New Delhi: The DMK and the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu stand united over the issue of training given to Sri Lankan soldiers on Indian soil. DMK Chief Karunanidhi has come out strongly in support of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on taking a strong stand. The DMK has hit out at the Centre for ignoring the plight of innocent Tamil fishermen who were being allegedly attacked by the Lankan Army. "All...
02:18 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday suspended a stadium officer in Chennai for allowing a Sri Lankan football team to play a friendly tie, terming it as an insult to Tamils and directed that the team be sent back home. "The (Nehru) Stadium Officer has no authority to allow matches there and only the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu is authorised to do so. By using...
06:46 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday expressed surprise at the central government's declaration that India would continue to train Sri Lankan defence personnel. Jayalalithha reiterated that the two Sri Lankan defence personnel being trained at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington in Tamil Nadu, should be sent back. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Jayalalithaa said: "I am surprised to learn that the Government of India...
03:05 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Chennai: Well ahead of time, the ruling AIADMK has intensified its preparations for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. AIADMK chief and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, addressing a meeting of the executive committee of the party on Monday, called upon party functionaries and leaders to act unitedly to ensure a landslide victory of the party in the elections. She is also understood to have formed a committee comprising senior ministers O...
10:49 AM, Aug 28, 2012
Chennai: The AIADMK executive council met on Monday and urged the Centre to give the entire power generated from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to Tamil Nadu. The Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK executive council also urged the Indian government to find a permanent solution against the attack on Indian fishermen and demanded the retrieval of the Katchatheevu island. In its executive council meet, the party also urged the Centre to not provide...
03:50 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Chennai: A day ahead of the partys executive committee meeting, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday effected some changes in the office-bearers of the party headquarters. In what is seen as a promotion for Higher Education Minister P Palaniappan in the party ranks, the AIADMK supremo appointed him the new headquarters secretary. Former Minister K A Sengottaiyan, who was holding this post for a long time, was dropped from that...
12:16 PM, Aug 27, 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
New Delhi: 6.00 pm: Counting of votes for the Vice Presidential elections begins. 3.30 pm: As many as 600 electors from an effective electoral college of 787 members of Parliament had cast their vote by 1 pm, Hamid Ansari's election agent and senior advocate Pravin Parekh said. 2.30 pm: Brisk polling witnessed in the Vice Presidential poll. 11.00 am: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi cast their...
10:20 AM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: The UPA looks all set to sail through the Vice Presidential election on Tuesday with the numbers stacked in favour of their candidate Hamid Ansari. The NDA, though, doesn't seem to have much to look forward to. With the battle for the Raisina Hill won with a thumping majority, the road doesn't appear to be difficult for the UPA in the Vice President poll too. AIADMK Chief Jayalalithaa...
06:46 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Cuddalore: The Principal Sessions Court in Cuddalore awarded life sentence to 17 persons, all of whom are close and distance relatives, on Monday for murdering an AIADMK functionary, Thanga Janarthanan, at T Kumarapuram near Cuddalore on October 28, 2008. Since 14 of the accused hailed from T Kumarapuram, also the village of the 50-year-old deceased, a huge crowd gathered at the court premises. When Principal Sessions judge Uthirapathy pronounced the...
12:32 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Chennai: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday charged that DMK staged the Jail Bharo agitation only to hoodwink the people who hate their party over the land-grab charges, and to cover up the corruption charges being levelled against members of the family of DMK president M Karunanidhi. Though the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court had ruled that preventive arrests could be made,I had instructed the police not to...
01:30 PM, Jul 05, 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
New Delhi: The NDA's Presidential candidate PA Sangma said on Thursday that he was grateful to the BJP, the BJD and other coalition allies for their support to him. Addressing a press conference, the former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader said that his nomination, to be filed today, would be sponsored by the Tribal Forum of India, nominated by the Biju Janata Dal and backed by the BJP and other...
01:21 PM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee today met JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav at his residence to thank him for the support the party has extended to his nomination. Clad in a traditional Bengali dhoti-kurta, Mukherjee, accompanied by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bandal and Minister of State in PMO V Narayanasamy, drove up to Yadav's residence and remained with him for around 20 minutes. The two exchanged some pleasantries...
02:45 PM, Jun 27, 2012
BJP-backed Presidential nominee and former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader PA Sangma has said that he believes that although he may not have the numbers as yet, God is with him and that he will win the election by a miracle. Speaking on Devil's Advocate with Karan Thapar, the leader from the North-East said that his desire to be a part of the Presidential race stemmed from his desire to...
07:04 PM, Jun 24, 2012
Chennai: With former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma determined to go ahead in the Presidential race, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said other political parties should come forward to back his candidature. Various leaders had been in touch with her, some of whom had tried to enlist her support for former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who has decided to opt out, she said. "I welcome other parties...
11:08 AM, Jun 21, 2012
New Delhi: A divided NDA is expected to meet and take a final call on who to back in the race for the President's post. The NCP will also meet to decide on the fallout of PA Sangma's resignation while the Left will consider abstaining as an option when it meets on Thursday. The announcement of Sangma's resignation came from the new NDA entrant Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy. Sangma...
07:50 AM, Jun 21, 2012
Former president APJ Abdul Kalam on Monday withdrew from the Presidential race, despite attempts of persuasion by BJP leader LK Advani. ...
09:44 PM, Jun 18, 2012
New Delhi: APJ Abdul Kalam on Monday issued a statement saying he will not contest the President election while thanking Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and other political parties for proposing his name. In his statement to the media, Kalam said, "I have considered the totality of the matter and the present political situation and decided not to contest the presidential election 2012." He said he was overwhelmed by the...
03:58 PM, Jun 18, 2012
