New Delhi: DMK has decided not to name new ministers to fill vacancies left by Dayanidhi Maran and A Raja and the sources say the party will reconsider this decision only after the ruling on Kanimozhi's bail plea and so will maintain status quo. The party also didn't decide on Karunanidhi's successor, for now the Kalaignar will lead the party. Interestingly, Union minister MK Azhagiri skipped the second round of...
09:05 PM, Jul 24, 2011
Coimbatore: Meeting after the electoral rout and in the middle of a succession battle within, the DMK on Sunday announced that M Karunanidhi will continue to lead the party and made no change to its alliance with the Congress. The 2-day General Council, which began on Saturday, also remained silent on replacements in the Union Cabinet for two of its nominees, A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran who quit over the...
04:48 PM, Jul 24, 2011
Chennai: The DMK is convening its two-day General Council and Executive Council meet in Coimbatore this weekend to counter Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's attack on land-grab allegation, even as the party prepares for a face-off between Karunanidhi's sons Stalin and Azhagiri. This is DMK's first official gathering since it lost in the Assembly elections and after Kanimozhi's arrest in the 2G case. The meeting also comes at time when relations...
11:09 AM, Jul 23, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI has questioned a former personal secretary of Dayanidhi Maran in connection with the spectrum allocation made during the tenure of the ex-telecom minister. K Sanjay Murthy, an IAS of 1989 batch from Himachal Pradesh cadre, was quizzed yesterday on various policy decisions taken during Maran's tenure between 2004 and 2007, sources said. Murthy, who is now Secretary (Administrative Reforms) with the Himachal Pradesh government, was also...
08:46 PM, Jul 22, 2011
New Delhi: CBI on Wednesday sought clarifications from Standard Chartered Bank officials in connection with its probe into former Aircel chief C Sivasankaran's allegations that the then Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran forced him to sell his company to Malaysia-based Maxis group in 2006. The agency has registered a preliminary enquiry into sale of telecom spectrum during 2001-07. Sources in the agency said Standard Chartered was the banker in the deal...
05:47 PM, Jul 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Chennai police on Wednesday summoned the Sun Network chief Kalanidhi Maran after film distributors filed a complaint against the Sun Network. The distributors have accused him of cheating and criminal intimidation. Kalanidhi Maran is former textiles minister Dayanidhi's Maran's elder brother. Earlier DMK leader M K Azhagiri, elder son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, had filed a defamation case against the Sun TV network for...
09:41 AM, Jul 13, 2011
New Delhi: In a surprise statement, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday's reshuffle of his Council of Ministers is the last before the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 but two slots have been kept vacant for DMK as part of 'coalition dharma'. Talking to reporters after the swearing-in of the 11 ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Singh said the reshuffle reflects a 'balance necessary between various states, consideration of efficiency, consideration...
06:30 PM, Jul 12, 2011
New Delhi: DMK chief M Karunanidhi says the reshuffle carried out by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is not over and the party will decide on its nominees after its General Council meeting on July 23. The party did not seek replacements for former telecom minister A Raja and former textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran. "The reshuffle is not complete yet! Will comment on it after it is formally announced! We did...
03:12 PM, Jul 12, 2011
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday accepted the resignation of seven Ministers, including DMK's Dayanidhi Maran and Murli Deora of Congress, from the Union Council of Ministers, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Prime Minister on Tuesday recommended to accept the resignations of Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran, Corporate Affairs Minister Murli Deora, Development of North Eastern Region Minister B K Handique, Statistics and Programme Implementation Minister...
01:41 PM, Jul 12, 2011
New Delhi: In the backdrop of Dayanidhi Maran's exit from the Union Cabinet over the 2G scam issue, Senior Congress leader and UPA's trouble shooter Pranab Mukherjee met DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Saturday. The DMK has decided to back down and not make demands ahead of the big Cabinet reshuffle that takes place on Monday. "There is lots of writing and speculation on DMK-Congress alliance continuing or not. The...
11:21 AM, Jul 09, 2011
New Delhi: In the backdrop of Dayanidhi Maran's exit from the Union Cabinet over the 2G scam issue, Senior Congress leader and UPA's trouble shooter Pranab Mukherjee met DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Saturday. The DMK has decided to back down and not make demands ahead of the big Cabinet reshuffle that takes place on Monday. Former textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran also attended the meeting. This is the first meeting...
07:06 AM, Jul 09, 2011
Chennai: The UPA's trouble shooter Pranab Mukherjee is all set to meet the DMK supremo Karunanidhi as Dayanidhi Maran's exit from the Cabinet over the Aircel sale controversy in the 2G spectrum scam could now advance the Cabinet reshuffle. It was once the ally known for threatening to walk out of the UPA if it did not get the cabinet berths it wanted. But now, as Dayanidhi Maran's resignation make's...
08:45 PM, Jul 08, 2011
New Delhi: The DMK is unhappy with Dayanidhi Maran's unceremonious exit from the Cabinet - Will Congress bite the bullet and dump the southern ally too? First A Raja and now Dayanidhi Maran, the DMK is left with just one representative in the Union Cabinet and the UPA's southern ally is fuming. But the big question remains: is it time for the Congress to drop the DMK or will the...
07:06 AM, Jul 08, 2011
New Delhi: For most of the last decade, Dayanidhi Maran has been the face of the DMK in Delhi. As part of the Sun network family, he was a real power centre. Today, both his political and business interests are at the crossroads. Allegations of blackmail, corruption, arm twisting - the clock has been ticking for Maran for some time now, and with his resignation from the Union Cabinet on...
12:31 AM, Jul 08, 2011
New Delhi: A day after the CBI practically implicated Dayanidhi Maran in the 2G spectrum scam, the Textile Minister and former telecom minister on Thursday quit the Union Cabinet. Neither being a media baron nor being Karunanidhi's grand nephew could help Maran save his Cabinet post. The moment the CBI told the Supreme Court that it is probing the 2G case against Maran, it was clear that he had to...
09:27 PM, Jul 07, 2011
Chennai: DMK President M Karunanidhi on Thursday defended former Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran and blamed the media for defaming him. Addressing a press conference in Chennai just a few hours after Maran resigned from the Union Cabinet following a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report that he arm-twisted Aircel owner C Sivasankarn to sell his 74 per cent stake to Maxis group of Malaysia, Karunanidhi said that the media...
06:49 PM, Jul 07, 2011
New Delhi: Former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran will be questioned soon by CBI in connection with his alleged role in coercing former Aircel Chief C Sivasankaran to sell his stake to a Malaysia-based group, agency sources said on Thursday. DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran, who resigned as Textile Minister on Thursday, will be quizzed on the allegations levelled by Sivasankaran and spectrum policy changes made during his tenure during UPA-I, the...
05:50 PM, Jul 07, 2011
New Delhi: Union Minister of Textiles Dayanidhi Maran resigned from Union Cabinet on Thursday following allegations that he arm-twisted Aircel owner C Sivasankarn to sell his 74 per cent stake to Maxis group of Malaysia. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Maran met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after a routine Cabinet meeting and submitted his resignation. Earlier speaking to CNN-IBN Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley blamed the Prime...
02:46 PM, Jul 07, 2011
New Delhi: Union Minister of Textiles Dayanidhi Maran resigned from Union Cabinet on Thursday following allegations that he arm-twisted Aircel owner C Sivasankarn to sell his 74 per cent stake to Maxis group of Malaysia. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Maran met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after a routine Cabinet meeting and submitted his resignation. The meeting between Maran and Singh at the Prime Minister's 7 Race Course Road residence...
01:44 PM, Jul 07, 2011
Mumbai: Maran family-owned broadcasting firm Sun TV tumbled by as much as 8 per cent in early trade on the bourses on Thursday after reports that the CBI is likely to question former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran in connection with the 2G spectrum case. The stock opened at Rs 330, then declined further to a low of Rs 307.05, down 7.80 per cent vis-a-vis its previous close on the BSE....
12:14 PM, Jul 07, 2011
