New Delhi: The DMK on Monday sought the removal of PC Chacko as chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the 2G spectrum allocation, alleging that he had leaked the panel's draft report to the media.
DMK leader TR Baalu said he had given a notice of breach of parliamentary privilege against Chacko over the leakage of the JPC draft report. "We have given privilege notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar against the leakage of JPC draft report by the JPC chairman," Baalu, a Lok Sabha member from Sriperumbudur, told reporters.
The Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the 2G scam has reportedly blamed former Telecom Minister A Raja for the spectrum allocation and cleared Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram of any wrongdoing.
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02:50 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Chennai: DMK members of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probing the allocation and pricing of 2G spectrum have readied their dissent note to the panel's draft report, said the party's parliamentary leader TR Baalu. He said the party would also demand the removal of PC Chacko as the JPC's chairman. "We have prepared a dissent note. Even though it is only a draft JPC report, we have readied our dissent...
11:50 AM, Apr 22, 2013
MK chief M Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin's house is being searched by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Chennai in connection with alleged illegal import of cars worth Rs 20 crore. Calling it political vendetta, Stalin said, "I am being targeted. It is quiet clear, why I am being targeted. We will face the case legally. I am unaware of the reasons for the CBI raid." ...
09:18 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Lok Sabha on Thursday discussed the alleged war crimes by the Sri Lankan army against Tamils during the battle to wipe out the LTTE. DMK leaders pointed out that the Sri Lankan army carried out atrocities and was involved in killing innocent people in the battle. ...
12:30 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Chennai: Upset over internal rivalry among party leaders, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday said such factional feuds made him "sleepless" as these affected the party. "When I go to sleep, such factional feuds engulf me and makes me sleepless," he said, referring to the turf war between DMK leaders TR Baalu and SS Palanimanickam, a Minister of State for Finance. Palanimanickam, who represents Thanjavur parliamentary constituency, said on Saturday...
06:59 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: Amid consultations on deciding the UPA candidate for Presidential election, DMK leaders TR Baalu and MK Stalin on Thursday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi. Baalu and Stalin met Singh at South Block and are believed to have discussed the issue of selection of a UPA candidate for the forthcoming presidential election, sources said. After holding consultations with the prime minister, the DMK leaders...
11:42 AM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: The DMK and Trinamool Congress (TMC) are keeping up the heat on the Centre on the issues of alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and the Railway Budget. The DMK on Monday indicated that its continuation in the UPA would depend on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance on India's stand on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka. DMK leader TR Baalu said that...
11:36 AM, Mar 19, 2012
DMK leader TR Baalu said the party was waiting for the Prime Minister's response on India's stand on the issue. ...
10:46 AM, Mar 19, 2012
The DMK, Trinamool Congress, Left and BJP strongly voiced against FDI in retail and wanted immediate rollback. ...
04:32 PM, Dec 01, 2011
DMK president M Karunanidhi will go to Delhi to meet his daughter Kanimozhi who is in jail over 2G scam charges. ...
11:09 PM, May 22, 2011
New Delhi: DMK leader TR Baalu will attend the UPA-II second anniversary dinner on Sunday in the capital. Earlier there was uncertainty on whether or not the DMK will attend the dinner, following Kanimozhi's arrest in the 2G scam. A high-level DMK meeting took place on Saturday to decide whether they would attend the dinner or not. Sources had said that the DMK may end up sending just one representative...
10:48 AM, May 22, 2011
New Delhi: The Congress and the DMK failed to break the logjam over the seat sharing issue even after DMK leaders MK Alagiri and Dayanidhi Maran met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday. The two parties are deadlocked on a deal over sharing of seats in the upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections following DMK's decision on Saturday to pull out its ministers from the UPA Government over Congress attitude. The...
04:04 PM, Mar 08, 2011
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad - the Congress in-charge for Tamil Nadu - said on Monday that there has been no breakthrough in the talks between the Congress and the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) over the seat sharing issue. "We shall see what happens today," said Azad in New Delhi. Union ministers belonging to the DMK will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at 6:30 PM on Monday...
11:34 AM, Mar 07, 2011
Chennai: Senior DMK leader TR Baalu on Saturday night indicated his party could review its decision to pull its ministers out of the Union Cabinet if the Congress relents on its stand over sharing of seats in the upcoming Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu. Baalu also said the DMK's six Union ministers will hand over the resignations only after a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and that there is...
08:23 PM, Mar 05, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold the telecom portfolio following A Raja's resignation for his alleged links with the 2G spectrum scam. Raja is a Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) Member of Parliament from the Nilgiris(SC) Lok Sabha constituency. Sources say two top DMK members are now eying the Telecom Ministry. Sources say Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran is in the race. He had to quit as telecom minister...
07:18 AM, Nov 15, 2010
New Delhi: The Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam has become a big headache for the Congress. Now in another major revelation it has been found that it was Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam's TR Baalu and not Shiv Sena's Suresh Prabhu who gave environmental clearance at the Centre in 2003 to Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society. The Congress had been accusing Prabhu of giving clearance to the society. But Prabhu broke his silence...
01:18 PM, Nov 02, 2010
Prime Minister is very upset with two DMK nominees - A Raja and TR Baalu. ...
10:30 AM, Nov 26, 2008
Brisbane: Australia on Tuesday used the leg-spin bowling of a Pakistani asylum seeker in their first net practice session ahead of this week's first Test against South Africa in Brisbane. Fawad Ahmed, who is awaiting a decision from the Australian government about his refugee protection claim, bowled against Australia's top batsmen as a preparation for South African spinner Imran Tahir ahead of Friday's Gabba Test opener. Ahmed, who plays Melbourne...
01:29 AM, Jul 16, 2008
Mumbai: Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Murali Vijay have been recalled to India's Test team for the first time in over a year as the new BCCI selection committee named a 15-man squad for the first two matches against England this month. Suresh Raina, Piyush Chawla and S Badrinath were the men dropped from India's previous Test squad. Injury concerns over an injured finger were dispelled on Monday when Virender...
07:56 PM, Jul 15, 2008
New Delhi: Satisfied with the squad at his disposal for the upcoming fifth season of the Indian Premier League, Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag believes if his side can play to its potential it can figure in the play-offs of the Twenty20 tournament this year. Sehwag said with a strong batting and pace bowling line up at his disposal this year, the Daredevils have the potential to go the distance...
06:39 PM, May 03, 2008
