Bill seeks to repeal Act for setting up Jayalalithaa memorial

Bill seeks to repeal Act for setting up Jayalalithaa memorial

Veda Nilayam, former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s residence in Chennai. The Minister for Tamil Development, Information and Publicity, M.P. Saminathan on Friday introduced a Bill seeking to repeal the Tamil Nadu Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Memorial Foundation Act, 2020 (Tamil Nadu Act 32 of 2020), which was enacted to set up a foundation for making … Read more

Barbaric attack was unleashed on Jayalalithaa in Assembly in 1989: Palaniswami

Barbaric attack was unleashed on Jayalalithaa in Assembly in 1989: Palaniswami

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami addressing reporters at Madurai airport on August 13, | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on August 13 recounted the pandemonium and violence that unfolded in the Legislative Assembly on March 24, 1989, in which the then Leader of Opposition Jayalalithaa was attacked by some … Read more

Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Accidental leader, born politician

Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Accidental leader, born politician

In politics, accidental leaders eventually fade away after hogging the limelight in the positions to which they were catapulted by circumstances or by their masters. Only a few manage to change the tide in their favour or outwit their political handlers. Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami belongs to that breed of politicians … Read more

Expelled AIADMK leader Sasikala tests positive for COVID-19; stable: Hospital

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BENGALURU: Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala, serving a jail term and shifted to a hospital here with complaints of fever and breathlessness, tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, an official bulletin said. Sasikala, admitted to the Bowring Hospital on Wednesday, is presently in the dedicated COVID-19 Centre of the Victoria Hospital in the city … Read more