Dinakaran Corruption

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  After RK Nagar By-Poll Victory, TTV Dinakaran Meets 'Silent' Aunt VK Sasikala In Jail

  Upbeat after his victory in the recent RK Nagar by-poll, AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran called on his "silent" aunt and side-lined party leader VK Sasikala at the central prison here on Thursday, a party official said.

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  AIADMK's TTV Dinakaran, Freed From Jail, Appears To Be Regaining Power. Here's Why

  Days after being released from a jail in Delhi, TTV Dinakaran is trying to assemble a new pole position in Tamil Nadu's ruling party, which relegated him to the sidelines after he was entangled in a series of corruption scandals.

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  Return From Jail Is Comeback, Says TTV Dinakaran. First Stop, Aunt VK Sasikala

  Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran, who was released on bail last week in a corruption case, stressed today that he remains number two in Tamil Nadu's ruling party and it is his "duty" to unite the party. To that end, Mr Dinakaran said, he would meet his aunt VK Sasikala at a jail in Bengaluru today, "not as a nephew but as her deputy" and start...

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  'Wasn't A Public Servant': From Jail, VK Sasikala Appeals Against Conviction

  Days after her nephew TTV Dinakaran found himself behind bars in Delhi, AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala is making a bid to get out of the Bengaluru jail where she is serving a four-year jail term. On Wednesday, Sasikala filed a review petition against her conviction by the Supreme Court that had hauled her off to jail in February, arguing that...

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  In A Bag, Over 1 Crore In Rs 2,000 Notes. TTV Dinakaran's Bribe, Say Cops

  When Sukash Chandrasekar answered the knock at his hotel room's door, the men who asked to be let in were not in uniform. It was only after entering his room at Delhi's Hyatt hotel late on Sunday night that they revealed they were policemen who had been tipped off that he was carrying more than a crore in cash.

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  TTV Dinakaran, The Inadvertent Uniting Cause For AIADMK, 'Welcomes' Merger

  TTV Dinakaran, who is the centrifugal force for the political crisis in Tamil Nadu, "welcomes" the prospect of a merger of the two estranged teams of Tamil Nadu's ruling party, said ministers who met him this morning. Mr Dinakran appears to have little choice but to go along with the plan, given that his removal as the party's Deputy Chief is bein...

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  Tamil Nadu Ministers In Late-Night Huddle To Unite AIADMK Camps: 10 Facts

  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...

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  AIADMK's TTV Dinakaran To Meet Aunt VK Sasikala in Jail Today, Says No Rebellion In Party

  TTV Dinakaran, deputy chief of Tamil Nadu's ruling party the AIADMK Amma, is headed to Bengaluru to meet his boss and aunt VK Sasikala, who is in jail in a corruption case. He has described it as a "routine meeting" and stated emphatically this morning that he and Ms Sasikala face no rebellion within the party. He also denied the Delhi Police alleg...

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  VK Sasikala Denied Most Privileges She Wanted In Jail, But Not This One

  VK Sasikala, who is serving her four-year sentence in a corruption case at a jail in Bengaluru, is receiving VVIP treatment, an RTI activist has claimed.

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  Sasikala, Asked To 'Surrender Now', Heads To Bengaluru By Road: 10 Points

  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 ...

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  Sasikala's Betrayal? Nephews Expelled By Jayalalithaa Back In Party

  VK Sasikala, on the verge of a four-year jail term for corruption, made big moves today to secure her hold over Tamil Nadu's ruling party. Two of her relatives expelled by former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa are back in the AIADMK. Among them is former lawmaker TTV Dinakaran, whose brother Sudhakaran was convicted and sentenced to jail along with...

• Supreme Court slams Dinakaran for trying to delay impeachment

  Justice PD Dinakaran, being investigated for corruption, came in for scathing criticism by the Supreme Court today.Mr Dinakaran is currently the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court.  He is being investigated by a three-member committee, appointed by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Vice President Hamid Ansari.The formal inquiry began after ...

• Supreme Court stays inquiry against Justice Dinakaran

  The Supreme Court today stayed the pre-impeachment probe by a Rajya Sabha-appointed panel into allegations of judicial misconduct and corruption against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran.The apex court passed the order on a plea by Justice Dinakaran, expressing apprehension of biased probe against him by the three-member panel, comprisin...

• Justice Dinakaran faces 16 charges including corruption, land grab

  Corruption, land-grab and abuse of judicial office are among the 16 charges framed against Justice PD Dinakaran, the former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. Dinakaran is facing impeachment proceedings in the Rajya Sabha for alleged corruption.Other charges include violation of human rights, illegal encroachment, destruction of evidence and ma...

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  Justice Dinakaran's transfer to Sikkim causes anger

  The Supreme Court collegium shifts Justice Dinakaran to the Sikkim High Court after he refuses to go on leave.