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VK Sasikala hints at efforts to regain control of AIADMK, a political comeback

Confidante of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, VK Sasikala's brief conversation with two of her loyalists over phone has surfaced and has dropped hints about her rethink.

The significance of Sasikala’s return to Tamil Nadu politics

After much speculation, Sasikala, 66 announced on February 8 that she will return to active politics, a development that can potentially cause disquiet in political circles, more so in the ruling party that sacked her when she was to jail

VK Sasikala pays Rs 10 crore fine, release expected soon; CM Palaniswami says AIADMK will stay away from her

Late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's aide VK Sasikala is undergoing imprisonment in the disproportionate assets case in the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail.

Sasikala doesn’t want Bengaluru prison officials to reveal details of her release

VK Sasikala wrote the letter to the Bengaluru prison authorities days after they responded to an RTI query on September 16 and revealed that she may be released on January 27, 2021 if she pays a fine of Rs 10 crore in the disproportionate assets case

VK Sasikala's 4-year jail term may end this month, says lawyer

Her return, just ahead of the 2021 state elections, would be a much-watched political event.

Politics | A foreign trip has consolidated Tamil Nadu CM’s position back home

A fortnight back when Chief Minister Palaniswami left for the UK, he was just the ‘lucky first among the many equals’ in the AIADMK. On his return, the ‘accidental chief minister’ has become the ‘revolutionary leader’s heir’!

Sasikala won’t have to appear before panel probing Jayalalithaa's death immediately

While the committee has sent a notice to Bengaluru Central Jail authorities about the issue, it has asked her to file objections if she wants to, and doesn’t insist on an appearance either in person or through video conference, jail sources told CNN-News18.

Taxmen begin scrutiny in premises linked to VK Sasikala

Such premises where the procedure has begun include those related to an alcoholic beverages brewery, Midas Distilleries near here where searches were conducted last month.

Sasikala’s husband admitted to hospital hours after Madras HC upholds 2-year jail term

Natarajan, 74, had undergone a kidney and liver transplant at a Chennai hospital on October 3. The reason for his latest hospitalization was not immediately clear.

Dinakaran says I-T raids on Jaya TV nothing but political vendetta

Income Tax officers raided 187 locations across four states on Thursday, targeting 10 groups running shell firms, 3 of which belong to Sasikala's family. The searches have also reached the premises of Midas Distilleries and Jazz Cinemas, I-T officers said. The two entities are perceived to be associated with some of those linked to Jaya TV.

Sasikala returns to jail after 5-day parole

Sasikala left Chennai yesterday morning by a car which had to halt at several locations till it reached the Bengaluru highway as party cadres gathered to greet her.

AIADMK passes resolution to sack Sasikala as interim general secretary

A meeting of the general council, the apex decision making body of the party, and the executive committee passed a resolution to cancel Sasikala's appointment, sources said.

AIADMK general council meet underway

Chief Minister K Palaniswami and his Deputy O Pannerselvam were among those who were present at today's meeting of the decision-making body, the first since the death of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's last year.

Decks cleared for Sasikala's ouster from AIADMK today, but conditions apply

It may, however, end up becoming a token gesture as any decision taken at the meeting will be subject to the Madras High Court’s final order of an appeal against the meeting on October 23.

AIADMK GC to be convened; party likely to expel Sasikala

The meeting, which some of the party MLAs and MPs did not attend, also discussed the validity of the appointments made by Sasikala before going to jail in the Rs 66.6 crore disproportionate assets case, AIADMK sources said.

AIADMK factions vow to get poll symbol back

AIADMK Deputy General Secretary TTV Dinakaran said he did not expect such an outcome and that he will win the RK Nagar bypoll and get the poll symbol back.

Reply to petition against gen secy appointment: EC to Sasikala

Acting fast, the Election Commission today asked V K Sasikala to respond to a petition filed against her challenging her appointment as AIADMK interim general secretary by the O Panneerselvam camp.

Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami to seek trust vote on February 18

Speaker P Dhanapal has convened the session of the Tamil Nadu assembly at 11 am on Saturday for the trust vote, Assembly Secretary A M P Jamaludeen said in a statement.

Sasikala loyalist Palaniswami sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM

Governor C Vidyasagar Rao administered the oath of office and secrecy to 63-year-old Palaniswami, a party veteran from western Tamil Nadu, at the head of a 31-member Cabinet at a ceremony in the Raj Bhavan this evening.

AIADMK crisis: Palaniswami stakes claim to form Tamil Nadu govt

In his brief meeting with the Governor Vidyasagar Rao, Palaniswami presented a list of MLAs supporting his claim.

Sun TV, Raj TV rally as SC convicts Sasikala in corruption case

Supreme Court has convicted AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, who has been engaged in a tussle (with colleague O Panneerselvam) for the Tamil Nadu chief minister‘s post over the past fortnight, in the 20-year-old disproportionate asset case and sentenced her to 4 years of imprisonment.