Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Tuesday supported BJP leader LK Advani's views on constituting a broad-based collegium to select the chief election commissioner (CEC) and the comptroller and auditor general (CAG). The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre earlier rejected the suggestion. "I also agree with the contents of that letter (written by Advani to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday). Just because the view is from...
07:28 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Chennai: It may not have turned out to be as happy an 88th birthday for DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi as he might have wished. The multi-factioned feud within the veteran leader's family showed no signs of abating even on the leader's special day on Sunday, while the birthday celebrations themselves were a far cry from those of a few years past. With photographs of MK Stalin, Kanimozhi, Dayanidhi Maran and...
10:08 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi, whose party is a key constituent of the ruling UPA coalition at the Centre, turned 89 on Sunday. His daughter Kanimozhi has been allowed by a Delhi court to visit Tamil Nadu to celebrate his birthday. Keeping to his customary style, the DMK patriarch was up early and started the day by planting a sapling to mark his birthday even as scores of supporters thronged...
11:09 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Chennai: DMK Treasurer MK Stalin on Saturday launched a website brought out to wish party chief M Karunanidhi on the occasion of his 89th birthday on Sunday. An initiative of DMK's Student Wing, www.wishthalaivar.com was launched by Stalin here, who also registered the first greetings for his father, Student Wing secretary Ela Pugazhenthi said in a statement. Karunanidhi turns 89 on Sunday and will be meeting his party supporters at...
01:23 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Chennai: Minutes after making a statement against the UPA, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday said that he never threatened the Centre of a pull out from the coalition over the petrol price hike. The earlier statement of Karunanidhi threatening the Centre is being seen as a comment for his constituency in Tamil Nadu where there has been a severe shortage of petrol following the price hike. "We will be...
01:10 PM, May 30, 2012
Chennai: The DMK on Wednesday warned the Central government over the steep hike in petrol price and threatened to pull out of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA). During a protest rally in Chennai on Wednesday, DMK chief M Karunanidhi demanded rollback of petrol price before issuing his threat. "The DMK has been part of central coalitions in the past - with the BJP, with VP Singh. Though we are...
11:33 AM, May 30, 2012
Chennai: After Trinamool supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit the street, DMK President M Karunanidhi, another key ally of UPA, would lead a protest demonstration in Chennai on May 30 against the recent petrol price hike. The 88-year-old party patriarch would lead DMK's state-wide demonstration by taking part in the protest to be held at Saidapet. The demonstration would also protest against the Tamil Nadu government for...
01:57 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: A day after the steepest ever hike in petrol prices on Wednesday, key UPA allies " Trinamool Congress (TMC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and DMK " on Thursday skipped an important Cabinet meet held at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence. The government has been slammed for the hike in petrol prices by opposition parties as well as its allies since the announcement. Even the Congress on Thursday distanced...
07:19 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Just a day after the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government completed three years in office, it dealt a major blow to the common man by the sharpest ever increase in petrol price. The state-owned oil companies decided to raise petrol price by Rs 6.28 per litre excluding local sales tax or VAT. After the addition of taxes the hike translates into Rs 7.50 per litre in Delhi. With...
11:47 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Key UPA allies Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and DMK chief M Karunanidhi will not attend the Prime Minister's dinner on Tuesday to celebrate three years of the UPA II in power. While Mamata is 'pre-occupied' in Bengal, the DMK is sending party leader TR Baalu for the event. Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress all-India General Secretary Mukul Roy, a close aide of Mamata, said he is likely...
09:20 AM, May 22, 2012
Chennai: DMK President M Karunanidhi, a key ally of Congress-led UPA, will not be attending the third anniversary celebrations of UPA-II in Delhi on Tuesday, party sources said. Karunanidhi will not take part in the dinner to be hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the leaders of UPA constituents and MPs and instead DMK's Parliamentary Party Leader TR Baalur would represent the party, the sources said on Monday night....
01:01 AM, May 22, 2012
Chennai: UPA's key ally DMK on Monday said it would support the candidate put up by the ruling alliance in the Presidential election. "DMK is part of the UPA. Therefore, we will support the one who is fielded on its behalf," DMK president M Karunanidhi told reporters. The DMK chief had recently said his party would back Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for the top post. Incumbent Pratibha Patil's tenure...
10:08 PM, May 21, 2012
Chennai: DMK President M Karunanidhi on Sunday flayed the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu for its advertising campaign listing its "achievements" on completing one year in office, saying it had spent a "huge amount" of people's money. The AIADMK government spent Rs 52.14 lakh for publishing advertisements in regional newspapers and Rs 1.22 crore in national newspapers using public money, he alleged. The state government on May 16 unleashed a...
07:29 PM, May 20, 2012
CHENNAI: Reiterating that illegal sand mining in the State will be tackled firmly, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said that during the previous AIADMK regime headed by her, the government had taken over the sand quarrying business to prevent illegal mining and to protect water resources. The government also took steps to make available sand at a reasonable cost while increasing the revenue of the State government. On the...
07:43 AM, May 18, 2012
Chennai: Backing his party colleague A Raja, prime accused in 2G spectrum scam, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday expressed happiness over his securing bail. "All in DMK support Raja," Karunanidhi said, hours after a Delhi court granted bail to the former Union Telecom Minister. Talking to reporters at his Gopalapuram residence, the DMK patriarch said Raja securing bail gave him happiness. To a question if Raja would be involved...
09:21 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: The DMK on Saturday openly pitched for Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as the next President with party chief M Karunanidhi clearly saying he will back Mukherjee if the Congress decides to nominate him. So far, the battle for the President's seat has largely been between two individuals, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. However, with the DMK openly batting for Pranab Mukherjee, the...
03:13 PM, May 05, 2012
Patna: Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi said there was nothing new in dynastic politics in the country and her sons and daughters would also join politics. "There is nothing new about dynasty in politics and my sons and daughters, too, will be seen in active politics," Rabri Devi, who was elected unopposed to the state Legislative Council, told reporters after taking the certificate. "You can take the example of...
06:35 PM, May 02, 2012
TIRUCHY: Union Minister GK Vasan on Tuesday refused to support the demand of its ally, the DMK, for a referendum on a separate Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. Vasan said the Congress was giving priority to rehabilitation and restoration of livelihood for the island Tamils. Evading a direct reply to a question whether the revival of Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation by the DMK would hit its ties with the Congress,...
10:02 AM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: With reports suggesting that he is one of the candidates for the presidential post, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday parried questions on whether he is in the race for it. "Oh my goodness...oh my goodness..," a smiling Mukherjee told reporters outside Parliament House when asked that he was being projected as consensus choice for President's post. "Don't indulge in any speculation," he said when pressed again to...
05:21 PM, Apr 30, 2012
