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Sasikala on Tuesday night broke down while addressing MLAs before she left the Golden Bay resort in Koovathur. Addressing the MLAs, she said:* The case (DA) was filed by the DMK, I will handle this; You (MLAs) have to remain resolute and make sure people question DMK's existence.* No force...
23:00
The head of the Secret Service, a retired presidential detail leader who was given the assignment of shoring up the agency in a period of crisis, is leaving his post, a little more than two years after arriving in one of Washington's toughest jobs.Joseph P Clancy, whom President Barack Obama...
22:11
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has been booked for allegedly rioting and damaging railway property during the promotion of his film 'Raees' at Kota Railway station, a Government Railway Police official said today.The case was registered against the actor last night by the GRP on the direction of a...
22:09
Jayalalitha's niece Deepa Jayakumar tonight confirmed her entry into politics. Yes, Deepa said when reporters asked about her entry into politics after meeting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam at Jaya's memorial in Chennai. Attacking Sasikala, she further said,...
21:58
In the meantime, VK Sasikala has left from Kuvathur's Golden Bay resort where MLAs supporting her are housed since the past few days. According to media reports, Sasikala will leave for Bengaluru tomorrow to surrender in the trial court as per the apex court order.
21:45
Just In: Major Dhaiya, who led the operation in which 3 terrorists were killed at Handwara's Hajan, succumbs to injuries
21:40
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam tonight visited Jayalalitha's memorial at the Marina beach in Chennai. Interestingly, Jaya's niece Deepa Jayakumar also accompanied him at the memorial. This is the same place where Panneerselvam raised revolt against VK Sasikala who was...
21:05
The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been assassinated in Malaysia, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported today.The agency quoted a Seoul government source as saying Kim Jong-Nam was killed yesterday. The source gave no further details.Officials in Seoul were not...
20:44
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad today came out in support of Union Minister Kiren Rijiju over his remarks on declining Hindu population, saying they were in the nation's interest and were made by a responsible leader who himself is a Buddhist.Rijiju, a Buddhist, made this statement in the nation's...
20:39
Three terrorists were killed and a security personnel was injured in an encounter that broke out in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara district on Tuesday. This comes shortly after one terrorist and three army personnel were killed in another encounter in north Kashmir's Bandipora district...
19:58
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam's delegation met Governor Vidyasagar Rao today evening after newly elected AIAMDK Legislature Party Leader E Palaniswami taked claim to form the government.In his brief meeting with the Governor, Palaniswami presented a list of MLAs supporting his...
19:25
An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Handwara area of Kashmir.More details are awaited. Earlier, three soldiers and a terrorist were killed in an encounter in Hajin area of Bandipora district of Kashmir.
18:58
Newly elected AIADMK Legislature Party Leader Edappadi K Palaniswami met governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and staked claim to form the government. In his brief meeting with the Governor, Palaniswami presented a list of MLAs supporting his claim. Some senior leaders and ministers...
18:50
Rubbishing reports of Shah Rukh Khan having a cameo appearance in Baahubali:The Conclusion, actor Rana Dagubatti has said the superstar is not part of the movie. He is not part of the film. There is no cameo appearance. The world of Baahubali is different and it doesn't have it (cameo...
18:10
JUST IN: Gunshots heard in Khan mohalla in Handwara, Jammu-Kashmir. Security forces have sealed the area.
18:02
Newly elected AIAMDK Legislature Party Leader E Palaniswami met Governor Vidyasagar Rao on Tuesday evening, in a meeting that lasted 10 minutes. He has been picked by party MLAs as the AIADMK Legislature Party Leader following VK Sasikala's conviction by the Supreme Court in a corruption case....
17:31
Its now official. The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to declare Rohith Vemula, the research scholar of University of Hyderabad whose suicide in January 2016 triggered a nationwide uproar, as belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and that he was not a Dalit.The government has also...
17:16
Governor Vidyasagar Rao meets 12-MLAs from Sasikala's team at Raj Bhavan. The delegation is headed by AIADMK Legislature party leader Edapadi K Palanisamy. Image: AIADMK Legislature party leader Edapadi K Palanisamy reaches Raj Bhavan to meet Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao.
17:05
India's best known contemporary dancer and choreographer Astad Deboo is off to London to meet the Queen. He's picked out a bandhgala and a Kantha stole that he will wear to Buckingham Palace. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will host a UK-India Year of Culture launch at Buckingham Palace on February...
17:00
Hours after the Supreme Court upheld the trial court verdict that sentenced VK Sasikala to a four-year jail term, she may not surrender today. Reports say her lawyers are trying to buy time saying they haven't received a copy of the court order yet, which says she has to surrender...
16:49
Just in: Twelve MLAs including Edapadi Palanisamy have been given an appointment to meet TN Governor Vidyasagar Rao at 5.30 pm. After she was found guilty by the Supreme Court for corruption, the first thing VK Sasikala, did was to pick a new leader, minister Edappadi K.Palanisamy, who is...
16:28
Deepa Jayakumar, niece of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict, setting aside AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala's acquittal by the Karnataka High Court in the Jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case.When asked whether she thought that former Chief...
15:48
Police stops O Paneerselvam's supporters while they were on the way to Golden Bay resort in Kuvathur where party MLAs are staying. They were barred from entering the resort to avoid any clash. Section 144 (prohibitory orders) in place to prevent trouble.An unfazed O Panneerselvam camp today...
15:45
In a major success to curb attempts of infiltration from across the international border with Pakistan, the BSF authorities today detected yet another tunnel on the border in Ramgarh sector of Samba in Jammu region. With the timely detection of tunnel having an opening on our side, a major...
14:57
Pun expect, but as always Amul is utterly bang on.
14:47
Sasikala expels 20 members from the AIADMK. Team OPS stopped by the police on the way to the Golden Bay resort.
14:45
Tamil Nadu CM O Pannerselvam leaves for the Golden Bay resort at Koovathur where AIADMK MLAs corralled by Sasikala over the eight days have been staying. In fact, Sasikala has also been staying at the resort since last night and held a meeting immediately with her MLAs after the SC verdict. She...
13:40
After the Supreme Court on Tuesday convicted All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (AIADMK) VK Sasikala in connection with the disproportionate assets case, legal experts opined that the former now cannot aspire to become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.Senior advocate Ashwani Kumar said, I...
13:35
Here is the text of the full judgment convicting Sasikala and others in the disproportionate assets case. Read
13:34
On AIADMK, Arun Jaitley says that it is purely internal matter of the party, Centre has nothing to do with it.
13:22
As expected the Indian selectors decided to stick with the same 16-member squad, which beat Bangladesh in the one-off Test, for the first two matches of the forthcoming four-match Test series against Australia, starting in Pune, on February 23.India squad for Australia series:1. Virat Kohli...
13:10
Just in: O Panneerselvam urges party members and MLAs to sink differences and work together to keep the party united and continue Amma's rule, in an open letter. He says that without any other party's support the AIADMK govt will continue. Panneerselvam also appealed for peace in the state and...
12:54
Mettur MLA S Semmalai: Other MLAs like me are on their way to join O Pannerselvam, who will continue Jayalalithaa's legacy.The Mettupalayam MLA is also going over to the OPS camp.
12:51
Sasikala loyalist, Minister Edappady K Palaniswamy elected AIADMK Legislature Party Leader: JAYA TV. AIADMK expels O Panneerselvam from the party. The decision was taken at the Golden Bay resort in Kovathur where the 120 MLAs loyal to Sasikala were holed up.
12:44
Here's an upshot of what Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said at 'The Gateway of India Geoeconomic Dialogue' co-hosted by the think tank Gateway House and the ministry of external affairs in Mumbai on Tuesday.America: Don't demonise Trump; analyse him. He represents a thought process, not...
12:37
Following the Supreme Court upholding the trial court's conviction of VK Sasikala in the disproportionate assets case, how long will she be out of electoral politics?The trial court had on September 27, 2014, sentenced Jayalalithaa, Sasikala, Ilavarasi and Sudhakaran to four years imprisonment,...
12:24
Sasikala to be taken into custody at any moment from the Golden Bay resort. She was asked to surrender immediately.
12:23
Just in: The Supreme Court says that people are not obliged to stand up when the national anthem is played as part of a film or a documentary.On November 30, the apex court had made it mandatory for patrons in a theatre to stand up when the anthem is played. Differently-abled persons have...
12:15
Four state transport buses have entered the Golden Bay resort in Kovathur where the 120 MLAs loyal to Sasikala were holed up. Two IGP rank officers are at the helm of the clean-up ops here. A Swift Action Force and Armed Police personnel took immediate control of Golden Bay resorts following the...
11:49
Sify cartoonist Satish Acharya says it well...
11:47
A break from Tamil Nadu politics for this tweet from Sachin Tendulkar: @sachin_rt With little Hinaya Heer! She's a bundle of joy @harbhajan_singh..That's Harbhajan Singh's daughter (the doting dad clearly can't stop grinning).
11:38
Minutes after the Supreme Court convicted Sasikala Natarajan in the 21-year-old disproportionate assets case, actor Kamal Haasan took to Twitter to say justice will prevail.It's a old song, but still; the wrong person may win at times. However, time changes and justice will prevail, the actor...
11:34
Meeting taking place at the Golden Bay resort near Mahabalipuram on the action plan ahead. Sasikala will surrender in Bengaluru, but ahead of that she will choose a new legislative leader. So far 125 MLAs are supporting her.
11:30
So, VK Sasikala heads to jail for four years. She cannot become Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after the Supreme Court decided today to convict her and two others in a corruption case. She received the news at a heavily-guarded luxury resort near Chennai, where she had stayed the night along with...
11:02
The Hindu reports that the media has been moved out of the Golden Bay resort, where the MLAs in the Sasikala camp had been staying. While over 15,000 policement have been deployed across Chennai, only 20 cops are at the resort
10:55
Immediately after the vedict, O Pannerselvam@CMOTamilNadu tweets: Justice prevails. #TNSaved.While the Sasikala camp tweeted: AIADMK @AIADMKOfficial Traitors have besmirched Amma's sanctity.
10:49
AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala has been convicted by the Supreme Court in the disproportionate assets case. The court orders her and her two relatives to surrender immediately and will be sent to jail for four years. She will have to pay a fine, which has been reduced from Rs 100 crore to...
10:33
Ahead of the Supreme Court's verdict on All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham general secretary VK Sasikala in the disproportionate assets case, GS Mani, the lawyer for Satta Panchayat Iyakkam, on Tuesday said if the court convicts Sasikala, she'll lose everything.If the court convicts...
10:31
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday expressed confidence that the Supreme Court would convict All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (AIADMK) general secretary V.K. Sasikala in disproportionate assets case.This case got initiated after I submitted the documents to...
10:21
Big day for VK Sasikala and the political future of Tamil Nadu. As security deployment outside Poes Garden is upped as a precautionary measure ahead of the Supreme Court's s verdict in the DA case against Sasikala will be delivered at 10:30 am today. If she is convicted in corruption case that...
09:49
In a major setback to US President Donald Trump, his national security advisor Michael Flynn, who has been in the job for less than a month, has resigned amid a swirl of controversy. His resignation comes in the wake of incessant reports that he had spoken to Russian ambassador...
09:38
Just In: CNN reports that Michael Flynn, US President Donald Trump national security adviser, has resigned.Details soon.
09:25
Security has been stepped up across Tamil Nadu as a precautionary measure ahead of the verdict in the disproportionate assets case likely to be announced at 10.30 am today.Additional police has been deployed at the chief ministers Greenways Road residence and Raj Bhavan besides Koovathur resort...
08:54
Beijing has appreciated the facilitation provided by the Indian government in sending back Wang Qi, the Chinese soldier who crossed over to India post the 1962 war.On February 11, through the joint efforts of China and India, Mr Wang Qi returned to China and got back to his family. China...
08:46
An encounter between terrorists and security forces broke out in north Kashmir's Bandipora district today, police said in Srinagar.Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Parray Mohalla in Hajin area of the district on Tuesday morning following specific intelligence inputs about...
00:18
Almost 200,000 people were under evacuation orders in northern California today after a threat of catastrophic failure at the United States' tallest dam. Officials said the threat had subsided for the moment as water levels at the Oroville Dam, 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of San...
00:16
Pakistan Army has said that its three soldiers were killed in unprovoked firing by Indian troops along the Line of Control, making it the deadliest border clash since General Qamar Javed Bajwa took over the command of country's powerful military.The incident occurred when India troops resorted to...
00:15
Dainik Jagran newspaper, against which EC ordered filing of FIR for alleged poll code violation, has said that news about exit polls of Uttar Pradesh was published inadvertently on its English website and it was immediately removed after being detected by senior officials of the group.In a...
00:14
News Minute reports: An FIR has been filed against former AIADMK MLA VP Kalairajan at the Teynampet police station for allegedly threatening to chop off caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam's hands.Though Teynampet police inspector Giri confirmed that the FIR was lodged two days ago, he...
00:14
The I-T department has said that 5.27 lakh assessees, out of 18 lakh who were sent SMS/emails for making suspicious deposits post demonetisation, have submitted their response and warned others of 'enforcement action' if they fail to respond by February 15. It further said that 99.5 per cent...
00:13
AIADMK MLA escapes from Koovathur resort, joins OPS campSC verdict on corruption case against Sasikala on TuesdayHold floor test within a week: AG's advice to TN governorTerror strikes Lahore's Mall Road; senior cops among 13 deadMan threatens Karunanidhi's wife with a toy gun, nabbedPakistan...
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