on Monday night, the VK Sasikala-led AIADMK faction that rules Tamil Nadu has "welcomed" what it said was an offer from the rival O Panneerselvam camp to discuss re-uniting the party. There is pressure reportedly on party chief Ms Sasikala and her nephew and deputy TTV Di...

Weeks ago, VK Sasikala, a political novice, had dreamed of becoming Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. A Supreme Court order not just shattered those plans but she was ordered to serve a four-year jail sentence. On Tuesday, as Ms Sasikala started for Bengaluru to begin her jail term she stopped at the beachside memorial of her mentor J Jayalalithaa in Tami...

As VK Sasikala headed to jail to serve a four-year sentence for corruption, her banished relatives made a comeback to the spotlight. Two of her nephews are back in the AIADMK, years after they were expelled by former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. In further evidence that Ms Sasikala's family remains a big part of Tamil Nadu's unfolding political d...

A team led by Edappadi Palanisamy, handpicked by VK Sasikala as the AIADMK's presumptive Chief Minister, met Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Wednesday evening and said it expects him to invite them today to form government in the state. The Governor later met O Panneerselvam, who too has staked claim to the top post. Ms Sasikala has reached...

Time up, VK Sasikala must surrender in Bengaluru right away, the Supreme Court has told the AIADMK chief, whose lawyers appealed for more time. Ms Sasikala is still in Chennai and will travel the 345 km to Bengaluru by road today escorted by the police from both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to begin a four-year prison term ordered yesterday by the top ...

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has unveiled a bronze statue of former Chief Minister and AIADMK Chief J Jayalalithaa at their party headquarters in Chennai. The life-size statue resembling Ms Jayalalithaa has brought relief and cheer to hundreds of party workers after the party's flop show earlier this year.

More than a year after her death, the last days of iconic Tamil Nadu leader J Jayalalithaa remains the subject of intense debate between political leaders who lay claim to her legacy. Days after VK Sasikala -- the longtime companion of the former Chief Minister -- told an inquiry commission about Ms Jayalalithaa's being videographed during her fina...

Stoking a fresh row when a high level investigation is under way into former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death, her close aide VK Sasikala's brother - V Divakaran - now claims that Ms Jayalalithaa died a day before the official announcement was made. The allegation has been denied by Apollo Hospitals that had said Jayalalithaa died o...

The result of the by-election for Chennai's RK Nagar assembly constituency, which fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last December, were declared today. Independent candidate TTV Dhinakaran, who was sidelined from the AIADMK by the EPS and OPS faction, won the prestigious and much-sought-after RK Nagar as...

The by-election for Chennai's RK Nagar assembly seat, which fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last December, is being held today. It is vital for the AIADMK, seemingly rudderless since Ms Jayalalithaa died, to establish that Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his team are in control.

J Jayalalithaa will be the AIADMK's "eternal general secretary," Tamil Nadu's ruling party said today, scrapping the post and sacking VK Sasikala, who is in jail. The party will be run by Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam as Chief Coordinator and Chief Minister E Palaniswami as his assistant at the head of an 11-member panel. Today's meeting ma...

Despite elaborate flower arrangements and expectant party members waiting at the shoreside memorial of J Jayalalithaa in Chennai, the merger of the two rival factions that were formed in her party after her death ran into last-minute glitches: Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his predecessor, O Panneerselvam, or "EPS" and "OPS" in popular parlance,...

J Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar and nephew Deepak are incensed over a plan to turn her sprawling home in Chennai's Poes Garden into a memorial for the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister - a decision that meets one of the many conditions set by a rebel faction of the ruling AIADMK for a merger.

Deepa Jayakumar, the niece of J Jayalalithaa, was not allowed to enter the home of the former Chief Minister in posh Poes Garden this afternoon. Ms Jayakumar, who recently floated her own party, said she had gone to Jayalalithaa's residence following the invitation of her brother Deepak.

O Panneerselvam wants to see proof of VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dinakaran's eviction before the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister begins merger talks, his camp today informed the rival faction of the AIADMK. The evidence must come in the form of resignation letters from Ms Sasikala, who is party chief and Mr Dinakaran, who she appointed her dep...

After 25 ministers and lawmakers held an emergency meeting in capital Chennai on Monday night, the VK Sasikala-led AIADMK faction that rules Tamil Nadu has "welcomed" what it said was an offer from the rival O Panneerselvam camp to discuss re-uniting the party. There is pressure reportedly on party chief Ms Sasikala and her nephew and deputy TTV Di...

Weeks ago, VK Sasikala, a political novice, had dreamed of becoming Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. A Supreme Court order not just shattered those plans but she was ordered to serve a four-year jail sentence. On Tuesday, as Ms Sasikala started for Bengaluru to begin her jail term she stopped at the beachside memorial of her mentor J Jayalalithaa in Tami...

As VK Sasikala headed to jail to serve a four-year sentence for corruption, her banished relatives made a comeback to the spotlight. Two of her nephews are back in the AIADMK, years after they were expelled by former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. In further evidence that Ms Sasikala's family remains a big part of Tamil Nadu's unfolding political d...

A team led by Edappadi Palanisamy, handpicked by VK Sasikala as the AIADMK's presumptive Chief Minister, met Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Wednesday evening and said it expects him to invite them today to form government in the state. The Governor later met O Panneerselvam, who too has staked claim to the top post. Ms Sasikala has reached...

Time up, VK Sasikala must surrender in Bengaluru right away, the Supreme Court has told the AIADMK chief, whose lawyers appealed for more time. Ms Sasikala is still in Chennai and will travel the 345 km to Bengaluru by road today escorted by the police from both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to begin a four-year prison term ordered yesterday by the top ...