Deputy CM to present Tamilnadu budget 2019-20 Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam is to file the TamilNadu budget for the year 2019-20. As the Lok Sabha elections are coming soon, important budget announcements are expected to take place. The first meeting of the Tamilnadu Assembly this year began with the…
The AIADMK urged on Monday party supremo Sasikala Natarajan to “immediately” take over as Tamil Nadu chief minister to carry on the work done by former CM J Jayalalithaa, who passed away last month. AIADMK Propaganda Secretary and Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha M Thambi Durai urged party General Secretary VK…
Jayalalitha, 68, who was serving her fifth term as chief minister, suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday night. Dramatic displays of emotion are not unusual in southern Indian politics and Jayalalitha, with her queenly manner and numerous subsidies for the poor, had inspired a cult of personality. Many in Tamil Nadu…
Tamil Nadu’s chief minister and one of the country’s most popular political leaders, J. Jayalalithaa, died after a prolonged illness, hospital authorities announced late Monday night. Ms Jayalalithaa’s body was first taken to her Poes Garden residence from Apollo Hospital, and from there was moved to…
Amidst a pall of gloom following Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s death, senior AIADMK leader O. Panneerselvam was elected the leader of the Legislature Party shortly after Monday midnight and sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Along with him 31 Cabinet Ministers were also sworn in. Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao…