The DMK on Wednesday again asked the Indian government to support a US-sponsored resolution at a UN body attacking Sri Lanka's human rights record. ...
04:08 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Hundreds of DMK workers, including its Treasurer MK Stalin, were arrested on Tuesday as part of the dawn-to-dusk general strike by the party-backed pro-Sri Lankan Tamil outfit TESO which evoked mixed response with normal life by and large remaining unaffected in Tamil Nadu. ...
04:53 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Key UPA ally DMK on Tuesday joined a host of parties in opposing a UPSC notification for scrapping of regional language paper, describing it as an attempt to "impose" Hindi and that the move will affect rural aspirants. ...
03:08 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The dawn-to-dusk general strike called by DMK-backed pro-Sri Lankan Tamil outfit TESO began on Tuesday morning with no untoward incident reported so far. ...
10:40 AM, Mar 12, 2013
The government fielded attacks from both the Opposition and its allies in Parliament on Thursday as the Lok Sabha debated India's role in finding a solution to the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka, and said it will take the "best possible" decision on UN resolution on the island country. Lok Sabha members demanded that government should take a more stern action against the atrocities committed against the Tamils. ...
05:08 PM, Mar 07, 2013
The government is expected to discuss the plight of of Sri Lankan Tamils in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The discussion comes after sustained pressure by parties from Tamil Nadu but it's under a non-voting rule. ...
08:53 AM, Mar 07, 2013
According to Karunanidhi, the Sri Lankan government's lie that the war was stopped in April 2009 itself is a war crime. ...
01:06 AM, Mar 07, 2013
Amid sustained pressure by political parties from Tamil Nadu, Government on agreed to have a discussion on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue in Lok Sabha on Thursday. ...
03:20 PM, Mar 06, 2013
MDMK and other groups protested outside the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission against alleged atrocities on Tamils in Sri Lanka. ...
03:56 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Accusing the Congress-led UPA of pushing people into another crisis and "untold miseries" with Friday's petrol price hike, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today warned such repeated revision could well become a tool "that will destroy the central government. ...
10:01 PM, Mar 01, 2013
While the AIADMK and the Left parties accused the government on Wednesday of not doing anything for the Tamils in Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said the government was committed to bringing justice to Lankan Tamils. During the debate on Sri Lankan war crimes in the Rajya Sabha, Khurshid said, "I reiterate the commitment of government to see the end of hostilities in Sri Lanka." ...
02:48 PM, Feb 27, 2013
There were noisy scenes in the Rajya Sabha as the government came under fire from the AIADMK over war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan government in the last days of the crusade against the LTTE in 2009. The AIADMK's V Maitreyan lashed out at the government for not doing anything for the people of Tamil origin living in Lanka. ...
01:42 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The NCP on Tuesday expressed grave disappointment over the Railway Budget with its chief Sharad Pawar telling a meeting of the UPA coordination committee that Mumbai has been neglected, which is "not acceptable". ...
01:45 AM, Feb 27, 2013
The DMK will back former telecom minister A Raja if the issue of his request to appear before the Joint Parliamentary Committee as a witness on the 2G case is raised at the UPA Coordination Committee meeting here on Tuesday. ...
03:58 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Former Telecom Minister A Raja on Saturday wrote to Speaker Meira Kumar demanding that he be allowed to appear before the Joint Parliamentary Committee which is probing the 2G scandal. Blamed for a number of issues in the 2G scam, Raja wants to tell his side of story. ...
03:45 PM, Feb 23, 2013
DMK and AIADMK MPs on Thursday shouted slogans over Sri Lankan Tamil issue during the maiden Address of President Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament. ...
11:50 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Sri Lanka is once again surrounded by allegations of war crimes as a video of LTTE chief Prabhakaran's son has re-emerged. The pictures of the 12-year-old son of Prabhakaran have put the UPA government in India in a spot. ...
06:21 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Describing the Congress-led UPA government at Centre a "fountain of scams", AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday announced that her party will stage state-wide protests on February 22 against the scams and the fuel pricing policy. ...
09:16 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Former Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday called for the abolition of death penalty. The leader issued a statement saying had the long-pending demand for the abolition of death penalty been obliged, executions happening now could have been avoided. ...
05:35 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Politicians across the board have criticised the recent hike in fuel prices. Key UPA ally DMK on Saturday condemned the petrol price hike and demanded that government retain its control on pricing of petroleum products besides seeking a change in pricing policy. ...
03:04 PM, Feb 16, 2013
