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Sena chief Bal Thackeray flanked by Uddhav and Raj.

Political heirs who failed to make it big

A brief history of succession in Indian politics suggests aspirants, even with famous surnames, need to run their own...

18 Dec 2016 2:59 AM IST

J. Jayalalithaa (right) and her associate Sasikala Natarajan and were together through thick and thin for nearly 33 years.

360 Degree: The politics of succession

Politics, particularly Indian rajneeti' and the demi-god status that some netas have is mind-boggling.

18 Dec 2016 2:49 AM IST

Sasikala Pushpa (Photo: PTI)

Sasikala versus Sasikala: Twist in AIADMK saga

To contest the election for the post of general-secretary, one must have been a primary member of the party continuously...

17 Dec 2016 1:46 AM IST

Police personnel stand at Tamil Nadu secretariat during the raid at the chamber of chief secretary P. Rama Mohan Rao. (Photo: PTI)

Wrap-up: Shock as top Tamil Nadu minister raided

The raids began at the crack of dawn, around 5.45 am, at Rao's residence in Anna Nagar and continued till late into the...

25 Dec 2016 5:31 AM IST

There are approximately 63 schools affiliated to CBSE in Mumbai. (Representational image)

Portion that insulted women removed from CBSE textbook

The alleged reason for removing the portion is that it contains defamatory references made about women.

23 Dec 2016 6:54 AM IST

Girija Vaidyanathan (Photo: AP)

Tamil Nadu replaces its chief secretary after Income-Tax raids

Girija Vaidyanathan is the fourth woman chief secretary of Tamil Nadu after Lakshmi Pranesh, S. Malathi and Sheela...

23 Dec 2016 1:09 AM IST

Police personnel stand at Tamil Nadu secretariat during the raid at the chamber of chief secretary P. Rama Mohan Rao. (Photo: PTI)

Rotten at the top

There are lessons to be learnt from what happened to the last two top officers who had vaulted over others in the state...

23 Dec 2016 12:23 AM IST

Income Tax officials conducted a raid at Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Rammohan Raos residence in Chennais Anna Nagar on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Income-tax raids at Tamil Nadu chief secretary's home

Rao suffers the ignominy of being the first chief secretary of a state to be raided by the income tax department.

22 Dec 2016 1:18 AM IST

Sasikala Pushpa (Photo: PTI)

Jaya death: Expelled MP moves SC to seek probe

The circumstances surrounding the death of Jayalalithaa and the secrecy maintained raises serious questions among all...

21 Dec 2016 3:28 AM IST

Soon after the Apollo statement came, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and enquired about her health. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

Jayalalithaa critical: Security beefed up, paramilitary called in

As the news started trickling down regarding the Chief Minister's health condition, AIADMK cadres began gathering in...

5 Dec 2016 8:31 AM IST

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa (Photo: PTI)

Jayalalithaa very critical, on life support: Apollo Hospitals

Security has been beefed up across the state with the Tamil Nadu DGP ordering all police officers and personnel to...

5 Dec 2016 7:51 AM IST

Late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (PTI)

After Amma: Motherless in Tamil Nadu

Isolated and remote, cut off from her biological family, Jayalalithaa was married to politics and politics alone.

10 Dec 2016 12:47 AM IST