DMK chief Karunanidhi's son MK Alagiri skipped the party's executive meeting and left for Madurai on Monday. While sources say Alagiri is upset with younger brother MK Stalin, Karunanidhi's political heir, for reportedly pushing their father to withdraw support to the UPA, party leader Tiruchi Siva played it down saying he skipped the meeting because he may be unwell. ...
03:10 PM, Mar 25, 2013
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) executive met on Monday to decide its next course of action, nearly a week after leaving the UPA government over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. The party has decided not to extend even outside support to UPA. ...
12:37 PM, Mar 25, 2013
All does not seem to be well within the DMK as party chief Karunanidhi's son MK Alagiri has skipped the executive meeting and has left for Madurai. Alagiri is reportedly upset with younger brother MK Stalin, Karunanidhi's political heir, for reportedly pushing their father to withdraw support to the UPA. ...
09:00 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday filed a defamation suit against Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M Karunanidhi and his party mouthpiece Murasoli. Karunanidhi in an article - which appeared in Murasoli - had claimed that Jayalalithaa had a personal motive behind banning screening of Kamal Hassan-starrer 'Vishwaroopam'. ...
05:10 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Chennai: Former chief minister Jayalalithaa was on Sunday elected leader of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Legislature Party. She was elected by 146 newly elected MLAs of the party at a meeting held at the AIADMK headquarters in Chennai on Sunday morning, party sources said. Jayalalithaa, who led her party to a landslide victory in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on Friday, is slated to meet Governor...
10:54 AM, May 15, 2011
New Delhi: A mysterious last-minute candidate from Tamil Nadu's Mylapore constituency has sparked off intense speculation among voters that southern megastar Rajinikanth may be contesting the polls incognito. Both the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) have lodged a battle of populism in the state readying for this months crucial assembly elections. In Mylapore, a traditional stronghold of the DMK, a mystery candidate...
03:20 PM, Apr 01, 2011
Tanjavur (TN): Popular Tamil cinema comedian and AIADMK Deputy Propaganda Secretary S S Chandran died at Mannargudi near here last night following heart attack. Chandran (69) is survived by wife, daughter and two sons, one of whom, Rohit, is also an actor. He had gone to Mannargudi to meet party cadre and after returning to the hotel, he had complained of uneasiness and difficulty in breathing, party sources said. He...
02:48 PM, Oct 09, 2010
Supporters bursted firecrackers and distributed sweets. ...
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