Category: Tamil Nadu

The Tamil Nadu Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Saturday, decided to construct a memorial to the former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at a cost of Rs. 15 crore. “Since she has been buried on the precincts of former Chief Minister MGR’s mausoleum, its existing name Bharat Ratna Dr. MGR Memorial would be renamed MGR and Puratchi Thalaivi Selvi […]

AIADMK today 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.

“Senior functionaries of AIADMK have urged Thirumathi Sasikalaa to lead the party on the path shown by Puratchi Thalaivi Amma,” AIADMK tweeted on Saturday. Strongly defending former chief minister and party supremo Jayalalithaa’s aide VK Sasikalaa, ruling AIADMK said there is nothing wrong in its leaders calling on her. AIADMK organisational secretary C Ponnaiyan answering a question related to state […]

The ruling AIADMK on Saturday released a list of 203 deceased persons, saying they died of “shock” over the demise of party supremo and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on December 5, taking the number of toll in this regard to 280. The party headquarters released the list containing the names of 203 such deceased persons from different […]

The State government has allotted Rs. 15 crore for the construction of a memorial for former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa near the MGR memorial on the Marina. According to a minister, the tender for executing the work will be floated soon. Jayalalithaa was laid to rest within the confines of the MGR memorial, which is spread over eight acres.