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Veda Nilayam, Jayalalithaa’s residence at Poes Garden in Chennai. Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami inaugurated it as a memorial on January 28, but it will not be open to the public until the Madras High Court decides on the petitions filed by Jayalalithaa’s legal heirs on their claims to the property.

'Veda Nilayam', Jayalalithaa’s house in Chennai, declared open as a memorial after go-ahead from High Court, but it will remain closed to the public

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami declared open the Veda Nilayam residence of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa as a memorial, riding on a Janua

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AIADMK party cadre at the inauguration ceremony of the memorial for J. Jayalalithaa in Chennai on January 27.

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami inaugurates the Jayalalithaa memorial on the day the former Chief Minister’s aide Sasikala is released from jail

In a solemn ceremony, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam and fellow Ministers, threw op

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S. Gurumurthy, editor of Thuglak magazine.

Tamil Nadu Advocate General to hear on February 16 petitions seeking sanction for criminal contempt proceedings against Thuglak editor Gurumurthy

The fate of criminal contempt against chartered accountant S. Gurumurthy for his comments against judges at the annual function of

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Edappadi K. Palaniswami (right), Chief Minister, with O. Paneerselvam, Deputy Chief Minister and AIADMK party coordinator, during a meeting to begin the campaign for the 2021 Assembly elections, in Chennai on December 27, 2020.

AIADMK in crisis ahead of 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections

With an ambitious BJP breathing down its neck, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, rudderless and divided after Jayalalithaa’s death, faces

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Dr V. Shanta (1927-2021), chairperson of the Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai. (file photo)

Dr V. Shanta (1927-2021), doyen of cancer care, passes away

Dr V. Shanta (1927-2021), who redefined the concept of quality and affordable cancer care in the country, and brought relief and cure to millions of p

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DMK president M.K. Stalin formally inducting Rajini Makkal Mandram members into the DMK on January 17.

Rajinikanth fans free to quit Rajini Makkal Mandram and join any political party, says mandram official

Close on the heels of a few senior functionaries of the Rajini Makkal Mandram (RMM), which was to be the Rajinikanth’s political launchpad, joining ot

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S. Gurumurthy, editor, 'Thuglaq'

Complaint filed against ‘Thuglaq’ editor S. Gurumurthy in Tirunelveli for allegedly defaming judges

The Tirunelveli police have registered a CSR (community service register) complaint against S. Gurumurthy, a chartered accountant and editor o

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J.P. Nadda, BJP national president.

J.P. Nadda, Rahul Gandhi to visit Tamil Nadu during Pongal as campaigning for the Assembly election gathers momentum

Leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, will be in Tamil Nadu on Pongal day (January 14), giving a fillip to the Assembly elect

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Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy (left) and a few other colleagues with Social Welfare Minister M. Kandasamy (second from left) at the protest site in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly on January 11.

Puducherry Social Welfare Minister continues sit-in inside Assembly against Lt Governor Kiran Bedi

Puducherry Social Welfare Minister M. Kandasamy, who is on an indefinite sit-in in the Legislative Assembly, asserted that he would go ahead with his

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At a cinema hall in Chennai after the State government allowed cinemas to screen films with 50 per cent occupancy in November.

Centre directs Tamil Nadu government to withdraw order allowing full occupancy in cinemas, seeks compliance report

The Narendra Modi government at the Centre has written to the Tamil Nadu government asking it to reverse its order allowing 100 per cent occupancy in

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Inside a theatre in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on November 10 when cinemas were opened on the condition of 50 per cent occupancy besides implementation of other COVID-19 protocols.

Centre apprised of Tamil Nadu government decision to allow full occupancy in cinemas overriding directives and opposition

The Union Health Ministry is seized of the issue of the State government going beyond the directives of the Centre and allowing 100 per cent o

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Rajinikanth talking to the media outside his home on December 3.

Rajinikanth says no to politics, two days before he was expected to announce launch of his party

Much to the surprise of his supporters, the joy of the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the main opposition party, the Dra

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