Jayalalithaa funeral sees two departures from tradition
Jayalalithaa’s body was buried instead of being cremated, going against Vaishnavite Brahminical tradition Her friend Sasikalaa Natarajan, led the former chief minister’s nephew Deepak Jayakumar in performing the final rites CHENNAI: The funeral ceremony of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday was a departure from tradition in two aspects. First, Jayalalithaa’s body was […]
Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa suffers cardiac arrest, back in critical care unit
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa was readmitted to the critical care unit (CCU) of Chennai’s Apollo Hospital after she suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening. Her condition stabilised later, sources said, but anxious supporters rushed to the hospital and broke through police barricades. The 68-year-old AIADMK supremo was readmitted to the CCU shortly […]
