Jayalalithaa Jayaraman, the leader of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, became involved in politics after a successful career as an actress. UPDATED: 2:18 p.m. EST: —Jayalalithaa Jayaraman, the leader ...

A trusted lieutenant and staunch loyalist of Jayalalithaa, O Panneerselvam, who became the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the third time, faces the challenge of keeping the AIADMK together as it ...

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 ...

The death of iconic politician Jayalalithaa Jayaram late last night has left millions of her supporters struggling to hold tears. Such was the adoration that Jayalalithaa, more popularly referred as ...

Nalin Mehta is the author of 'The New BJP: Modi and the Making of the World's Largest Political Party'. He is former Executive Editor, TOI-Online. An award-winning social scientist, journalist and ...

Notoriety, humiliation and and the looming prospect of the horror of a stint in prison — anathema to the charismatic, dynamic all-powerful chief of a Dravidian behemoth, the AIADMK. Jayalalithaa ...

Setting the stage for a high-stakes battle for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a ...

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 ...

Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa was on Wednesday directed by the Supreme Court to appear in a Bangalore trial court tomorrow in a disproportionate assets against her after Karnataka assured ...