Jayalalithaa’s swearing-in ceremony

Governor S.S. Barnala administers the oath of office to AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at the Madras University Centenary Auditorium in Chennai on Monday, May 16, 2011. Photo: S.R. Raghunathan
Governor S.S. Barnala administers the oath of office to AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at the Madras University Centenary Auditorium in Chennai on Monday, May 16, 2011. 



AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa was sworn in as the 17th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 16, 2011. Governor Surjit Singh Barnala administered the oath to Ms. Jayalalithaa and 33 Ministers at a packed Madras University Centenary Auditorium in Chennai. A few images from the glittering function.

ELCOT determines technical requirements for free laptops

While the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu has drawn up technical requirements for laptops to be distributed as part of the free-laptop scheme, there are likely to be changes in software specifications over the coming days.

Budhichandhiran, AIADMK Nilgiris district secretary


Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Saturday appointed Tourism Minister Budhichandhiran as the secretary of the Nilgiris district unit of the party.