DMK President M Karunanidhi on Tuesday dismissed as 'absolute unadulterated lie' the claim made by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala in a court that he had offered to exclude her from a wealth case against the AIADMK supremo if she turned against her. ...
07:20 PM, Dec 25, 2012
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Gujarat Chief Minister on December 26. Jayalalithaa will be visiting Gujarat following an invitation from Modi, who was elected as Chief Minister for a third consecutive time, an official release said today. ...
02:16 PM, Dec 23, 2012
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala Natarajan on Saturday claimed in a special court here that DMK chief M Karunanidhi had in 1996 offered to exclude her from the wealth case against the AIADMK supremo if she turned against her. ...
06:37 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Bangalore: After a gap of over seven months, the recording of the statement of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala Natarajan resumed on Wednesday before the special court trying the disproportionate assets case against them. Appearing before Special Judge MS Balakrishna, Sasikala replied to 110 questions framed by the court, taking the total number of questions answered till today to 742 out of the total over a 1,000....
04:06 AM, Dec 20, 2012
Tamil Nadu faces a severe power shortage problem. With the state reeling under regular and prolonged periods of power cuts, DMK supremo Karunanidhi has just launched a statewide agitation. Meenakshi Mahadevan of CNN-IBN joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on what the government's plans to do to tackle the situation and if a solution is in sight. Q. It came in the local news papers that the surplus power from...
04:33 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Chennai: Tamil cinema icon Rajinikanth, whose inimitable style of popping a cigarette into his mouth earned him many a fan among youth, has urged them to kick the habit. Addressing a gathering of his fans to mark his 62nd birthday after many years here last night, he said his illness had been caused by smoking, but admitted he was unable to give it up. "I haven't quit smoking, but you...
05:43 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Chennai: Key UPA constituent DMK, which supported Centre in the FDI vote in Parliament, on Thursday said attempts are on to provide "back-door entry" to global retail giant Walmart in the state even as Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had opposed FDI in multi-brand retail in the state. The DMK's Executive, which met under party chief M Karunanidhi, said reports had suggested Walmart was in the process of establishing a commercial complex...
03:41 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Chennai: Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam, which voted in favour of foreign direct investment in retail in Parliament, despite voicing its opposition to the measure, on Sunday asked the Tamil Nadu government to ascertain US retail chain Wal-Mart's plans in the state and take appropriate action. The DMK president M Karunanidhi said in a statement that there is information about Wal-Mart setting up a commercial complex and a marketing office at Vanagaram...
11:43 PM, Dec 09, 2012
New Delhi: 7:57 pm: Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 11 am on Friday. 7:00 pm: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut says that FDI in retail is a bid by the government to sell off the country. Citing Bofors, 2G spectrum and coal scams, the Shiv Sena leader said, "Till now the government has looted the country, but now it wants to sell it off." Raut accused the government of...
11:20 AM, Dec 06, 2012
New Delhi: Opposing the government decision on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, the AIADMK on Wednesday termed it to be a rude shock for the number of traditional small traders in the country. "The government's decision is a rude shock for the number of traditional small traders. The chief minister of Tamil Nadu right from the beginning has showcased her apprehensions. AIADMK opposes this," AIADMK member M Thambidurai said....
03:53 PM, Dec 05, 2012
New Delhi: The deadlock in Parliament over FDI in multi-brand retail continues. After Monday's inconclusive all-party meet, the UPA coordination committee will meet on Tuesday to discuss the provision of voting. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, too, will meet Congress allies on the issue. Sources say the government is against having a vote, but if forced to do so, it is sure of the support of the Samajwadi Party and the...
06:41 AM, Nov 27, 2012
While the Left and the BJP are still insisting on a debate with voting on FDI, the Trinamool and other key parties like the BSP and Samajwadi Party are now showing signs of backing off. ...
10:29 PM, Nov 26, 2012
In a major relief for the UPA, the TMC, the BSP and the SP have decided against opposing the Central Government's proposal for discussion without voting on FDI in multi-brand retail in Parliament. ...
09:17 PM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: In a major relief for the embattled Congress-led UPA, the Trinamool Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party have decided against opposing the Central Government's proposal for discussion without voting on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail in Parliament. At the all-party meeting in New Delhi on Monday where Parliament deadlock over FDI in retail was the focus, the UPA managed to isolate the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),...
04:46 PM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: Just 48 hours before Winter Session of parliament, the UPA government is in an overdrive post its dinner diplomacy. Meeting chief whips of political parties, reaching out to the Opposition on FDI in retail. Its stand till now is that there is no past precedence for an executive decision like FDI to be challenged in Parliament. A stand that is finding few takers. The BJP is hardening its...
10:49 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: The NDA on Tuesday said that it will move a voting motion in Parliament against FDI in retail and will also explore the possibility of a no-trust motion later. BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said the NDA believes that the UPA II government has no right to continue. "NDA will consult all political parties on bringing no-trust motion," said Prasad. The leaders of the alliance led by the...
06:56 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: In a setback to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's efforts to topple the government through a trust vote, the AIADMK has made it clear that while it will vote against FDI in Parliament, no one has so far sought its support for the no-confidence motion against the government. "There is no change in the AIADMK's stand. We will support motion against FDI in retail. No one has approached...
03:07 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that she would not hesitate from backing even arch-rival CPM if it introduced the no-confidence motion in Parliament. "We have no ego issues. Even if the CPI(M) moves a no-confidence motion, we will support it. This is why we are appealing all parties to think hard about whether they want UPA-II to continue. If Congress can speak to the...
01:26 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the AIADMK are expected to meet on Tuesday to decide on their strategy over the no-confidence motion being sought by Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee in Parliament against the government over price rise and FDI in multi-brand retail. The winter session of Parliament begins on Thursday. With just two days to go, battlelines are being drawn against the embattled Congress-led coalition...
07:21 AM, Nov 20, 2012
Chennai: Lambasting Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for faulting the Congress-led UPA and DMK for power crisis in Tamil Nadu, party chief M Karunanidhi said the AIADMK chief has no right to talk about it as her party led government "has left Tamil Nadu in darkness. Jayalalithaa, whose government has left Tamil Nadu in darkness has no right to talk about the power situation. It is due to 15 hours power cut...
07:59 AM, Oct 27, 2012
