Actor Arulnidhis next film with debutant director Ganesh Vinayak, an assistant of S J Suryah, will go on floors this June. Produced by his brother Dayanidhi Alagiris Cloudnine Movies, the action film was titled Sambhuvam. However, the actor informs City Express that the filmmakers may opt for more suitable title soon. Sambhuvams direct English translation is incident. But in Madurai, sambhuvam means murder. Though the story begins in Madurai, we...
05:36 PM, May 31, 2012
Madurai: In a move that could further fuel the sibling rivalry in DMK, showcause notices have been issued to 17 supporters of Union Minister and party's strongman in the south MK Alagiri, for not attending a public meeting, convened here by his younger brother MK Stalin. They have been asked to submit their explanation within a week's time for not attending the April 14 meeting, which was organised to condemn...
05:06 AM, Apr 20, 2012
MADURAI: DMK treasurer M K Stalin might have enjoyed watching his sons performance in the film Oru Kal Oru Kannadi here on Saturday night, but he was disappointed with the candidate interviews for youth wing posts, as Alagiri loyalists boycotted the interviews and also the public meeting.Though the candidate interview went smoothly for rural party posts on Saturday, Alagiri loyalists kept away from the interview for the urban youth wing...
07:39 AM, Apr 16, 2012
Chennai: DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi once again reiterated his wish to promote his younger son MK Stalin as his successor on Friday. Responding to a recent survey by a Tamil magazine portraying Stalin as the most preferred leader to lead the party, Karunanidhi wondered whether he could deny "such a pride" to his son. On the succession topic being brought up in the general council of the party, Karunanidhi explained...
11:22 AM, Feb 04, 2012
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
Chennai: The Opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu on Friday passed 24 resolutions at its General Council meeting, with none, however, on the 2G case. The DMK slammed the Centre and the state government for being lethargic in solving the Kudankulam crisis. The 24-pointer party resolution stated, among others, that the Centre and state should expedite solution for the stalled nuclear plant. "The Centre and state are lethargic in solving Kudankulam...
02:15 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Chennai: Senior DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudi was arrested on Wednesday in a land grabbing case. He was arrested from his native Villupuram, 160 km from Chennai, police said. He is the fourth former minister after Veerapandi S Arumugam (Salem), KN Nehru (Tiruchirappalli) and NKKP Raja (Erode) to be arrested on land grabbing charges in the crackdown launched by the Jayalalithaa Government on land grabbing. Besides...
03:11 PM, Aug 31, 2011
Madurai: The Madras High Court on Thursday disposed of a petition seeking to restrain police from arresting Union minister MK Alagiri and two of his family members over a land grabbing complaint against their firm after police said there was no FIR against any of them. Disposing of the petition filed by an official of Dhaya Cyber Park, in which Alagiri and his family members are directors, the court directed...
07:56 PM, Aug 18, 2011
Chennai: Lottery kingpin Santiago Martin and his brother-in-law Benjamin have been arrested by the Salem city police in Tamil Nadu on charges of land grabbing. The Madras High Court had earlier ordered action against him in the case but the previous DMK government sat on the order. Martin is known to be close to Karunanidhi. The full extent of the land grabbing allegations against Alagiri's family was revealed by CNN-IBN...
01:18 PM, Aug 13, 2011
New Delhi: Union minister M K Alagiri's land grab scam has been exposed but it's not just MK Karunanidhi's son who is involved. CNN-IBN investigation reveals the involvement of other top DMK leaders in land scams. CNN-IBN has revealed the full extent of the land grabbing allegations against Alagiri's family with documentary evidence. CNN-IBN has accessed documents to show how Alagiri's wife bought temple land worth over Rs 20 crores...
07:32 AM, Aug 11, 2011
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10:53 PM, Aug 10, 2011
Chennai: Documentary evidence has revealed the full extent of the land grabbing allegations against Union Minister and Karunanidhi's son MK Alagiri's family. CNN-IBN has accessed documents to show how Alagiri's wife bought temple land worth over Rs 20 crore for just Rs 85 lakh from a man facing over 50 criminal cases. Kanthi Alagiri bought land from lottery king Santiago Martin after MK Alagiri became Union Minister. Moreover, the land...
08:59 PM, Aug 10, 2011
New Delhi: Union Minister MK Alagiri and his wife Kanthi on Monday met DMK MP Kanimozhi who is lodged in Tihar jail in connection with the 2G telecom spectrum scam. They met for half an hour inside the reception of Jail No 6, a Tihar official said. This is Alagiri's third visit to Tihar jail to meet his sister Kanimozhi who is in Tihar since May 21 after her arrest...
11:04 PM, Aug 08, 2011
Chennai: Union Minister and DMK leader MK Alagiri on Sunday lashed out at a section of media for publishing 'false' reports about his family's wealth to tarnish his image and said he would initiate legal action against it. In a statement, Alagiri, Madurai-based son of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, said all the properties of his family members were legally acquired and had been accounted. "All the properties acquired by my...
08:13 AM, Aug 08, 2011
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