Category: Tamil Nadu

O. Panneerselvam was elected the leader of the Legislature Party shortly after Monday midnight and sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. At a solemn ceremony in the Raj Bhavan, Mr. Panneerselvam was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao. This was his third swearing-in as Chief Minister. All 31 members of the outgoing […]

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa passed away at 11.30 p.m. on Monday at the Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. She was 68. The mortal remains of Ms. Jayalalithaa have been taken to her residence, Veda Nilayam, at Poes Garden, and after completion of rituals, will be taken to Rajaji Hall in Chennai on Tuesday for public homage. The cremation of the AIADMK […]

A 62-year-old AIADMK functionary died of a stroke after hearing news of Jayalalithaa’s critical condition on Sunday night. Palaniyammal, the general secretary of AIADMK for NGO Colony in Coimbatore, enquired about Jayalalithaa’s condition last night. When she heard the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister had suffered a cardiac arrest, she died of a shock-induced stroke. Another similar incident was reported in […]

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s condition is “extremely grave”, a London-based doctor who is assisting doctors in Chennai’s Apollo Hospital said today. “The situation is extremely grave but I can confirm that everything possible is being done to give her the best chance of surviving (the cardiac arrest),” Richard Beale said in a statement. “She is being cared for […]

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who suffered a cardiac arrest, on Monday continued to remain under close watch of an expert team of doctors at the Apollo Hospitals where she has been undergoing treatment for more than two months. Doctors were closely monitoring the condition of Ms. Jayalalithaa and trying their “very best”, the hospital said early on Monday. Distressed […]

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa, who was shifted back to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Apollo Hospitals in Chennai after she suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening, is “very critical”, and she is on ECMO and other life support systems, according to the latest medical bulletin issued by the Apollo Hospitals on Monday. Hundreds […]