TN cabinet recommends Bharat Ratna for late Jayalalithaa 
Tamil Nadu cabinet on Sunday urged the government to confer the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, on late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa. The state's deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam had earlier expressed AIADMK's wish to honour Jayalalithaa with the Bharat Ratna for her role as a "champion for social justice". The former Tamil Nadu CM passed away in 2016. n