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Chennai: The ruling AIADMK on Tuesday cancelled the appointment of jailed V.K. Sasikala as party General Secretary. The appointment of her nephew T.T.V. Dinakaran as Deputy General Secretary also stands cancelled, said a party leader. The decision was announced at the AIADMK party general council. Sasikala was appointed as General Secretary last December following the death […]

Chennai: AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister by Governor C.Vidyasagar Rao at the Raj Bhavan. Panneerselvam has been allocated the portfolios of Finance, Housing, Rural Housing, Housing Development, Slum Clearance Board, Town Planning, Urban Development, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and Accommodation Control. Former Minister K.Pandiarajan […]

Chennai: The two factions of the AIADMK on Monday merged, six months after they split following the death of then Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. Former Chief Minister O. Paneerselvam was made the Coordinator of the merged AIADMK. Chief Minister K. Palaniswami will be the Joint Coordinator, the Chief Minister announced at a brief function at […]

Bengaluru: AIADMK General Secretary and convict V.K. Sasikala Natarajan was on Wednesday accused of bribing Karnataka Director General of Prisons (DGP) Satyanarayana Rao and city central jail officials for undue favours. “Sasikala has given Rs 1 crore bribe to Rao and another Rs 1 crore was distributed among officials, including warden of the central jail where […]

New Delhi: The AIADMK faction headed by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Friday petitioned the Election Commission to declare as illegal V.K. Sasikala’s appointment as the party General Secretary and to freeze Treasurer Dindugal Srinivsan’s powers to withdraw party funds from banks. The Panneerselvam faction ruled out immediate resumption of talks with […]

New Delhi/Chennai: Delhi Police on Monday booked AIADMK Deputy General Secretary and V.K. Sasikala’s nephew T.T.V. Dinakaran on charges of bribery, an officer said. Dinakaran has been accused of attempting to bribe Election Commission officials to get the party’s ‘two leaves’ symbol. Police said his close aide Sukesh Chandrasekar was arrested on Sunday night from […]

New Delhi:  As many as 24 AIADMK members were suspended by Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan Wednesday for the next five consecutive sittings for protesting and creating ruckus continuously in the House over the Cauvery issue. Soon after the House reconvened after adjournment, AIADMK members trooped into the Well with placards and some flinging torn […]

Chennai: The AIADMK Tuesday mocked at its arch rival DMK for trying to form a grand alliance of Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu, saying it was doing so since it was “weak.” “Only the weak enlist the support of other parties and those who are strong do not have a necessity to do it… we […]

  Chennai: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today claimed that Tamils are being killed as they refused to “bow” to the ideology of the RSS. In an apparent reference to the anti-copper plant violence at Tuticorin yesterday in which 10 people were killed in police firing, Gandhi said he was with the Tamil people. Violence continued […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission was today informed about the merger of the two factions of the AIADMK and the resolutions adopted at its general council meeting, including on the ouster of interim general secretary V K Sasikala, the party said today. An AIDMK delegation met the Commission and countered the claims of the rebel […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea of jailed AIADMK leader V K Sasikala seeking review of its verdict convicting and sentencing her to a four-year jail term in a disproportionate assets case. The apex court also rejected her plea for an open court hearing of the review petitions. “We do not find […]

Celebrations broke outside AIADMK general secretary and former chief minister J. Jayalalithaa's residence when the news of her acquittal in the disproportionate assets case by the Karnataka High Court today reached here

By Sandeep Sahu A rider at the outset. As of now, the BJD, the ruling party in Odisha, is going strong and there is nothing to suggest that its love affair with the people of the state could sour any time soon. But the ongoing tug-of-war for control of two major regional parties currently in […]

Chennai: After a decade in opposition, the DMK is on course to capturing power from the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu as per the trends made available for the 234 segments,…

Chennai: Even before the completion of polling for the Lok Sabha elections, a private temple in Theni district in Tamil Nadu created controversy with its plaque designating AIADMK’s candidate for Theni seat P. Raveendranath Kumar as an MP. Kumar, son of Deputy Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam, is contesting as AIADMK candidate from Theni Parliamentary constituency. The […]