The DMK has decided to stall Parliament to force the UPA Government to vote in favour of the US-sponsored resolution. ...
10:36 AM, Mar 19, 2013
Standing firm on its stand for a very strong resolution against Sri Lanka in the United Nation Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), the DMK has decided to stall both houses of Parliament on Tuesday to force the Congress-led UPA Government to vote in favour of the US-sponsored resolution. DMK leaders have given a notice for suspension of question hour in both houses of Parliament. ...
10:11 AM, Mar 19, 2013
DMK, however, could consider extending outside support to the government after 3 top ministers failed to satisfy Karunanidhi on the resolution. ...
09:00 AM, Mar 19, 2013
Ahead of the vote on a resolution on alleged human rights violations by Sri Lanka in the United Nations Human Rights Council, the DMK has threatened to pull its ministers out of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Cabinet and could consider extending outside support to the government after three top ministers failed to satisfy M Karunanidhi with the wording of the resolution. ...
08:01 AM, Mar 19, 2013
There has been no breakthrough in talks between the Congress and the DMK over the Sri Lankan war crimes issue, sources said on Monday evening. Congress leaders P Chidambaram, AK Antony and Ghulam Nabi Azad had met M Karunanidhi at his residence in the evening to sort matters out after the latter threatened to pull out his ministers from the UPA Cabinet if his demands on the issue were not ...
11:55 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The talks between Congress leaders and DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday evening on the Sri Lankan issue failed to achieve a breakthrough. ...
10:35 PM, Mar 18, 2013
There has been no breakthrough in talks between the Congress and the DMK over the Sri Lankan war crimes issue, sources said on Monday evening. Congress leaders P Chidambaram, AK Antony and Ghulam Nabi Azad had met M Karunanidhi at his residence in the evening to sort matters out after the latter threatened to pull out his ministers from the UPA Cabinet if his demands on the issue were not...
08:16 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Shaken up by DMK chief M Karunanidhi's threat of pulling out his ministers from the UPA Cabinet if his demands on the UNHRC vote against Sri Lanka are not met, the Congress on Monday sent its leaders to placate him. Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minister AK Antony and Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad met Karunanidhi at his residence in an attempt to bridge differences between...
06:43 PM, Mar 18, 2013
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday said any decision by the government on voting on the UN resolution on Sri Lanka will be taken after consulting all UPA partners even as key ally DMK threatened to walk out of the coalition on the issue. ...
02:40 AM, Mar 18, 2013
The Sri Lanka issue has once again reached the Centre's door. DMK chief Karunanidhi said that the government has not yet responded to his threat of pulling out of the UPA government over the Lanka human rights issue. He has demanded that India must push for changes in the UN resolution on Lanka demanding an independent enquiry into alleged war crimes by the Lankan Army. ...
01:40 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Mounting pressure on the Centre on its demand to punish 'war criminals' in Sri Lanka, UPA key ally the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Friday threatened to pull out its ministers from the Union Cabinet if its demand to bring in amendments to the US-backed resolution at UNHRC in Geneva was not conceded. "DMK will find it meaningless to continue in the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh-led Cabinet if our demand is...
11:37 PM, Mar 15, 2013
The DMK on Wednesday again asked the Indian government to support a US-sponsored resolution at a UN body attacking Sri Lanka's human rights record. ...
04:08 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Accusing the central government of trying to impose Hindi by making changes in the civil services exam norms, DMK president M Karunanidhi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw the notification as it would filter out candidates from rural India. ...
06:13 AM, Mar 13, 2013
Hundreds of DMK workers, including its Treasurer MK Stalin, were arrested on Tuesday as part of the dawn-to-dusk general strike by the party-backed pro-Sri Lankan Tamil outfit TESO which evoked mixed response with normal life by and large remaining unaffected in Tamil Nadu. ...
04:53 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Key UPA ally DMK on Tuesday joined a host of parties in opposing a UPSC notification for scrapping of regional language paper, describing it as an attempt to "impose" Hindi and that the move will affect rural aspirants. ...
03:08 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The dawn-to-dusk general strike called by DMK-backed pro-Sri Lankan Tamil outfit TESO began on Tuesday morning with no untoward incident reported so far. ...
10:40 AM, Mar 12, 2013
According to Karunanidhi, the Sri Lankan government's lie that the war was stopped in April 2009 itself is a war crime. ...
01:06 AM, Mar 07, 2013
Politicians across the board have criticised the recent hike in fuel prices. Key UPA ally DMK on Saturday condemned the petrol price hike and demanded that government retain its control on pricing of petroleum products besides seeking a change in pricing policy. ...
03:04 PM, Feb 16, 2013
Khushbu's house was attacked following her interview to a Tamil magazine. ...
11:13 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
