Khushbu's house was attacked following her interview to a Tamil magazine. ...
11:13 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will visit the Tirupathi temple on Saturday amidst high security as section 144 has been imposed in the area. On Friday, DMK chief M Karunanidhi led a state-wide protest in Chennai against Rajapaksa's visit while MDMK's Vaiko courted arrest in Delhi. ...
06:32 AM, Feb 09, 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
MDMK chief Vaiko courted arrest at Parliament Street police station in the capital on Friday along with 60 -70 supporters while protesting against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to India. Vaiko was arrested while leading the MDMK protest march from Parliament Street to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence. ...
12:17 PM, Feb 08, 2013
With Kamal Haasan's request to meet the most powerful person in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, being turned down, the iconic actor has turned to the people. Now that the Madras High Court, in a ruling that overturned a judge's order, has said 'Vishwaroopam' cannot open till February 6, left with no option, Haasan says he will leave Tamil Nadu. ...
07:06 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday demanded that Union Fertiliser Minister and DMK nominee MK Alagiri be sacked in connection with the alleged fertiliser subsidy scam. ...
04:56 PM, Jan 24, 2013
DMK, an ally of the Congress and a part of the UPA Government at the Centre, has come out against the decision to give oil marketing companies the right to change diesel price at regular intervals. ...
05:50 PM, Jan 18, 2013
The government came under attack from its allies over the decision to partially deregulate diesel price. Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati called the decision anti-people and said the government was only thinking about the rich and not the poor. "This will lead to further price rise of commodities. The government should reconsider its decision," Mayawati said. ...
12:51 PM, Jan 18, 2013
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a key constituent of the United Progressive Alliance, on Thursday said that it would take up the latest railway fare increase issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Party chief Karunanidhi said that he would not support any hike that would hit the poor. ...
01:39 PM, Jan 10, 2013
wo days after Dravida Munnetra Kazagham chief M Karunanidhi's elder son and Union Minister MK Alagiri publicly objected to his father's statement where he named his younger son MK Stalin as the next chief of the DMK, the party chief made a clarification on Sunday. Karunanidhi said that while in his personal capacity he would endorse Stalin as the next party president, it was the party which will take the...
03:39 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Union minister MK Alagiri on Friday said that the DMK was not a mutt (stupid person) to appoint a successor to the party chief. ...
04:41 AM, Jan 06, 2013
Finding fault with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's 13-point action plan for women's safety, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on January 5 said he was of the firm opinion that awarding solitary confinement till death to rape convicts alone could check such heinous crimes. ...
07:15 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Is the DMK succession issue finally settled? CNN-IBN's senior correspondent Meenakshi Mahadevan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
06:09 PM, Jan 04, 2013
DMK chief and Union minister M Karunanidhi's elder son MK Alagiri has reacted strongly to his father's naming younger brother MK Stalin as his successor. Speaking to reporters, Alagiri said the DMK is not a religious mutt, meaning that it's not up to the chief to name a successor. ...
01:55 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Hinting that younger son MK Stalin will be his heir, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Thursday perhaps laid to rest speculation on who will win the battle between the two brothers - Stalin and MK Alagiri - to lead the party after him. ...
03:22 PM, Jan 03, 2013
"I know my limitations. And I live and conduct myself according to my limitations." This was the response of Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday when asked to comment on DMK chief M Karunanidhi's remarks that he was potential prime ministerial candidate. ...
08:52 PM, Dec 31, 2012
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 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
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. ...
04:33 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Taking on the Jayalalithaa government, Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday led a state-wide protest on the power crisis and questioned its claims about the state being 'peaceful'. "It is unfortunate that she (Jayalalithaa) has claimed the law and order situation is good," the 88-year-old Karunanidhi said, addressing partymen who shouted slogans against the government. ...
03:06 PM, Dec 18, 2012
