Vk Sasikala Faction

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea of former AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala challenging a Delhi High Court order granting the ''two leaves'' symbol to a faction led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EK Palaniswami.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the pleas of TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala challenging the Election Commission's order granting the AIADMK name and two leaves symbol to the faction led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E K Palaniswami.

Senior AIADMK leader and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today said his revolt against VK Sasikala had succeeded because it had brought together factions led by him and Chief Minister K Palaniswami.

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 faction led by TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala has no stake in the AIADMK and the two leaders do not have any locus standi to seek documents related to party funds, the Madras High Court was informed today.

In a setback to jailed leader VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran, the unified AIADMK under O Panneerselvam (OPS) and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami (EPS) has been recognized as the "real" party and granted use of the two-leaves symbol by the Election Commission, sources said today.

Income Tax officials say they have found Rs 1,430 crore in undeclared income in raids on Jaya TV and family members of jailed AIADMK party leader VK Sasikala including brother VK Divakaran.

The second Election Commission (EC) hearing today over the AIADMK symbol war remained inconclusive today, with the VK Sasikala camp questioning the authenticity of the documents submitted by the rival group and demanding the 'two-leaf' symbol be frozen permanently.

The Madras High Court today continued its stay on a floor test in the Tamil Nadu Assembly after hearing a hearing a petition challenging the Tamil Nadu Speaker's decision last month to disqualify 18 legislators of the ruling AIADMK loyal to VK Sasikala, who has been evicted by the party as its chief. The case gas been adjourned to next Monday. Tod...

Representatives of ousted AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran today approached the Election Commission (EC) and urged it to declare as invalid the party's general council meeting in which his aunt Ms VK Sasikala was removed as general secretary.

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...

TTV Dhinakaran, who is leading a rebel faction of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK, today warned that he has far more support within the party than is known and Chief Minister E Palaniswami should take note of it and step down. Mr Dhinakaran and his aunt, jailed leader VK Sasikala, are known to have the support of 21 lawmakers, 19 of whom have been seque...

A crucial meeting of the merged factions of AIADMK will be held at the party headquarters to decide on the details of ousting jailed interim General Secretary VK Sasikala, and also to declare the actions taken by her nephew TTV Dhinakaran against party members, a senior AIADMK leader said

After four days at a fancy resort in Puducherry, the 19 rebel lawmakers of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK, who challenged the leadership of Chief Minister E Palaniswamy over his decision to eject VK Sasikala, are shifting camp. Sources told NDTV that the weekend bookings of the luxury spa, Windflower Resort, came in the way of an uninterrupted stay.

After a merger that took hard negotiations and several months to arrive at, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami or EPS and his new deputy O Paneerselvam or OPS, shared stage today exchanging warm words and appealing for unity in the AIADMK in name of Amma or J Jayalalithaa, the party's powerful chief who died in December last year. It was the ...

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea of former AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala challenging a Delhi High Court order granting the ''two leaves'' symbol to a faction led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EK Palaniswami.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the pleas of TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala challenging the Election Commission's order granting the AIADMK name and two leaves symbol to the faction led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E K Palaniswami.

Senior AIADMK leader and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today said his revolt against VK Sasikala had succeeded because it had brought together factions led by him and Chief Minister K Palaniswami.

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 faction led by TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala has no stake in the AIADMK and the two leaders do not have any locus standi to seek documents related to party funds, the Madras High Court was informed today.

In a setback to jailed leader VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran, the unified AIADMK under O Panneerselvam (OPS) and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami (EPS) has been recognized as the "real" party and granted use of the two-leaves symbol by the Election Commission, sources said today.

Income Tax officials say they have found Rs 1,430 crore in undeclared income in raids on Jaya TV and family members of jailed AIADMK party leader VK Sasikala including brother VK Divakaran.

The second Election Commission (EC) hearing today over the AIADMK symbol war remained inconclusive today, with the VK Sasikala camp questioning the authenticity of the documents submitted by the rival group and demanding the 'two-leaf' symbol be frozen permanently.

The Madras High Court today continued its stay on a floor test in the Tamil Nadu Assembly after hearing a hearing a petition challenging the Tamil Nadu Speaker's decision last month to disqualify 18 legislators of the ruling AIADMK loyal to VK Sasikala, who has been evicted by the party as its chief. The case gas been adjourned to next Monday. Tod...

Representatives of ousted AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran today approached the Election Commission (EC) and urged it to declare as invalid the party's general council meeting in which his aunt Ms VK Sasikala was removed as general secretary.

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...

TTV Dhinakaran, who is leading a rebel faction of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK, today warned that he has far more support within the party than is known and Chief Minister E Palaniswami should take note of it and step down. Mr Dhinakaran and his aunt, jailed leader VK Sasikala, are known to have the support of 21 lawmakers, 19 of whom have been seque...

A crucial meeting of the merged factions of AIADMK will be held at the party headquarters to decide on the details of ousting jailed interim General Secretary VK Sasikala, and also to declare the actions taken by her nephew TTV Dhinakaran against party members, a senior AIADMK leader said

After four days at a fancy resort in Puducherry, the 19 rebel lawmakers of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK, who challenged the leadership of Chief Minister E Palaniswamy over his decision to eject VK Sasikala, are shifting camp. Sources told NDTV that the weekend bookings of the luxury spa, Windflower Resort, came in the way of an uninterrupted stay.

After a merger that took hard negotiations and several months to arrive at, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami or EPS and his new deputy O Paneerselvam or OPS, shared stage today exchanging warm words and appealing for unity in the AIADMK in name of Amma or J Jayalalithaa, the party's powerful chief who died in December last year. It was the ...