Indian politician and former movie star Jayalalitha has been sworn in as chief minister of India's southern Tamil Nadu state, five months after she quit the post in a bribery scandal. The 54-year-old ...

The passing of Jayaram Jayalalitha, one of India's most flamboyant and controversial politicians, leaves a void that will be felt for a long time in both her home state, Tamil Nadu, and in the ...

Jayaram Jayalalitha, a former film actress who became the powerful four-term leader of one of India’s largest states, died Dec. 5, apparently of a heart attack. She was 68. Her political party ...

Doctors say Jayalalitha Jayaram has sciatica, but the man on the street, particularly her AIADMK cadres, are sceptical, if not downright rude. They attribute her health problems not to stretched ...

The Karnataka High Court said it found no reason to suspend her conviction. Jayalalitha, one of India's most colourful and controversial politicians, was jailed last month for four years on ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi appears to be making some tactical blunders while dealing with his predecessor, Jayalalitha Jayaram. Karunanidhi would do well to turn back a few pages of ...