late J. Jayalalithaa

J Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar, launching herself as a candidate for her political legacy, said today that a majority in Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK want her as their leader - not her aunt's long-time friend Sasikala Natarajan.…

Always seen as a shadow of Jayalalithaa and never heard in public, VK Sasikala on Thursday emerged as her political heir to lead AIADMK which has had hugely charismatic figures at its helm in all its 45 years. Blamed once for…

The ruling AIADMK party on Thursday passed a resolution to work under the leadership of V.K. Sasikala a close aide of former Chief Minister and party leader late J. Jayalalithaa, the party said. The party's general council passed the…