A trial court in Chennai framed charges against VK Sasikala, a former confidant of late chief minister J Jayalalithaa, in four cases pertaining to violation of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA). read more

The minister’s outburst against the senior bureaucrat comes after the commission probing Jayalalithaa’s death said Radhakrishnan “colluded and conspired” with Apollo Hospitals and “inappropriate treatment” was provided to her. read more

Speculation is rife in Tamil Nadu’s political circles that the BJP is pushing to merge Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) led by VK Sasikala’s nephew TTV Dhinakaran into the ruling AIADMK with an eye on Lok Sabha elections next year. read more

Besides Jayalalithaa’s close confidant Sasikala, O Panneerselvam, who was interim chief minister when Jayalalithaa was hospitalised, had visited Apollo Hospital regularly where she was admitted from September till her death on December 5, 2016. read more

Sasikala, who took over the AIADMK’s reins after former chief minister Jayalalithaa’s death in 2016, was sacked from the party six months after she was convicted of corruption and jailed for four years in February 2017. In December 2017, Dhinakaran,... read more

Sasikala was with Jayalalithaa for 75 days, right from her hospitalisation on September 22, 2016, till her death on December 5, 2016. As such, her role has come under scrutiny. read more

The allegations, made at a party function at Nilakkottai in Dindigul district Saturday, only spread Sunday when a video of the event emerged. The minister accused both Sasikala and her nephew, TTV Dhinakaran who is now leading a rebel faction of AIA... read more

The Apollo hospital room will be inspected on July 29 by the counsel representing the one man panel probing Jayalalithaa’s death and those from the side of her aide VK Sasikala. read more

Jayalalithaa’s medical adviser spoke of receiving a phone call from Sasikala on September 22, 2016, allegedly informing him that the former AIADMK chief was suffering from cold and fever, but Sasikala’s affidavit reported no such phone call. read more

Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry is probing the circumstances leading to the hospitalisation and the subsequent death of the late leader in 2016. read more

Dhivakaran and his nephew and AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran -- Sasikala’s aide -- have been at loggerheads, with the family feud spilling over in public. read more

Dhivakaran said he had nothing to do with his nephew TTV Dhinakaran’s recently launched Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK). read more

AIADMK leader VK Sasikala, who is serving a four-year jail, had moved a petition early in the morning, seeking parole for 15 days. She reportedly collapsed in the prison on hearing the news of her husband’s death. read more