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Jayalalithaa Ex-Aide VK Sasikala Meets Rajinikanth In Chennai
VK Sasikala, the aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, met actor Rajinikanth at the superstar's house in Poes Garden in Chennai on Monday evening, news agency ANI reported.
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At DMK Meet, MK Stalin Takes Dig At Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan
Taking a tacit dig at superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, who are seen to have timed their political debuts following former chief minister Jayalalithaa's death and DMK boss M Karunanidhi's age and poor health, DMK leader MK Stalin on Sunday asserted that there was no vacuum, at least not in his party.
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Day After Big RK Nagar Loss, AIADMK Expels 6 Dhinakaran Loyalists
After a meeting of top leaders to analyse Sunday's humiliating defeat in the RK Nagar by-election, Tamil Nadu's ruling party the AIADMK has expelled six senior functionaries, calling them "betrayers" for supporting sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran. Mr Dhinakaran contested as an Independent candidate and won RK Nagar, the assembly seat of former chie...
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We Lied About Jayalalithaa's Health, Confesses Tamil Nadu Minister Dindigul C Sreenivasan
Nine months after former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa died in a Chennai hospital after a prolonged illness, Tamil Nadu Forest Minister Dindigul C Sreenivasan has asked for the public's forgiveness for lying about her health when she was at hospital.
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Jayalalithaa 'Eternal General Secretary', Sasikala Removed, Says AIADMK: 10 Facts
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...
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'We're The Heirs': Poes Garden Memorial Plan Rattles J Jayalalithaa's Family
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.
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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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Support No One, Rajinikanth Tweets On By-Poll Amid Speculation Over Meeting
South megastar Rajinikanth tweeted this morning that he supports "no one" in the intense political battle for the RK Nagar constituency of Tamil Nadu, which fell vacant after former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death.
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Jailed Sasikala Wins, Proxy E Palaniswami To Take Oath This Evening
Tamil Nadu will get its third Chief Minister in two months - E Palaniswami will take oath at 4:30 pm today, and must then prove his majority within 15 days. With this decision, Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has ruled in favour of the larger faction of the ruling AIADMK, which has been cleaved by dissent, owing to O Panneerselvam's refusal to quit the s...
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Expect Invitation To Form Government Today, Says Team Sasikala: 10 Facts
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...
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E Palanisamy As Chief Minister No 3 In 2 Months? Meets Governor
Hours after VK Sasikala's run for Chief Minister was brought to a skidding halt by the Supreme Court, which found her guilty of corruption, she has moved at breakneck speed to ensure she remains the show-runner of the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. Ms Sasikala was sentenced this morning to four years in prison - it's uncertain when she has to head to...
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VK Sasikala's Next Move Could Be A Hunger Strike, Say Sources
VK Sasikala may lead a hunger strike by her legislators at Former Chief Minister J Jayalalaithaa's memorial in Chennai today if the Governor doesn't invite her to form the government, sources have said.
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In Imposing 30-SUV Convoy, Sasikala Drives In To Resort To Meet Lawmakers
In scenes perfected by many a Hollywood drama, a cavalcade of around 30 SUVs snaked its way this afternoon from Poes Garden, the residence of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, to the beachfront luxury resort 80 km away, that has been at the heart of the political crisis gripping the state for the last week. The occasion was for VK Sa...
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Before Staking Claim, Sasikala 'Submitted' List At Jayalalithaa Memorial
Before her meeting with Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao last night, VK Sasikala made an emotional stopover at the beach-side memorial of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who died in December.
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Signatures Of Support For Sasikala Will Have To Be Verified, Governor Said: Sources
VK Sasikala opened her meeting with Governor C Vidyasagar Rao by stating, in English, "I stake claim." After that, the 10 Tamil Nadu ministers who accompanied her last evening elaborated on the support within the ruling AIADMK for Ms Sasikala to take over as Chief Minister, a decision made first by the party on Sunday.
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Jayalalithaa Ex-Aide VK Sasikala Meets Rajinikanth In Chennai
VK Sasikala, the aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, met actor Rajinikanth at the superstar's house in Poes Garden in Chennai on Monday evening, news agency ANI reported.
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At DMK Meet, MK Stalin Takes Dig At Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan
Taking a tacit dig at superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, who are seen to have timed their political debuts following former chief minister Jayalalithaa's death and DMK boss M Karunanidhi's age and poor health, DMK leader MK Stalin on Sunday asserted that there was no vacuum, at least not in his party.
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Day After Big RK Nagar Loss, AIADMK Expels 6 Dhinakaran Loyalists
After a meeting of top leaders to analyse Sunday's humiliating defeat in the RK Nagar by-election, Tamil Nadu's ruling party the AIADMK has expelled six senior functionaries, calling them "betrayers" for supporting sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran. Mr Dhinakaran contested as an Independent candidate and won RK Nagar, the assembly seat of former chie...
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We Lied About Jayalalithaa's Health, Confesses Tamil Nadu Minister Dindigul C Sreenivasan
Nine months after former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa died in a Chennai hospital after a prolonged illness, Tamil Nadu Forest Minister Dindigul C Sreenivasan has asked for the public's forgiveness for lying about her health when she was at hospital.
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Jayalalithaa 'Eternal General Secretary', Sasikala Removed, Says AIADMK: 10 Facts
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...
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'We're The Heirs': Poes Garden Memorial Plan Rattles J Jayalalithaa's Family
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.
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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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Support No One, Rajinikanth Tweets On By-Poll Amid Speculation Over Meeting
South megastar Rajinikanth tweeted this morning that he supports "no one" in the intense political battle for the RK Nagar constituency of Tamil Nadu, which fell vacant after former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death.
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Jailed Sasikala Wins, Proxy E Palaniswami To Take Oath This Evening
Tamil Nadu will get its third Chief Minister in two months - E Palaniswami will take oath at 4:30 pm today, and must then prove his majority within 15 days. With this decision, Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has ruled in favour of the larger faction of the ruling AIADMK, which has been cleaved by dissent, owing to O Panneerselvam's refusal to quit the s...
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Expect Invitation To Form Government Today, Says Team Sasikala: 10 Facts
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...
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E Palanisamy As Chief Minister No 3 In 2 Months? Meets Governor
Hours after VK Sasikala's run for Chief Minister was brought to a skidding halt by the Supreme Court, which found her guilty of corruption, she has moved at breakneck speed to ensure she remains the show-runner of the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. Ms Sasikala was sentenced this morning to four years in prison - it's uncertain when she has to head to...
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VK Sasikala's Next Move Could Be A Hunger Strike, Say Sources
VK Sasikala may lead a hunger strike by her legislators at Former Chief Minister J Jayalalaithaa's memorial in Chennai today if the Governor doesn't invite her to form the government, sources have said.
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In Imposing 30-SUV Convoy, Sasikala Drives In To Resort To Meet Lawmakers
In scenes perfected by many a Hollywood drama, a cavalcade of around 30 SUVs snaked its way this afternoon from Poes Garden, the residence of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, to the beachfront luxury resort 80 km away, that has been at the heart of the political crisis gripping the state for the last week. The occasion was for VK Sa...
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Before Staking Claim, Sasikala 'Submitted' List At Jayalalithaa Memorial
Before her meeting with Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao last night, VK Sasikala made an emotional stopover at the beach-side memorial of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who died in December.
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Signatures Of Support For Sasikala Will Have To Be Verified, Governor Said: Sources
VK Sasikala opened her meeting with Governor C Vidyasagar Rao by stating, in English, "I stake claim." After that, the 10 Tamil Nadu ministers who accompanied her last evening elaborated on the support within the ruling AIADMK for Ms Sasikala to take over as Chief Minister, a decision made first by the party on Sunday.
