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Jaya renews demand for retrieval of Katchatheevu islet from Sri Lanka

May 21, 2013

Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked the Centre to take urgent steps for retrieval of Katchatheevu islet, ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974, besides redrawing the International Maritime Boundary Line. #World #India #Manmohan Singh #Tamil Nadu #Sri Lanka #AIADMK #J. Jayalalithaa #TheySaidIt #Katchatheevu #International Maritime Boundary Line
Jayalalithaa petitions PM to set up Cauvery Management Board

May 17, 2013

"Many lakhs of farmers of Tamil Nadu cannot be made to wait any longer for justice which has long been delayed to them as they face season after season of acute agrarian distress forced upon them by a neighbouring State," she said. #Manmohan Singh #NewsTracker #J. Jayalalithaa #Cauvery Water Management Board
PMK leader Ramadoss arrested for defying orders

Apr 30, 2013

PMK founder-leader S Ramadoss was arrested on Tuesday from Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district for defying police orders and holding protests. #Tamil Nadu #J. Jayalalithaa #PMK #Akhilesh Yadav #S Ramadoss #Mamallapuram

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Jayalalithaa's first two years in power see mixed results

2013-05-16 12:36:00

Chennai, May 16 : Two years after she stormed into Fort St. George, the seat of power in Tamil Nadu, with a massive victory, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has a mixed bag of results to show so far. Forcing the central government to gazette the final awa #Tamil Nadu #Chennai #J. Jayalalithaa
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Act on Cauvery Tribunal's final award, Jayalalithaa urges PM

2013-05-17 15:20:00

Chennai, May 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday urged the prime minister to order the implementation of the final award of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday, Jayalalithaa said: "I #J. Jayalalithaa #Tamil Nadu #Chennai
Economic Times
Jayalalithaa completes two years in office as CM

2013-05-16 23:30:00

CHENNAI: While political pundits agree that the AIADMK government has delivered on many fronts in the two years it has ruled the state, the biggest challenge it continues to face-the bleak power situation in Tamil Nadu-will determine how the citizens wil #J. Jayalalithaa #Tamil Nadu #Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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