Chennai: A day after Congress made it clear that it will not support the demand for Tamil Eelam, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday made a U-turn on his plan to raise the issue at the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) meet on August 12. As of now, Tamil Eelam is an idea. But the main focus of the TESO conference on August 12 would be to discuss the ways...
12:50 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Chennai: A day after the DMK announced the date for the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) conference in Chennai on August 12, its key ally Congress state unit president B S Gnanadesikan on Sunday said that his party will not support the demand for Eelam. Speaking to reporters at party headquarters Satyamurthy Bhavan after participating in the 110th birth anniversary celebrations of Kamaraj, Gnanadesikan said that Lankan Tamils as of...
12:29 PM, Jul 16, 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
Chennai: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday kick-started his election campaign here by meeting DMK party president M Karunanidhi and seeking his party's support. Reaching Chennai in the evening, Mukherjee drove straight to Karunanidhi's residence where he was accorded a rousing welcome with drum beats. Speaking to reporters, Mukherjee said DMK was a major constitutent in both UPA-I and UPA-II. He said he would seek the...
06:10 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee will kickstart his campaign for the July 19 election from Chennai on Saturday. Mukherjee is scheduled to meet key ally DMK chief M Karunanidhi at his residence and other leaders to canvass for his candidature in the evening. He will later meet the UPA's MPs and MLAs. He will visit Hyderabad and Bangalore on Sunday. Mukherjee will visit Uttar Pradesh on July 3...
08:37 AM, Jun 30, 2012
Chennai: United Progressive Alliance (UPA)'s presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee will kick off his presidential campaign from Tamil Nadu on Saturday when he meets long-time friend and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M Karunanidhi besides interacting with alliance parties' MPs and MLAs in Chennai. TNCC president BS Gnanadesikan said Mukherjee, who is scheduled to reach Chennai around 4 pm on Saturday, will call on Karunanidhi at the latter's residence before proceeding...
07:21 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Chennai: With speculation of an expansion of the Union Cabinet doing the rounds, key UPA constituent DMK on Thursday remained non-committal on staking the two berths vacated by it. "I cannot say anything now," was the brief response of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, when reporters sought to know, whether the party would seek the berths vacated by its leaders A Raja and Dayananidhi Maran. Raja quit the Cabinet in the...
04:56 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday demanded that the Centre take steps to safeguard Tamil Nadu fishermen in the wake of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa reportedly hinting that those caught fishing in Katchatheevu could face up to 20 years in jail. Katchatheevu is an islet in the Palk Straits which was ceded to Sri Lanka by India under an agreement in 1974. Referring to the reported remarks made...
06:31 PM, Jun 24, 2012
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Thursday expressed concern over reports about Sri Lanka's attitude towards India and demanded that New Delhi give greater attention to Sri Lankan Tamils issue. He cited reports that said the Island nation's relations with China was growing, while it didn't keep India informed about implementing the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), as it did to the United States. "As I...
02:42 AM, Jun 22, 2012
Chennai: Condemning the detention of its senior leader and former minister Veerapandi S Arumugam under the stringent Goondas Act, DMK on Monday convened an emergent meeting of its Executive Committee for June 22 to discuss the 'oppressive regime' of Jayalalithaa Government in Tamil Nadu. In a party release, DMK General Secretary K Anbhazhagan said the meeting, to be chaired by party President M Karunanidhi at the headquarters in Chennai, would...
10:45 AM, Jun 19, 2012
It was a surprise for many in political and film circles, when they came to know that Superstar Rajinikanth called on DMK president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in Chennai on Saturday. Within no time, the top actor of Tamil cinema himself came out with an explanation. Emerging out of the meeting at Karunanidhi's Gopalapuram residence, Rajini told reporters: "This is just a courtesy call." He added:...
08:11 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi, who had said naming of APJ Abdul Kalam in the presidential race has led to chaos, on Sunday maintained that he always respected the former President. "Some people are trying to divert the issue. Abdul Kalam himself knows how much I value and respect him and the high post he held. I would always respect him," Karunanidhi told reporters. The DMK patriarch had on Friday...
04:39 PM, Jun 17, 2012
Chennai: Key UPA ally DMK on Friday said naming of APJ Abdul Kalam in the Presidential race has led to chaos and reaffirmed its support to the Congress' candidate. "Kalam in Tamil also means chaos. Anyhow, chaos has broken out in the Presidential election," DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi said when asked about TMC chief Mamata Banerjee's insistence on Kalam for the top post. He, however, said DMK will not go...
04:58 AM, Jun 16, 2012
Chennai: After NCP, another key UPA ally DMK on Thursday said it will support the ruling alliance's candidate in the Presidential election. "We will accept the candidate proposed by the Congress," DMK chief M Karunanidhi told reporters when asked about UPA ally Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party proposing their own set of names. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had already informed him about her choice through Defence Minister AK Antony who...
08:09 PM, Jun 14, 2012
Tiruvarur: DMK chief M Karunanidhi, whose party is a key UPA constituent, on Wednesday declined to comment on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's name being proposed for the top post by the Samajwadi Party and the Trinamool Congress. "I can't comment on all that," was the DMK patriarch's response to a question on Singh's name jointly floated along with those of former president APJ Abdul Kalam and former Lok Sabha Speaker...
11:48 PM, Jun 13, 2012
Tiruvarur: Making a fresh demand for a separate Tamil homeland, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday said the August 5 TESO conference will discuss ways and means to achieve it in a peaceful and democratic manner even as he asserted he was ready to die after witnessing its birth. "A long-pending dream of mine, (Sri Lankan Tamil veteran) Chelvanayagam, and slain Tamils is to witness formation of a Tamil Eelam,"...
10:38 PM, Jun 13, 2012
Just as the Ambedkar cartoon row was fading, a toon on the anti-Hindi agitation in Tamil Nadu in the 60s in a NCERT class XII text book has kicked up another controversy in the state with key UPA ally DMK demanding its removal and other parties joining the chorus. The piece by renowned cartoonist RK Laxman printed in the class XII political science book is seen by the Dravidian parties...
07:10 PM, Jun 13, 2012
A cartoon in the Class 12 Political Science textbook in Tamil Nadu highlights the state's anti-Hindi agitations in 1938 and 1965. ...
11:58 PM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: Just days after the Ambedkar cartoon created an uproar in Parliament, yet another cartoon in an NCERT textbook seems to have upset the politicians, this time in the south. A cartoon in the Class 12 Political Science textbook in Tamil Nadu highlights the state's anti-Hindi agitations in 1938 and 1965. The twin agitations were spearheaded by the Dravidian parties including the DK and the DMK. The parties have...
09:33 PM, Jun 09, 2012
