The ruling AIADMK on Sunday said 470 persons had died of “shock” after the demise of party supremo and former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on December 5, and announced a relief of Rs 3 lakhs each to the families. The party released a list of 190 persons, who had died of shock, and said the toll of such persons stood at 470. Condoling their death, the party announced […]
A Harvard student’s Facebook post on J Jayalalithaa, the powerful Tamil Nadu chief minister who died on Monday, has been shared over 30,000 times since it was posted on Tuesday morning. Jayalalithaa, 68, was buried with state honours at Chennai’s Marina Beach yesterday, next to the man who starred with her in many films and brought her into politics, MG Ramachandran or MGR. Lakhs of people paid their respects […]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who is undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospital in Chennai following a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening, has been put on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to support her heart-lung activity. The 68-year-old leader was in a critical condition following the cardiac arrest and is being treated by a team of specialists at the hospital where she has been admitted since late September. Here’s what you […]
Madam, the benevolent people of Tamil Nadu have bestowed upon you an opportunity that none has received in the past three decades and may be none will ever receive in future. You have a unique opportunity to etch your name in the Golden History by ensuring you do very simple things that will have groundbreaking results: 1. To begin with, pls. put an immediate end to the bowing, prostrating, worshipping […]
One of India’s most colourful and controversial politicians, Jayaram Jayalalitha, has been sentenced to jail for four years on corruption charges in a case that has lasted for 18 years. The chief minister of the southern state of Tamil Nadu was found guilty of amassing wealth of more than $10m (£6.1m) which was unaccounted for. She has to pay a 1bn rupee ($16m; £10m) fine and resign as chief […]
