Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa hospitalised

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was admitted to a private hospital here after she complained of  fever and dehydration.

The 68-year-old AIADMK chief was taken to Apollo Hospital in Chennai late last night where her condition is stated to be stable now, the hospital's Chief Operating Officer Subbiah Viswanathan said, adding she is under observation.
    

"The honourable chief minister of Tamil Nadu was admitted to Apollo Hospitals, Chennai with fever and dehydration," he said in a release circulated to media by the state government
in the wee hours today.
    

He further added that she is stable and under observation.

• Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
• Tamil Nadu