Chennai: A local court on Wednesday ordered issue of summons to DMK chief M Karunanidhi, his son and party treasurer MK Stalin besides publishers and editors of two English dailies in various defamation cases filed by the Jayalalithaa government. Principal Sessions Judge P Kalayarasan ordered issue of summons to Karunanidhi and S Selvam, printer, publisher and editor of 'Murasoli', the DMK mouthpiece, to appear before the court on October 10...
02:59 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Chennai: Making the plunge into new media, DMK chief M Karunandihi will now be active on micro-blogging sites Twitter and Facebook, while an exclusive webpage dedicated to the 88 year-old veteran was also in the offing, the party said on Wednesday. "New pages have been created in the name of party chief Kalaignar (Karunanidhi, as he is addressed) in Twitter and Facebook which are sought after by the younger generation....
04:12 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Chennai: The twitter-bug has now bitten 88-year-old DMK president M Karunanidhi. The leader is the latest among political personalities to take to the micro-blogging site with his ID tentatively titled @Kalaignar 89, party sources said. Twitter was abuzz with both supporters and critics reacting to the latest move, with tweets welcoming him ranging from local politics to alliance issues. A core-team was behind the leader's latest effort, sources said, adding,...
01:20 AM, Aug 15, 2012
Chennai: The first conference of the revived Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) on Sunday urged the Central government to bring forth a resolution in the United Nations (UN) for bestowing full rights to the Tamils in Sri Lanka to decide the political solution themselves, which they have been demanding. Of the 14 resolutions adopted at the conference, eight put forth requests to the UN to help the Lankan Tamils on...
12:36 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Chennai: Brushing aside the Centre's reservations, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday declared that he will strive for a separate Eelam and endorsed the move for applying pressure on the Government for protection of rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka by moving the UN. In his address at DMK's pro-Eelam TESO conference, Karunanidhi described as his "unfulfilled dream," the birth of a separate homeland for Lankan Tamils, asserting he will...
01:48 AM, Aug 13, 2012
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday called for "short, medium and long-term solutions" to address the various aspects of Sri Lankan Tamils issue. Addressing a conclave at the Eelam Tamils Rights Protection Conference here, he said "the short-term and medium term solutions include resettlement and rehabilitation of displaced Tamils, besides reconstruction of infrastructural and civic facilities." "Long-term solution is a political solution which has been discussed and debated for...
04:30 PM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: In a welcome breather for the DMK, the Madras High Court on Sunday stayed the police order refusing permission to it to hold a pro-Eelam conference. The Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) meeting at the YMCA will now go ahead, albeit subject to conditions. The entire meet is being seen as a desperate attempt by the DMK to assert itself as a champion of the Tamil cause in...
01:26 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Chennai: City police have denied permission for the pro-Eelam TESO meet, convened by the forum's founder leader and DMK chief M Karunanidhi here on Sunday. Police have denied permission on various grounds but they cannot be divulged as the matter was sub-judice, Chennai Police Commissioner J K Tripathy told PTI on Saturday. Sources said permission was denied on various grounds, including security implications as a large turnout was expected than...
12:06 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday moved a sessions court against DMK chief M Karunanidhi and his party organ 'Murasoli' for alleged defamatory remarks against her published in the newspaper on July 30. In the complaint filed on behalf of the Chief Minister in the Principal Sessions Court, the City Public Prosecutor (CPP) said the publisher, printer and editor of the daily and Karunanidhi were liable to...
07:24 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai on Saturday after he complained of stomach pain. The 88 year-old leader, taken to the hospital in the early hours, was later discharged after administering medication, party sources said. He would be taking rest, the sources added. ...
12:32 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Chennai: The sudden volte face by DMK chief M Karunanidhi on his demand for Eelam in the context of the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) meeting on August 12 " where no resolution would be passed in support of Eelam " has least angered or even surprised many Tamil rights groups. They feel the manner in which Karunanidhi made his view known has totally exposed his apathy for the sentiments...
11:13 AM, Jul 18, 2012
Chennai: A day after Congress made it clear that it will not support the demand for Tamil Eelam, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday made a U-turn on his plan to raise the issue at the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) meet on August 12. As of now, Tamil Eelam is an idea. But the main focus of the TESO conference on August 12 would be to discuss the ways...
12:50 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Chennai: A day after the DMK announced the date for the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) conference in Chennai on August 12, its key ally Congress state unit president B S Gnanadesikan on Sunday said that his party will not support the demand for Eelam. Speaking to reporters at party headquarters Satyamurthy Bhavan after participating in the 110th birth anniversary celebrations of Kamaraj, Gnanadesikan said that Lankan Tamils as of...
12:29 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Chennai: DMK's top leaders M Kanimozhi, Dayanidhi Maran, TR Baalu and MK Stalin along with several party cadres on Wednesday courted arrest in Chennai during the party's state-wide jail bharo agitation against alleged witch-hunt by the Tamil Nadu government of J Jayalalithaa. 2G case accused Kanimozhi lashed out at the "vindictive politics," of the AIADMK government and alleged that her party leaders were being arrested without any proof while Stalin...
10:48 AM, Jul 04, 2012
Chennai: The DMK is planning to go on a statewide 'Fill the Jails' protest on Wednesday in a bid to protest against the alleged foisting of cases against its cadres by the ruling AIADMK. DMK President M Karunanidhi had earlier reminded party cadres to abide by the party's credo of non-violence during the agitation. "We have said the agitation will be passive resistance. We have never conducted a violent protest...
03:59 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Chennai: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday kick-started his election campaign here by meeting DMK party president M Karunanidhi and seeking his party's support. Reaching Chennai in the evening, Mukherjee drove straight to Karunanidhi's residence where he was accorded a rousing welcome with drum beats. Speaking to reporters, Mukherjee said DMK was a major constitutent in both UPA-I and UPA-II. He said he would seek the...
06:10 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee will kickstart his campaign for the July 19 election from Chennai on Saturday. Mukherjee is scheduled to meet key ally DMK chief M Karunanidhi at his residence and other leaders to canvass for his candidature in the evening. He will later meet the UPA's MPs and MLAs. He will visit Hyderabad and Bangalore on Sunday. Mukherjee will visit Uttar Pradesh on July 3...
08:37 AM, Jun 30, 2012
Chennai: United Progressive Alliance (UPA)'s presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee will kick off his presidential campaign from Tamil Nadu on Saturday when he meets long-time friend and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M Karunanidhi besides interacting with alliance parties' MPs and MLAs in Chennai. TNCC president BS Gnanadesikan said Mukherjee, who is scheduled to reach Chennai around 4 pm on Saturday, will call on Karunanidhi at the latter's residence before proceeding...
07:21 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Chennai: With speculation of an expansion of the Union Cabinet doing the rounds, key UPA constituent DMK on Thursday remained non-committal on staking the two berths vacated by it. "I cannot say anything now," was the brief response of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, when reporters sought to know, whether the party would seek the berths vacated by its leaders A Raja and Dayananidhi Maran. Raja quit the Cabinet in the...
04:56 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday demanded that the Centre take steps to safeguard Tamil Nadu fishermen in the wake of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa reportedly hinting that those caught fishing in Katchatheevu could face up to 20 years in jail. Katchatheevu is an islet in the Palk Straits which was ceded to Sri Lanka by India under an agreement in 1974. Referring to the reported remarks made...
06:31 PM, Jun 24, 2012
