New Delhi: The rift in the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) over who will succeed M Karunanidhi continues, even as the party grapples with setbacks in the 2G spectrum scam. Reports say supporters of Karunanidhi's favoured son, MK Stalin, stopped party leader Veerapandi Arumugam from raising the succession issue. Stalin supporters are demanding that he be made the next party chief. But Karunanidhi's elder son Alagiri wants the top party job...
07:38 PM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled all the 122 2G spectrum licences issued during the tenure of former telecom minister A Raja. The apex court also had words of appreciation for Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy. Speaking to CNN-IBN after the court verdict, Swamy said that he would now argue before the trial court to make then finance minister P Chidambaram a co-accused in the case. Veeraraghav: Joining...
11:35 PM, Feb 02, 2012
Nothing is ever certain in an ever changing world and most of all political power. If there was any doubt about that then 2011 dispelled it completely. In more ways and more cases than one it was truly the year of the fall of some of South India's most powerful regional chieftains. Starting with Karuna, to Yeddy and the Reddys in Karnataka to Jagan Mohan in Andhra Pradesh, they all...
04:50 PM, Dec 15, 2011
There was no one to help the patients, admitted in critical care units, escape the fumes that engulfed the hospital. ...
10:38 PM, Dec 09, 2011
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee says efforts are on to find a way to arrive at a consensus on FDI. ...
11:42 PM, Dec 02, 2011
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee says efforts are on to find a way to arrive at a consensus on FDI. ...
11:42 PM, Dec 02, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi on Tuesday made a quiet exit from Tihar jail after spending 165 days behind bars. Four other accused in the 2G scam case were released along with her. Kanimozhi will be in Chennai from December 3-6. The Delhi High Court had granted bail on Monday to DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others. She had to spend one night extra in prison as orders for her...
08:30 PM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court is slated to deliver its order on the bail plea of DMK Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, who has spent five months in jail in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The court is also likely to decide on the bail applications of four other 2G accused. What has the jail term meant for Kanimozhi and the DMK? "I am...
09:10 AM, Nov 25, 2011
Watch all the major news of the day and talking point with Veeraraghav and Anubha Bhonsle. ...
11:02 PM, Oct 28, 2011
New Delhi: A CNN IBN investigation has found that despite warnings of an encephalitis crisis were given as early as in the first week of September, the health ministry and the minister sat on the report. In the BRD medical college in Gorakhpur, 500 children have died of encephalitis in the last 2 months, 10 in the last 48 hours alone. Could the health minister of the country Gulam Nabi...
09:41 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: As the daughter, Kanimozhi, faced a difficult day in court, DMK chief M Karunanidhi was in Delhi meeting his most powerful political ally, Congress. It was the first time Karunanidhi met Sonia Gandhi after Kanimozhhi's arrest. Karunanidhi and his wife Rajathi Ammal went to Sonia's 10-Janpath residence on Saturday morning and held discussions for about 30 minutes. Later in the evening, Karunanidhi also paid a visit to the...
09:46 PM, Oct 22, 2011
Offence has always been the best form of defence for Gujarat CM Narendra Modi who has completed a decade-long rule. ...
09:37 PM, Oct 08, 2011
New Delhi: The arrest of suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt has been just one of the controversial decisions in Chief Minister Narender Modi's ten year long rule of Gujarat. A decade later, will his dreams of entering national politics come true? For most politicians, this would go down as defiance. For Gujarat's CM, this is his charactersitic style. Offence has always been the best form of defence for Narendra Modi....
09:18 PM, Oct 07, 2011
Ahmedabad: The arrest of suspended Gujarat IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt has been just one of the controversial decisions in Chief Minister Narendra Modi's long 10-year rule in the state. A decade later, will Modi's dream of entering national politics always remain a dream? The road ahead for the Chief Minister may not be that easy. When asked whether he will take moral responsibility for what happened in 2002, Modi replied...
07:36 AM, Oct 07, 2011
New Delhi: Months after the CBI arrested three Reliance top executives in the 2G scam case, the focus has now turned on the chairman of the ADAG group, Anil Ambani himself. CBI defending its investigation in the 2G scam, submitted in the Supreme Court that role of Anil Ambani and other Reliance employees is under probe in the sale of Swan Telecom shares to Delphi enterprises. CBI informed the court...
10:06 PM, Sep 29, 2011
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