Dismissing the opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham's charge of partiality in the take over of "select cable TV networks" in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa Sunday said her government had acted in an impartial manner by taking over MSOs.
While the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam contested it under the seven-party Democratic Progressive Alliance banner, her party contested the polls on its own, the CM said.
As 46 Indian nurses, including six from Tamil Nadu, are stranded in a hospital in strife-torn Iraq, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to personally intervene in the issue and ensure their safe return home.
The elephants received Jaya and then went canvassing door-to-door.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has threatened to invoke provisions of POTA against the Union minister for his speech allegedly supporting the LTTE.
A petition has been filed in the Madras high court against the candidature of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Deputy General Secretary TTV Dinakaran for the April 12 RK Nagar assembly by-election on the ground he had been penalised in Foreign Exchange Regulation Act cases.
Such a centre would psychologically reassure the coastal population, she said in her letter to the PM.
This has been done to meet the constitutional obligation that the ministry's size should not exceed 10 per cent of the assembly's strength. The Tamil Nadu assembly has 234 members.
The minister's special aircraft narrowly missed a collision with an Indian Airlines flight.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who had boycotted the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will meet him on June 3 to take up issues relating to the state's growth.
Days after his outburst against AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran, close aide Thanga Tamilselvan on Friday joined the DMK in the presence of its chief M K Stalin. He is the second top Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam leader after V Senthil Balaji to join the principal opposition party in Tamil Nadu.
In a bid to appease the public following the AIADMK's rout in the polls, she also restored free power to farmers.
Given the 'nature of this calamity, furious and ferocious along the coastline, the normal norms of Calamity Relief Fund cannot apply and a special package should be developed', Jayalalithaa said in letters to Manmohan Singh and Shivraj Patil.
The party unanimously elected veteran Duraimurugan as general secretary and senior leader T R Baalu as treasurer. Former Telecom Minister A Raja and seasoned party leader K Ponmudi were elected as deputy general secretaries.
We (the AIADMK government) are going to implement the programmes initiated by Amma (Jayalalithaa) in our remaining term of four-and-a-half-years. "Now a stable government is in place in the state. You will see a new era of development to realise the dreams of Amma under the guidance of Chinnamma (Sasikala)," he said.
A bench comprising Justice S N Variava and Justice H K Sema said, 'No case is made out by Jayalalithaa for modification of the court's earlier order.'
The special court in Bangalore adjourned on Wenesday, the Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case hearing against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to August 26 in the wake of the Supreme Court order staying the joint trial.
Based on information provided by two people arrested in Chennai on November 9, the police got information about the seer's links with those hired to murder the temple official, she said.
In his first political remarks since December 31 last when he announced he will enter politics, Rajinikanth, who has a large fan following, said there was a 'vacuum for a good leader' in the state politics currently.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday said a notification banning strikes by government staff, issued in July 2003, would not be renewed after its expiry on July 23.
A day after the Special Court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against him, T T V Dinakaran, one of the accused in the Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case filed against Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa and others, on Wednesday surrendered.
The warrant was issued following Dinakaran's failure to appear before the court in compliance with the July 2 summons.
Observing that there was vast potential for British investment in Tamil Nadu, its Business Ambassador Lord Swraj Paul on Thursday promised full help to facilitate creation of recreation and fashion industries in the state.
The government, which has expedited rehabilitation efforts, said over 1.28 crore food packets have been distributed and an immediate relief amount of Rs 67.47 crore was disbursed among over 1.11 lakh families.
It asked the Karnataka high court to constitute a special court and appoint a public prosecutor for conducting the trial.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday convened a meeting at her room in the Apollo Hospital in Chennai to discuss the interim directions issued by the Supreme Court on the Cauvery issue.
Tamil Nadu's new tourism strategy is aimed to position the state as an international tourist destination in Asia and Pacific regions by transforming it into a "tourism hub", Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said on Monday.
Showers continued to lash parts of Tamil Nadu, including the state capital, as death toll in the rain-related incidents mounted to 176 on Wednesday.
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