Chennai: Triggering speculation of a possible realignment among non-UPA and non-NDA parties, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik met on Friday, pointing to the "natural synergy" between them. But the Presidential election issue did not figure at the luncheon meeting held at the Poes Garden residence of Jayalalithaa, said the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. "If we had discussed anything like that, we would have...
07:02 PM, May 11, 2012
Chennai: Did the previous DMK-run State government rob the gods of their gold? That's what Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa suspects, going by State HR and CE Minister MSM Anandan's allegations in the State Assembly on Wednesday. Participating in a discussion on the demands for grants for his department, Anandan alleged that the DMK regime had concentrated mostly on work which required the usage of gold owned by various temples in...
01:52 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has received an anonymous e-mail threatening her. Police are investigating the e-mail and trying to trace its origin. The e-mail was received on Wednesday. Police sources say similar threat mails were sent to a few other people in the Tamil Nadu government. ...
01:26 PM, May 10, 2012
CHENNAI: Did the previous DMK-run State government rob the gods of their gold? Thats what Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa suspects, going by State HR and CE Minister MSM Anandans allegations in the State Assembly on Wednesday. Participating in a discussion on the demands for grants for his department, Anandan alleged that the DMK regime had concentrated mostly on work which required the usage of gold owned by various temples in...
09:05 AM, May 10, 2012
Chennai: A week after condemning the continued reduction in Central funds for modernisation of the Tamil Nadu Police, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced a number of measures to give a fillip to the force, including a package of Rs 1,000-crore to develop the department's infrastructure over the next four years, of which Rs 250 crore would be allocated this year. Other steps announced by the CM in the...
09:29 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Chennai: Taking a swipe at the Congress led UPA government at the Centre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday charged it with neglecting the state, indicating that it was against her. "The Central government seems to think that Tamil Nadu should not be allowed to flourish as Jayalalithaa will grow into a major force if all her demands are met with," she said. Replying to the Home Department grants...
07:42 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Chennai: Taking a swipe at the Congress led UPA government at the Centre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday charged it with neglecting the state, indicating that it was against her. "The Central government seems to think that Tamil Nadu should not be allowed to flourish as Jayalalithaa will grow into a major force if all her demands are met with," she said. Replying to the Home Department grants...
04:38 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Madurai: In a move that could further fuel the sibling rivalry in DMK, showcause notices have been issued to 17 supporters of Union Minister and party's strongman in the south MK Alagiri, for not attending a public meeting, convened here by his younger brother MK Stalin. They have been asked to submit their explanation within a week's time for not attending the April 14 meeting, which was organised to condemn...
05:06 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Chennai: Opposition DMK on Wednesday staged walkout twice from the Tamil Nadu Assembly over different issues. Initially, the party was locked in a war of words with arch rival AIADMK after PWD Minister KV Ramalingam made some remarks regarding handling of the Cauvery water issue during the DMK regime, while replying to the opposition party moving a motion on a breach in Kandaleru lake. The remarks did not go down...
02:51 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Colombo: A multi-party Indian delegation arrived in Colombo on Monday night on a six-day visit to Sri Lanka during which they will press for a political solution to the decades-old Tamil question and oversee developmental projects by India in the areas worst affected by the civil war. The delegation led by Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj will camp in this island nation till Saturday and meet with...
03:46 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Chennai: The Opposition DMK on Tuesday announced boycotting the Tamil Nadu Assembly for one week protesting against "denial" of adequate opportunities to discuss issues. A party statement said neither were the DMK members allowed to take up issues nor were they permitted to clarify allegations made against their previous government. Therefore a question arose if there was a need to participate in the proceedings, the release said while describing the...
04:23 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi will lead a state-wide protest meeting to condemn the "anti-people policies" of the ruling AIADMK on April 15, the party announced on Thursday. Karunanidhi, his son and party Treasurer MK Stalin and the former's daughter Kanimozhi will address protest meetings at South Chennai, Madurai and Chidambaram respectively. DMK Propaganda secretary N Siva, MP, said in a statement that the public meetings will be held to...
10:41 PM, Apr 05, 2012
Chennai: AIADMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa met her long-time aide VK Sasikala at her Poes Garden residence on Monday evening, two days after she revoked Sasikala's suspension from the party. Jayalalitha had three months ago expelled Sasikala from the party and her residence. On Saturday, Jayalalithaa revoked the disciplinary action initiated against Sasikala, but reiterated that the action taken against her friend's relatives and close...
10:16 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Chennai: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to allot all the power (2,000 mw) to be generated at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) to Tamil Nadu, to tide over the severe power shortage prevailing in the State. "I hope this request will be positively considered by you. May I also reiterate that we require and deserve this power," the CM said in her letter to...
09:24 PM, Apr 01, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa revoked the expulsion of close aide Sasikala on Saturday. Jayalalithaa had expelled Sasikala and her relatives from the party membership in December, 2011. Sasikala has, since then, been trying to mend ways with Jayalalithaa. Sasikala had released a statement explaining her innocence and distanced herself from all her relatives who had conspired against Jayalalithaa. She traced her association with Jayalalithaa since...
11:55 AM, Mar 31, 2012
Chennai: Union ministers and MPs belonging to the DMK on Thursday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to implement the Sethusamudram project at the earliest. They submitted a memorandum a day after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa wrote to Singh asking him to declare Ram Sethu, also known as Adam's Bridge, a national monument. Ram Sethu will be endangered by the Sethusamudram project, which is...
04:49 AM, Mar 30, 2012
Chennai: Days after her government's green signal to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said the plant is expected to commence production in two months. "The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project is expected to commence production in two months", she said in the state assembly, elaborating on steps to increase energy availability to the power crisis hit state. The government had recently given its...
04:27 AM, Mar 30, 2012
Chennai: In an apparent reconciliation move, a former aide to J Jayalalithaa said on Wednesday that she wants to keep serving the Tamil Nadu chief minister. VK Sasikala said she never dreamt of betraying the trust the former reposed in her and it had shocked her that her relatives had misused the AIADMK leader's position. Sasikala said in a statement that she had severed her connections with her relatives and...
04:42 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Chennai: In an apparent fence-mending move following her expulsion from AIADMK, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's estranged close aide Sasikala on Wednesday said she has snapped ties with all those who had betrayed the party supremo. "It is an unpardonable betrayal by those who claimed to be my relatives and friends to have indulged in activities against Jayalalithaa. Those who betrayed my sister are not needed by me", Sasikala said...
01:21 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday welcomed India's vote in favour of the US resolution against Sri Lanka in the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) but hit out against the "confusion and procrastination that preceded that decision". She also thanked the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for India voting in favour of the resolution. In a statement issued here Jayalalithaa said, "The Government of India had been...
01:47 AM, Mar 23, 2012
