Chennai: Claiming that political solution or devolution of powers to Tamil areas in Sri Lanka remained merely on paper, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday made a fresh demand for a separate 'Eelam' (homeland) for Lankan Tamils and sought the Union Government's help on the issue. "Sri Lankan Tamils will not be satisfied with anything less than Tamil Ealam considering that assurances of political solution or devolution of powers have...
03:44 AM, Apr 25, 2012
CHENNAI: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday said that the Election Commission would announce the date for Pudukottai by-election soon after various benefits reach all the households there.In a statement, he charged that the State government had allocated Rs 50 crore specifically for various development works to be undertaken in Pudukottai constituency. This fund was reportedly being spent without calling for tenders, he claimed.Karunanidhi also charged that the AIADMK ministers...
10:50 AM, Apr 24, 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
Chennai: Two days after welcoming the idea of a referendum for a separate 'Eelam', DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Thursday said the "blood spilt and the sacrifices made by Tamils" in Sri Lanka would not go waste and a separate nation would come into existence some day. "A separate Tamil Eelam rings in the ears of Tamils living all over the world as a liberation song. The sacrifice of lives...
06:32 PM, Apr 19, 2012
CHENNAI: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday contested the oft-repeated argument of DMK president M Karunanidhi that a large congregation of Tamil scholars had, in 1935, decla- red that Tamil New Years day starts with the month of Thai (when Pongal is celebrated).Speaking at a grand function here organised to mark the occasion of Tamil New Years day on Friday, the first day of the month of Chithirai, the CM...
07:32 AM, Apr 14, 2012
Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi will lead a state-wide protest meeting to condemn the "anti-people policies" of the ruling AIADMK on April 15, the party announced on Thursday. Karunanidhi, his son and party Treasurer MK Stalin and the former's daughter Kanimozhi will address protest meetings at South Chennai, Madurai and Chidambaram respectively. DMK Propaganda secretary N Siva, MP, said in a statement that the public meetings will be held to...
10:41 PM, Apr 05, 2012
Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Thursday termed 'Tamil Eelam' his unrealised dream and said he will fight for its realisation. Asked by reporters in Chennai on his reaction to passing of US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka in the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and whether there is a possibility of Tamil Eelam in the future, Karunanidhi said, "As far as I am concerned that is the goal." He...
02:24 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Bangalore: Sasikala Natarajan, estranged aide and co-accused in the wealth case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, on Wednesday told the special court that the Chennai Police violated a court order during the raids conducted at the latter's residence in 1996. She was responding to a question regarding valuable watches that were seized during the raids at Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden Residence. Police had violated the court order in taking the...
05:03 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has deceived the people of Kudankulam by announcing Rs 500 crore towards development of local infrastructure, DMK chief M Karunanidhi said on Tuesday. He also said Jayalalithaa was responsible for the closure of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) for the past six months. Karunanidhi said in his statement: "Yesterday (Monday) at the cabinet meeting Jayalalithaa decided to open the Kudankulam project at...
03:05 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Chennai: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has told DMK chief M Karunanidhi that a suitable outcome would be reached on the Sri Lankan issue soon, according to her letter released on Monday. Acknowledging the DMK's chief March 9 letter, Gandhi in her letter dated March 15, copies of which were released to the media by the DMK here, said: "I have been informed that the government is fully aware of the...
02:50 AM, Mar 20, 2012
Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Friday described the budget as a mix of welcome and avoidable features, adding that its efficacy in improving the living standards of people and taking forward the economy will have to be seen. Curiously Karunanidhi's statement comes after the union ministers belonging to DMK party - including Minister of State for Finance SS Palanimanickam - skipped the presentation of the budget by Finance Minister...
01:44 AM, Mar 17, 2012
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11:55 PM, Mar 14, 2012
Chennai: Upping the ante against the Congress-led UPA Government over alleged war crime issue concerning Sri Lanka, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday said his party would deem it as a betrayal of Tamils if the Centre does not support the US resolution on Sri Lanka. Asked if his party would withdraw support to the UPA Government if New Delhi supported Sri Lanka in the United Nations Human Rights Council...
11:12 PM, Mar 14, 2012
New Delhi: "Music rippling, blazing - Not knowing where you are; In the fire of your own tune, resound, resound; I love songs; There is tempest in tunes; Resound, resound in the fire of music; And compose a tune....; Sway your Vina in the dreams; Let beauty rise in your tune and rhythm; Beat by beat with your Vina; So many sorrows I forget" - Mamata Banerjee (Melody of the...
07:48 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Chennai: Vigilance officials on Friday raided premises of three personal security officers to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in Chennai in connection with a disproportionate assets case. Search is on in six premises, including properties of the officers - Pandian, Ganesan and Vinothan - and that of those who bought properties from them, Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption sources said. Several DMK leaders and former Ministers besides MLAs...
12:05 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said India should strongly support the US-backed resolution and condemn Colombo on alleged violation of human rights in the final stages of the civil war in Sri Lanka when the issue comes up before the UN Human Rights Council. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she recalled her earlier memorandum to him last year that the state assembly had urged...
01:18 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Chennai: The Dravidian movement will continue to flourish in spite of "threats and intimidation" from many sides, DMK president M Karunanidhi said on Monday. In his address at a function to mark the centenary of the Dravidian movement, he said, "Today, we are facing so much threat and intimidation from many sides. Undeterred by all these, we would continue walking the steps of (rationalist leader EVR) Periar and (DMK founder)...
09:18 PM, Feb 27, 2012
TIRUCHY: A marriage in former minister K N Nehrus family, which as expected was graced by the bigwigs of the DMK, gave an indication of the growing conflict within the party"quite the contrast to recent statements issued by the headquarters accusing a section of the media of finding non-existent fissures within the outfit.The seating arrangements itself manifested the growing distance between DMK chief M Karunanidhi and party treasurer M K...
08:33 AM, Feb 20, 2012
Tiruchy: Comparing the welfare schemes of the AIADMK government with those of the previous DMK government, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said the previous governments schemes were aimed at benefiting DMK leader M Karunanidhis family, while the AIADMK governments schemes were intended for peoples benefit. Citing an example, Jayalalithaa said the DMK's free colour TV scheme was aimed at benefiting Karunanidhi's family, which owned a cable TV network. Jayalalithaa said Rs...
10:13 AM, Feb 14, 2012
Chennai: Maintaining that due procedure was followed in suspension of opposition leader Vijayakanth of DMDK from the House, Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker D Jayakumar on Wednesday slammed DMK President M Karunanidhi for charging that the action showed ruling AIADMK's "anti-democratic rule." The action of Vijayakanth, making some gestures at the ruling benches in the course of a heated exchange with Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the House last week, was...
05:21 AM, Feb 09, 2012
