There was something almost old-fashioned about the way Jayalalithaa governed after 2011. Not democratic in the chatty, consultative, hand-holding sense that modern political brochures like to ...

The inquiry commission into J Jayalalithaa's death has been given three months to report its findings CHENNAI: The inquiry commission set up to probe former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's ...

Jayalalithaa served four terms as Chief Minister. J Jayalalithaa's death in 2016 after being admitted to a top Chennai hospital should be investigated, a former judge has concluded in a lengthy report ...

Tamil Nadu's governance features key leaders from Dravidian parties and Congress since 1947. The Chief Minister's role evolved from the Madras Presidency.

Tamil Nadu declared a seven-day mourning period starting Tuesday in honor of the politician known by her followers as "Amma." By The Associated Press Jayaram Jayalalithaa, the hugely popular south ...

Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa died on 5 December after suffering from a cardiac arrest. The former chief minister was buried with full state honours as hundreds of ...

CHENNAI: Days after announcing the change of name of his outfit launched to “retrieve” AIADMK, indicating that he was converting it to a political party, former chief minister O Panneerselvam on ...

Following an internal rift, the AIADMK has called for unity, invoking J Jayalalithaa's legacy. The party asserted there will ...

If there was ever a trusted stand-in for Jayalalithaa, it was O Panneerselvam, who was twice entrusted with the Chief ...

September 27, 2014 to December 5, 2016 (a total of 802 days) could be termed as the most tormenting period of Jayalalithaa’s personal and public life, save the brief bright spot when her party— the ...

The weeks following J Jayalalithaa’s death have seen a dramatic factional power struggle play out in Tamil Nadu. On February 16, Edappadi K Palanisamy, a member of the legislative assembly (MLA), was ...

CHENNAI, India (AP) — Jayaram Jayalalithaa, the hugely popular south Indian actress who later turned to politics and became the highest elected official in the state of Tamil Nadu, died Monday. She ...