Jayalalithaa Takes Oath

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  Next Door To VK Sasikala In Jail Is Cyanide Mallika, Doing Life For 6 Murders

  A week ago, VK Sasikala was in Chennai and hoped to be Tamil Nadu chief minister. On Thursday, she watched the new chief minister, her loyalist E Palaniswami, take oath on TV from a Bengaluru prison with other inmates sitting around her. Among her prison mates, lodged in an adjacent cell, is Cyanide Mallika, who is accused of killing six women she ...

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  O Panneerselvam, Now Ex-Chief Minister, Loses Car's Lal Batti, Vows 'More To Come'

  O Panneerselvam, in internet speak, is lit. His mission to lose the qualifier of "acting" from his rank as Chief Minister was bumped today with rival E Palaniswami taking over from him, but Mr Panneerselvam -"OPS" - whose car was stripped of the lal batti or red light that gives it right of way, belligerently declared, "Our battle will continue."

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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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  Team Sasikala Takes Charge Of Tamil Nadu, Trust Vote On Saturday: 10 Points

  AIADMK's Edappadi Palaniswami, party chief VK Sasikala's proxy, will seek a vote of confidence on Saturday to prove he has majority support in the Tamil Nadu legislature, at a special session called by the state's Governor C Vidyasagar Rao. Mr Palaniswami took oath as Chief Minister earlier this evening along with a 31-member cabinet. Mr Palaniswam...

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  VK Sasikala, 2 Judges, And Their Verdict On Alleged Corruption: 10 Points

  The Supreme Court will at 10:30 this morning rule on whether VK Sasikala, AIADMK chief, is guilty of helping former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa amass illicit wealth worth over 60 crores in the 1990s. The verdict will decide the political career of Ms Sasikala, who has staked claim to be Tamil Nadu's next Chief Minister. If the court up...

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  Ahead Of Supreme Court Ruling, Sasikala Sleepover At MLA Camp: 10 Facts

  Ahead of a Supreme Court verdict that will decide her political future, AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala has said she will spend the night at a five-star resort near Chennai where she has kept about 120 legislators sequestered for almost a week. Today the Supreme Court will rule whether Ms Sasikala is guilty of colluding with former Chief Minis...

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  VK Sasikala, Chief Minister To Be Or Not To Be? Governor Consults Legal Experts

  VK Sasikala, the long-time friend of J Jayalalithaa chosen by Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK to take over as Chief Minister, will not be sworn in today. Or Tomorrow. Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, who is to administer the oath of office, is in Mumbai and has cancelled all his plans in Tamil Nadu.

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  For VK Sasikala, Chief Minister To Be, Challenges Include Jayalalithaa's Niece Deepa Jayakumar

  VK Sasikala, the longtime friend of J Jayalalithaa who emerged from the shadows after her death, will take over as the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in a remarkable rise for a person who has never fought an election. Even before an oath ceremony, her name and image is prominent on the Twitter page of the Chief Minister's Office or CMO, with tra...

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  Before VK Sasikala's Elevation, O Panneerselvam Exit Was Done And Dusted

  O Panneerselvam who stepped down as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to pave the way for party chief VK Sasikala, had signed his letter of resignation long before AIADMK legislators held their meeting on Sunday.

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  Jayalalithaa Loyalist Panneerselvam Is New Tamil Nadu Chief Minister

  O Panneerselvam took oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister at around 1.15 am on Tuesday, a few hours after his party chief J Jayalalithaa died at Chennai's Apollo Hospital. He placed Ms Jayalalithaa's photograph on the dais before taking oath and after being sworn in, put the picture into his pocket.

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  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Takes Oath as Legislator

  Days after securing a thumping victory in the RK Nagar bypoll, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today took oath as MLA.

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  Jayalalithaa Takes Charge as Chief Minister, Expected to Launch Chain of Amma Canteens

  It is a working Sunday for J Jayalalithaa who took oath as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the fifth time yesterday. Ms Jayalalithaa reached the Secretariat a little after 3 pm where government employees welcomed her.

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  PM Modi Congratulates Jayalalithaa on Taking Oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Jayalalithaa on her taking oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

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  Truth vs Hype Exclusive: How the Cost of Sentry Shed Helped Acquit Jayalalithaa

  As J Jayalalithaa took over as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the fifth time today, questions continue to mount over lapses in the Karnataka High Court order acquitting her.

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  #JayaReturns: Mass Oath Taking Ceremony Catches Twitter's Attention

  The ministers in their crisp white shirts and veshtis stood in a line and took oath together after Ms Jayalalithaa had been sworn in.