Jayalalithaa Sacks Minister

The AIADMK and her breakaway AMMK party should contest this year's Tamil Nadu elections together, VK Sasikala, the sacked chief of the ruling outfit released from jail last month, said on Wednesday, paying tributes to former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on her birth anniversary.

VK Sasikala, sacked AIADMK general secretary and close aide of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, is out of jail but not out of hospital. She will have to be without oxygen support for at least three days before she is fit to move out and head to Chennai.

VK Sasikala, sacked AIADMK chief and a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, is likely to be released from a jail in Bengaluru on January 27. A reply under Right to Information by the prison gives this as the probable date of her release if she pays the fine. If she doesn't, she will be released on February 27, 2022, they s...

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...

Nineteen legislators of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK met the state's Governor this morning. They have called yesterday's merger between the two factions led by Chief Minister E Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam illegal and are opposed to the decision to throw out party chief VK Sasikala, who is in jail

A day after an expected merger between rival factions of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK party ran into last-minute turbulence, former chief minister O Panneerselvam, popularly known as OPS, kept hopes alive. "Talks are going on smoothly and in another two days, you can expect good news," he said, referring to the other camp led by his successor E Palan...

Talks between the rival factions of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK have fallen through for the night, leaders in the camp led by former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said on Friday. Differences between the two camps led by Mr Panneerselvam and Chief Minister O Palaniswami remain, they said.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today dismissed AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala's charge that DMK was behind his revolt against the party leadership and said she has no powers to sack him as Treasurer.

O Panneerselvam, not a politician known for dramatic flourish, strode centrestage at night into the political theatre that Tamil Nadu is witnessing over a transfer of power to a new Chief Minister. In a dramatic press conference outside J Jayalalithaa's memorial late in the evening, Mr Panneerselvam claimed he was the successor of the former Chief ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday removed senior leader and former Electricty Minister Natham R. Viswanathan from key party posts.

Senior DMK leader MK Stalin has asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to clarify on the charges levied by sacked AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa that she was "slapped" by a leader.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today sacked Animal Husbandry Minister TKM Chinnayya and relieved him and Health Minister C Vijayabaskar from their party posts.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday sacked Dairy Development Minister BV Ramana from her cabinet. She also dropped him from his AIADMK's District Secretary position.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has sacked four of her ministers in two days. Those who exited include Local Administration Minister Munusamy, Agriculture Minister S Damodharan, Labour Minister K T Pachamal and Revenue Minister B V Ramanaa.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday sacked three ministers and inducted as many besides rejigging the portfolios of some others.

The AIADMK and her breakaway AMMK party should contest this year's Tamil Nadu elections together, VK Sasikala, the sacked chief of the ruling outfit released from jail last month, said on Wednesday, paying tributes to former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on her birth anniversary.

VK Sasikala, sacked AIADMK general secretary and close aide of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, is out of jail but not out of hospital. She will have to be without oxygen support for at least three days before she is fit to move out and head to Chennai.

VK Sasikala, sacked AIADMK chief and a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, is likely to be released from a jail in Bengaluru on January 27. A reply under Right to Information by the prison gives this as the probable date of her release if she pays the fine. If she doesn't, she will be released on February 27, 2022, they s...

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...

Nineteen legislators of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK met the state's Governor this morning. They have called yesterday's merger between the two factions led by Chief Minister E Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam illegal and are opposed to the decision to throw out party chief VK Sasikala, who is in jail

A day after an expected merger between rival factions of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK party ran into last-minute turbulence, former chief minister O Panneerselvam, popularly known as OPS, kept hopes alive. "Talks are going on smoothly and in another two days, you can expect good news," he said, referring to the other camp led by his successor E Palan...

Talks between the rival factions of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK have fallen through for the night, leaders in the camp led by former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said on Friday. Differences between the two camps led by Mr Panneerselvam and Chief Minister O Palaniswami remain, they said.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today dismissed AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala's charge that DMK was behind his revolt against the party leadership and said she has no powers to sack him as Treasurer.

O Panneerselvam, not a politician known for dramatic flourish, strode centrestage at night into the political theatre that Tamil Nadu is witnessing over a transfer of power to a new Chief Minister. In a dramatic press conference outside J Jayalalithaa's memorial late in the evening, Mr Panneerselvam claimed he was the successor of the former Chief ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday removed senior leader and former Electricty Minister Natham R. Viswanathan from key party posts.

Senior DMK leader MK Stalin has asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to clarify on the charges levied by sacked AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa that she was "slapped" by a leader.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today sacked Animal Husbandry Minister TKM Chinnayya and relieved him and Health Minister C Vijayabaskar from their party posts.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday sacked Dairy Development Minister BV Ramana from her cabinet. She also dropped him from his AIADMK's District Secretary position.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has sacked four of her ministers in two days. Those who exited include Local Administration Minister Munusamy, Agriculture Minister S Damodharan, Labour Minister K T Pachamal and Revenue Minister B V Ramanaa.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday sacked three ministers and inducted as many besides rejigging the portfolios of some others.